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 seeking alliance with al Qaeda, Iraqi vice president says
ISIS is talking to al Qaeda about a possible alliance as Iraqi troops close in on ISIS fighters in Mosul, Iraqi Vice President Ayad Allawi said in an interview on Monday. Allawi said he got the information on Monday from
UN: Nearly half a million Iraqis have fled Mosul fighting
The United Nations says nearly half a million civilians have fled Mosul since US-backed Iraqi forces launched a wide-scale military operation last October to retake the city from ISIS militants. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said
Iraqi forces fight door-to-door in Mosul as offensive enters seventh month
Iraqi forces gained fresh ground in door-to-door fighting in the Old City of Mosul, a military spokesman said on Monday, as the US-backed offensive to capture ISIS’s de facto capital in Iraq entered its seventh month. A Reuters correspondent saw
Iraq says to import wheat and rice through direct contracts
Iraq’s Trade Ministry said on Sunday it was negotiating direct contracts for the import of rice and wheat after multiple failures to secure the two strategic commodities through international tenders. Iraq had been struggling to import the grains for its
Maliki handed over Iraqi cities to ISIS, Moqtada al-Sadr representative says
A representative of prominent Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Baghdad, Ibrahim al-Jabri, said on Friday that former Iraqi Prime Minister “Nouri al-Maliki is behind the current crises that have hit Iraq,” adding: “Maliki handed over several Iraqi provinces to ISIS.”
ISIS Mufti killed by air strike in western Mosul
The Directorate of Military Intelligence announced on Friday that areas controlled by ISIS in the neighborhood of al-Rifai on the right side of Mosul, have been destroyed. It confirmed the killing of a number of ISIS members, the most important
US-led coalition mistakenly kills 18 militia allies in Syria: Pentagon
A US-led air strike mistakenly killed 18 members of a Kurdish and Arab militia backed by Washington south of the Syrian city of Tabqa, the Pentagon said on Thursday. The US-led coalition forces struck the position on Tuesday after another
ISIS has lost most territory it held in Iraq
ISIS has lost most of the territory it has held in Iraq since 2014, an Iraqi military spokesman said on Tuesday. At the height of its power, the militant group controlled about 40 percent of Iraq, joint operations command spokesman
ISIS militants hang dead bodies from electricity poles in war-torn Mosul
ISIS militants have killed dozens of civilians attempting to flee Mosul in recent days, hanging several dead bodies from electricity poles as Iraqi forces fight to retake the city, witnesses said. Troops are meeting fierce resistance as militants retreat into
Iraq’s Shiite cleric Sadr urges Assad to step down
Influential Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Saturday called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, also calling on Washington and Moscow to stop intervening in the conflict. The young Najaf-based Shiite cleric condemned the killing of 87 people, including
Pride and pain as Mosul doctors treat their own
Every time a patient is stretchered into the Athbah field hospital south of Mosul, doctor Sultan prays it isn’t his sister or brother. Most of the medical staff is from the war-torn Iraqi city and each one of the victims
Two Iraqi pilots killed when helicopter shot down over Mosul by ISIS
Two Iraqi army pilots were killed on Thursday when their helicopter was shot down over the city of Mosul by ISIS, according to a military statement. The helicopter was providing air support to Federal Police forces battling ISIS fighters on
Number of foreign militants in Iraq and Syria unknown: US
US intelligence agencies don’t know the true number of foreign militants still fighting in Iraq and Syria, or the extent of the threat they pose to their home countries, a senior US military officer said Wednesday. Some 40,000 foreign militants
Judge reveals Saddam trial details, Gaddafi’s plan to save him
News Agency has learnt new details related to the trial of Saddam Hussein and Muammar Qaddafi’s bid to save him. Judge Mounir Haddad, who chaired the trial of late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, revealed new details related to the trial
ISIS militants kill 31 civilians in Tikrit attacks
At least 31 people were killed, including 14 police officers, and more than 40 wounded in attacks overnight by ISIS militants in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, security and medical sources said on Wednesday. The militants wore police uniforms
UN: 40-50 years needed to clear unexploded mines in Iraq and Syria
It will take 40 to 50 years to clear the mines, improvised explosive devices and other unexploded ordnance from Iraq and Syria, the United Nations said Tuesday. “We are looking at decades of work for these countries to look like
UN says number of people displaced from Mosul exceeds 300,000
More than 300,000 people have fled Mosul since the start of the US-backed campaign to dislodge ISIS from the northern Iraqi city in October, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The United Nations’ International Organization for Migration estimates the number
Trump son-in-law, top aide Jared Kushner on visit to Iraq
White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, is visiting Iraq with Marine General Joseph Dunford, the Chairman of the US military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, a senior Trump administration official said on Sunday. The official, who
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