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’s deputy leader Ayad al-Jumaili killed in Iraq airstrike
Ayad al-Jumaili, believed to be a deputy of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in an air strike on Friday, an Iraqi intelligence spokesman said on Saturday. The US-led anti-ISIS coalition said it was unable at the moment to
ISIS uses man with special needs as suicide bomber in West Mosul
New video footage appears to show how ISIS recently used a man with special needs as a potential suicide bomber in West Mosul during an attack against Iraqi forces. Al Arabiya’s sister channel Al Hadath obtained the video which showed
One killed and four wounded by a suicide bomb in Iraq’s Rutbah province
News Agency correspondent reported that a suicide bomber blew up a car killing one and wounding four in Iraq’s Rutbah province, west of Anbar. Security sources revealed that the suicide bomber detonated the explosives-rigged car at an Iraqi army search
US-led coalition claims ISIS propaganda team killed in Iraq air strike
The US-led coalition fighting ISIS militants said Thursday that it had killed a propaganda chief and associates in an air strike in the western Iraqi town of al-Qaim. Ibrahim Al-Ansari was an “important ISIS leader,” said Colonel Joseph Scrocca, a
Mosul lays bare the challenge of asymmetric warfare
As the fight for the Iraqi city of Mosul drags on, many might ask: Why has it taken the combined militaries of the United States and Iraq backed by an international coalition more than two years to dislodge a relatively
US says casualties unavoidable after coalition strike kills 240 Iraqi civilians
A senior US general said on Wednesday it will be difficult to maintain “extraordinarily high standards” to avoid civilian casualties in Mosul, even as the US military begins a formal investigation into an explosion in the Iraqi city that is
UN chief Antonio Guterres: Iraq is in final stages of fight against terrorism
The Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres has called his visit to Iraq “historic” and said fight against ISIS is in the ‘final stages’ as he met with officials to discuss the fight against extremism, especially the ongoing
At least 17 killed in truck bomb in Baghdad
Iraqi security sources told News Agency that at least 17 people were killed and 60 more injured in a rigged truck bomb early Wednesday near a search checkpoint at the southern entrance to Baghdad. Sources confirmed that an assailant blew
Over 280 Iraqi security forces members killed in west Mosul
The US military said on Wednesday that 284 members of the Iraqi security forces had been killed since the battle to retake western Mosul began, with more than 1,600 wounded. Army General Joseph Votel said during a congressional hearing that
US ‘probably had a role’ in Mosul blast, says top commander
The senior US commander in Iraq acknowledged on Tuesday that the US-led coalition probably had a role in an explosion in Mosul believed to have killed scores of civilians but said ISIS could also be to blame. As investigators probe
ISIS leaders’ families escape Raqqa
As ISIS is weakening in Raqqa, dozens of ISIS leaders, their families and foreign militants fled the city to other areas controlled by the organization. According to the Syrian Human Rights Watch, a military operation carried out by the Syrian
Over 300 civilians killed since start of west Mosul operation: UN
Over 300 civilians have been killed since last month in an offensive against ISIS in western Mosul, the UN said Tuesday, adding the toll could exceed 400 if fresh killings are verified. “According to information verified by the UN Human
Investigators probe Mosul blast as Iraqi forces push into Old City
Investigators are in the Iraqi city of Mosul to determine whether a US-led coalition strike or ISIS-rigged explosives caused a huge blast that destroyed buildings and killed more than 200 people, a US military commander said. Conflicting accounts have emerged
Iraqi forces launch renewed attack on Mosul’s Old City
Iraqi forces launched a renewed attack against militants in Mosul’s Old City on Monday, a senior commander said. The United Nations has warned that 400,000 people are “trapped” in the central Mosul area under siege-like conditions, as Iraqi forces battle
61 bodies pulled from collapsed Mosul site boobytrapped by ISIS
Iraqi’s military said on Sunday 61 bodies had been recovered from a collapsed building that was boobytrapped by ISIS in Western Mosul, but there was no sign it had been hit by a coalition strike though a large vehicle bomb
Iraqi forces pause Mosul push over concern for civilian casualties
Iraqi government forces paused in their push to recapture western Mosul from ISIS militants on Saturday because of the high rate of civilian casualties, a security forces spokesman said. Residents escaping the besieged area have told of Iraqi and US-led
Mosul: 500 civilians killed, calls to declare the city a disaster zone
Authority in the Iraqi city of Mosul demanded to open an investigation following the killing of hundreds of civilians in coalition strikes Thursday. The Mosul district council called for an immediate halt of airstrikes in the city’s west and to
Iraqi forces prepare new push, tactics in Mosul as civilians flee city
Iraqi forces are preparing a fresh push against ISIS using new tactics, but operations to drive the militants out of their last stronghold in the country are on hold, military officials said on Friday. Families streamed out of the northern
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