Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Category Archives: Iraq
ISIS urges its followers to ‘poison supermarket foods’ in the West
:: ISIS may be plotting to have its followers poison foods in US and British stores. A British news report said that details of “food poison tests” were found in Mosul, Iraq after the militant stronghold was liberated from ISIS.
Iraq steps up strikes on ISIS-held Hawija ahead of offensive
:: The Iraqi air force and the US-led coalition have stepped up a campaign of airstrikes on the ISIS group-held town of Hawija ahead of a planned ground assault there, according to Iraq’s minister of defense on Saturday. Iraqi forces
Iraqi Shiite cleric accuses parties close to Hezbollah of assassination attempt
:: Iraqi Shiite cleric Fadel al-Budairi accused parties close to Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia of standing behind the recent assassination attempt on him. Budairi survived an assassination attempt on Tuesday night as he left a funeral gathering in Najaf. An armed
Iraqi student pilot killed in Arizona F-16 crash identified as Noor Al-Khazali
:: An Iraqi student jet fighter pilot was killed when an F-16 jet crashed during a training mission in southeastern Arizona, authorities said Wednesday. The Iraqi air force identified the pilot as Capt. Noor Faleh Rassan Al-Khazali, but it didn’t
Barzani: Decision of referendum came after failure of partnership with Baghdad
:: The head of the Iraqi Kurdistan province, Massoud Barzani, said in an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya that the decision of the referendum came because of the failure of partnership with Baghdad. Barzani explained that many attempts adopted by
Attack and retreat battles between the regime and ISIS in Deir al-Zour
:: ISIS launched a counter-attack on an entrance that the regime’s forces managed to break in on Tuesday in a bid to re-impose the blockade on the 137th Brigade in Deir al-Zour and the neighborhoods under Assad’s control. According to
ISIS convoy: Hezbollah, Syrian army seek new route
:: Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the Syrian army are seeking a new route for a convoy of ISIS fighters and their families bound for the militants’ stronghold in eastern Syria, a commander in the military alliance backing Syria’s government said. The
Suicide bombers attack power station north of Baghdad, killing seven
:: Suicide bombers attacked a state-run power station north of Baghdad early on Saturday, killing seven people and forcing the facility to shut down, police and army sources said. At least three gunmen wearing explosive vests attacked the power station
ISIS convoy heading back deep into Syria
:: A convoy loaded with ISIS fighters released by Lebanon was headed back into deep Syria on Thursday after being blocked at the Iraq border, a top US general said. Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend, commander of the counter-ISIS coalition in
ISIS’s Baghdadi is ‘probably still alive’ despite Russian reports of his death
:: ISIS group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appears to be still alive, a top US military commander said Thursday, contradicting Russia’s claims that it probably killed the top counterterror target months ago. “Do I believe he’s alive? Yes,” said Army
Iraq announce Tal Afar and surrounding areas liberated from ISIS
:: Iraq declared on Thursday that its forces had retaken the northern city of Tal Afar and the surrounding region in another major victory over ISIS militants “Our happiness ISIS complete, victory has arrived and the province of Nineveh is
Iraq’s Maliki welcomes Hezbollah-negotiated deal with ISIS
:: Iraqi Vice President and leader of the State of Law coalition Nouri al-Maliki welcomed the recent Hezbollah-negotiated deal with ISIS and said the decision to transfer hundreds of ISIS fighters from Lebanese borders to the Syrian city of Deir
Call for enquiry into Syria war missing and mass graves
:: Human Rights Watch called Wednesday for an independent enquiry to probe the fate of thousands of people who have disappeared in Syria’s war and to identify mass graves. The Syrian war began in March 2011 when waves of peaceful
Abadi rejects Hezbollah’s deal to move ISIS to Iraqi borders
:: Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi rejected Hezbollah’s deal to move ISIS elements from the Lebanese borders to the Syrian-Iraqi ones. Hezbollah militias have allowed elements of ISIS to ride buses to get out of Jroud and go to Deir
11 killed in car explosion in Sadr City, ISIS claims responsibility
:: A car bomb killed 11 people in a crowded vegetable market in a Shi’ite Muslim district of Baghdad on Monday, police and medics said. The car rigged with explosives detonated in the mainly Shi’ite eastern district of Jamila, police
Iraqi forces advance towards ISIS’s last stronghold in Tal Afar
:: The spokesman of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command, Brig. Gen. Yahya al-Zubaidi, said Iraqi army troops began advancing towards Ayadieh which is the last ISIS stronghold in Tal Afar. Zubaidi said Ayadieh has been fully besieged, adding that the
Iraqi troops ‘liberate’ Tal Afar town center
:: The Iraqi military says it has “fully liberated” Tal Afar’s town center from the Daesh group. Pockets of resistance remain but the announcement brings Iraqi forces a step closer to taking full control of one of the extremists’ last
Iraqi forces retake 95% of Tal Afar from ISIS
:: Iraq’s Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday that Iraqi forces recovered 95 percent of Tal Afar from ISIS, the militant group’s stronghold in the country’s northwest. After just eight days of fighting, all 29 neighborhoods in Tal Afar city
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