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 »
Tag Archives: ABU SAYYAF
Priest rescued as Philippine troops retake Marawi militant stronghold
:: Philippine troops rescued a catholic priest held hostage for almost four months by ISIS-linked militants after an offensive that captured a stronghold of the militants in southern Marawi City, defence officials said on Monday. Marawi’s vicar-general Father Teresito “Chito”
Killing of key militant a success and worry for Philippines
The killing of a Muslim extremist leader on a resort island in the central Philippines this week was a clear victory for the military, but it also drove home an unsettling reality: that the militants are venturing farther from their
Abu Sayyaf leader behind execution of foreigners is killed, Philippines says
Philippines troops battling militants on a central resort island killed a young Abu Sayyaf commander who was involved in the beheadings of two Canadians and a German and who had sailed far from the extremists’ southern jungle hideouts to capture
Abu Sayyaf militants free S. Korean captain, Filipino crewman
A South Korean captain and a Filipino crewman abducted by suspected Islamist militants in the southern Philippines three months ago were released on Saturday, the presidential peace adviser said. Officials say Abu Sayyaf gunmen handed skipper Park Chul-hong and Glenn
Filipino militants free 8 comrades, 15 others in jail attack
Muslim extremists supporting the ISIS group freed eight fellow militants in a daring attack that also allowed 15 other inmates to escape from a provincial jail in the southern Philippines, police said on Sunday. About 20 heavily-armed fighters of the
23 killed as Philippine troops clash with Abu Sayyaf militants
Philippine soldiers battled a group of about 120 rebels linked to ISIS in a ten-hour assault on a southern island that killed 23 people, an army spokesman said on Sunday. Major Filemon Tan said the military attacked a stronghold of
Philippines says southern rebels not linked to ISIS
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants have no known links with Muslim rebel groups in the Philippines, security officials said on Tuesday, dismissing a video suggesting as much as propaganda. A video emerged last week indicating the possible
Filipino troops rescue road workers seized by militants
Philippine troops rescued nine road construction workers, who were abducted by Abu Sayyaf militants, when hundreds of them closed in and forced the gunmen to abandon their captives in a jungle in the country’s south, military officials said on Tuesday.
Abu Sayyaf raid a ‘significant blow’ to ISIS operations
The U.S. operation that killed a key ISIS commander on Saturday was a “significant blow” to the terror group, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said. ISIS militant Abu Sayyaf – involved the major black market business fueling the group –
U.S. Special Forces kill senior ISIS figure in Syria
U.S Special Forces have carried out a raid inside Syria that killed a man identified as a senior Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader who helped direct the group’s oil, gas and financial operations, U.S. officials said on
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