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
Stolen radioactive material in Iraq raises fears
Iraq is searching for “highly dangerous” radioactive material whose theft last year has raised fears among Iraqi officials that it could be used as a weapon if acquired by ISIS. Baghdad reported the stolen material to the International Atomic Energy
ISIS shoots down Iraqi army helicopter killing one: Officials
ISIS shot down an Iraqi military helicopter west of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least one person, officials said. The helicopter – the second lost by Iraq in two days – went down near Amriyat al-Fallujah, though officials differed on
Iraq military helicopter crashes, killing nine
An Iraqi military helicopter crashed south of Baghdad on Tuesday killing nine people due to a “technical problem,” a security spokesman said. “A military helicopter of the Mi-17 type crashed because of a technical problem,” killing its crew of nine,
Turkey limits visas for Iraqis, citing illegal immigration
Turkey has restricted entry visas for Iraqis in a bid to limit foreign fighters reaching its territory and stem the flow of migrants and refugees to Europe. The European Union is banking on Turkish help to alleviate its worst migration
U.S. conduct 27 strikes against ISIS
The United States and its allies conducted 27 strikes against ISIS militants in Syria and Iraq on Saturday, the Combined Joint Task Force overseeing the operations said in a statement. In Iraq, 25 attacks were carried out near nine cities,
Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric calls for government reforms
Iraq’s influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is calling for the inclusion of more technocrats in government and is threatening to withdraw from the political process if his proposal is not accepted. Al-Sadr spoke Saturday following Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s
Iraq’s Yazidis seek outside help to get rid of Daesh
Members of Iraq’s Yazidi community, joining academics and lawyers at the first conference devoted to their plight, spoke on Thursday of their brutal treatment at the hands of Daesh (the so-called IS) militants who overran their homeland. Eighteen months after
Thousands of Iraqi refugees leave Finland voluntarily
Thousands of Iraqi refugees who arrived in Finland last year have decided to cancel their asylum applications and to return home voluntarily, citing family issues and disappointment with life in the frosty Nordic country. Europe is in the grip of
Iraqi PM says has won back half of ISIS-held territories
Iraqi forces have won back half of the territory previously under the control of ISIS militants, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told a security conference in Germany on Friday. “The area we have liberated so far is more than half of
U.S. allies conduct 14 strikes against ISIS: U.S military
The United States and its allies conducted 14 strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Wednesday, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operations said in a statement. In Iraq, 13 included three strikes focused near
Abadi: Kurdistan ‘part of Iraq’ and should remain so
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Thursday urged Kurdistan to drop any plans for independence, warning that the autonomous northern region could not do without Iraq. “The Kurdistan region will not develop without Iraq, and Iraq must be united in
Study says Mosul dam at ‘higher risk’ of failure
Iraq’s Mosul Dam has long been branded the world’s most dangerous dam, at risk of collapsing and sending water crashing over millions of people. That prospect is even greater than was previously believed after ISIS captured the dam briefly in
Iraqi PM calls for major cabinet reshuffle
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday he would reshuffle his cabinet to replace ministers appointed on the basis of political affiliations with technocrats. “I call for a radical cabinet reshuffle to include professional technocrats and academic figures and
Iraq says it fully recaptured Ramadi from ISIS
Iraqi government forces have regained full control of Ramadi after pushing ISIS fighters out of the city’s outskirts, according to Iraqi security forces and the U.S.-led coalition. The announcement, more than a month after Ramadi was first declared liberated in
Son of Iraqi Kurdish leader calls for aid to battle ISIS
A senior Iraqi Kurdish leader on Tuesday called for international aid to help finance the war against ISIS, saying it’s a “miracle” that underpaid Kurdish forces are still on the front lines. Iraq’s largely autonomous Kurdish region has seen its
Iraq deploying troops to retake Mosul
The Iraqi army is deploying thousands of soldiers to a northern base in preparation for operations to retake the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group’s hub of Mosul, officials said on Monday. ISIS seized Mosul in June 2014
Iraqi Kurds protest against Turkey, 3 police wounded
Protests against Turkey in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region have turned violent, with three police officers wounded. Hundreds of protesters gathered Sunday outside the United Nations compound in the northern city of Irbil calling for an end to Turkish airstrikes against
Iraq’s Abadi dismisses Baghdad wall plans
The Iraqi Prime Minister is dismissing plans to build a wall around the Iraqi capital, according to a statement released by his office Saturday night. The plan for the wall was originally drafted by the Interior Ministry as an effort
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