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
Iraq hangs 36 over 2014 ‘Speicher’ massacre
Iraq on Sunday hanged 36 men convicted over the 2014 massacre by extremists and allied militants of hundreds of military recruits, officials said. They had been found guilty of involvement in the “Speicher” massacre, named after a base near Tikrit
Iraq arrests ‘gang’ behind hospital blaze
An eight-member gang, who set fire to one of the biggest hospitals in the capital Baghdad leading to the killing of 13 premature babies, has been arrested, an Iraqi security committee said on Saturday. The security committee in Baghdad’s provincial
Iraqi parliament approves Abadi’s cabinet overhaul
Iraq’s parliament approved the appointment of Jabar Ali al-Luaibi, former head of the main state oil firm, as oil minister in a cabinet overhaul on Monday that bolsters Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s leadership. Luaibi, who led the South Oil Company
ISIS targets fleeing Iraqi families with explosives: reported
Reports by local Iraqi media on Monday said deadly ISIS explosives have targeted civilians in two separate incidents in two areas held by the militant group. Two civilians were killed and 25 others were wounded after ISIS targeted families with
ISIS ‘on the ropes’ in northern Syria: Pentagon
Coalition-supported local forces fighting ISIS in northern Syria have recaptured large areas around the city of Manbij and put the extremists “on the ropes,” a Pentagon official said Friday. Since the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) began an operation to capture
HRW urges ban on militias with record of abuses from Mosul battle
Iraqi military commanders should prevent militias with records of serious abuses from taking part in a planned offensive on the ISIS-held city of Mosul, campaign group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Sunday. The battle for Mosul, the ultra-hardline militants’
ISIS attacks two energy plants in north Iraq
ISIS militants stormed two energy facilities in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing at least five workers and shutting down a major oil pumping station, security and oil sources said. The first attack, on the AB2 gas compressor station, about 15
ISIS leaders trying to flee to Syria
Many ISIS leaders have fled Mosul with their families towards Syria ahead of a planned offensive by US-backed Iraqi forces on the city, Iraq’s defence minister said on Saturday. Khaled al-Obeidi said he had intelligence of increasing conflict, especially over
Iraq PM seeks to speed up use of death penalty
Iraq’s prime minister is seeking to speed up the implementation of death sentences, his office said Saturday, despite persistent concerns over flaws in the judicial system that hands them down. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered the formation of a committee
Suicide bombing in Baghdad Shiite district kills 11
A suicide car bomb ripped through an outdoor market in a Shiite-dominated northeastern district of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people, officials said, as government forces deployed across much of the Iraqi capital in preparation for a major
Carter announces 560 more US troops to Iraq
The United States will send 560 more troops to Iraq to help establish a newly retaken air base as a staging hub for the long-awaited battle to recapture Mosul from ISIS militants, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday on an
Iraq urged to aid civilians who fled Fallujah
The UN Security Council has urged the international community to live up to its “moral and political obligation” to aid Iraqi civilians who fled an operation against ISIS in Fallujah. Council members “welcomed the successful counter offensive” launched by Iraqi
UN reveals 65 million people displaced globally
The number of people displaced worldwide has hit a new record, with 65.3 million people forced from their home as of the end of 2015, the UN said Monday. “This is the first time that the threshold of 60 million
Iraqi forces open 2nd front south of ISIS-held Mosul
Iraqi forces opened a second front on Saturday in preparation for an assault on the ISIS stronghold of Mosul, a day after government troops declared victory over the militants in Falluja. Elite counter-terrorism forces and two army divisions, backed by
Satellite images show ancient Iraq temple destroyed
Satellite images confirm the destruction of the ancient Nabu temple in Iraq, the UN said late Wednesday, after the ISIS group claimed to have blown it up. The UN training and research agency UNITAR said it had analysed satellite images
Spats among Iraqi forces delay Fallujah advance
After securing the southern edge of militant-held Fallujah, seven battalions of Iraqi Special Forces units have been unable to advance for two days — a delay that commanders say isn’t due to counterattacks or difficult terrain, but rather to disagreements
ISIS ‘shooting at civilians’ trying to flee Fallujah
ISIS is reportedly shooting and killing civilians who are trying to flee Fallujah, a city Iraqi forces are attempting to retake, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said on Sunday. “Reports from families that NRC has been in touch with describe
Iraq forces gain ground from ISIS west of Fallujah
Iraqi forces gained new ground from ISIS Saturday in a key area west of the militant bastion of Fallujah, security sources said. Fighters from the army, the police and from the Hashed al-Shaabi – a paramilitary organization dominated by Tehran-backed
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