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: Afghanistan
Taliban claim attack on Kabul guesthouse
Four Taliban insurgents armed with assault rifles and a grenade launcher stormed a guesthouse in the diplomatic quarter of the Afghan capital overnight and held out for hours until they were killed by government forces early on Wednesday, officials said.
Obama touts end of Middle East ground wars
U.S. President Barack Obama paid a Memorial Day tribute to America’s “fallen heroes” Monday, stressing the heavy burden of perennial wars and underscoring his decision to pull troops from Afghanistan and Iraq. Echoing Abraham Lincoln’s praise for those who offered
ISIS is recruiting, but not operational in Afghanistan: NATO general
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group is recruiting fighters in Afghanistan, the commander of foreign forces in country has said, but they are not yet operational. There have been fears of ISIS making inroads in Afghanistan since
Eleven Afghan police get year in jail over mob killing of woman
Eleven Afghan policemen were Tuesday sentenced to one year in prison for failing to protect a woman who was lynched by a mob after being falsely accused of blasphemy, following a landmark fast-track trial. The verdict comes after four Afghan
Taleban kidnap 27 people at gunpoint on Afghan road
Taleban insurgents abducted 27 people in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, setting up a road block and pulling them from their vehicles at gunpoint in the latest mass kidnapping in the war-torn country. The incident took place in the Sayed Karam
Taliban attack in Kabul killed 14, including 9 foreigners
The Taliban attack on a Kabul guesthouse left 14 people dead, including nine foreigners, in the most audacious assault by the insurgents in the Afghan capital since the start of their spring offensive, a government official confirmed Thursday. Among the
U.S. Embassy: American citizen killed in Afghanistan attack
The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan says one U.S. citizen has been killed in an attack on Kabul guesthouse. The embassy said in an email statement issued Wednesday that it can confirm reports a U.S. citizen was killed in the attack
NATO, Afghanistan agree on future military-civilian mission
NATO and Afghan leaders on Wednesday agreed on a framework for a future joint military-civilian presence in Afghanistan when the alliance’s current mission ends, NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. While the new mission would have a military component it
Nineteen kidnapped Afghans released, 12 more could be freed soon
Nineteen Afghan men from among 31 kidnapped by gunmen from a bus in February were freed on Monday by their captors, and the rest could be released soon, officials said. The men are Hazaras, members of a largely Shi’ite Muslim
Fighting flares as Taliban advance on major Afghan city
Intense fighting flared in northern Afghanistan as security forces battled Taliban insurgents advancing Tuesday on a major provincial capital, officials said, with terrified residents fearing the fall of the besieged city. Hundreds of militants closed in on Kunduz city after
King Salman welcomes Afghan president in Riyadh
Saudi King Salman bin Abdelaziz welcomed on Sunday Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani at King Khalid International Airport in the capital Riyadh. At the airport, Ghani was also received by Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, governor of Riyadh Region,
Bin Laden wanted Mubarak killed in plane crash, U.S. man tells jurors
In the terrorism trial of a man accused of being one of Al-Qaeda’s early leaders, an American described being asked in 1995 by Osama bin Laden to kill Egypt’s president by ramming his plane with his own in midair. “It
Senior Afghan militant with suspected ISIS links ‘killed in drone attack’
A missile-firing drone killed six people in Afghanistan on Monday including a veteran militant believed to have defected to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) from the Taliban, Afghan officials said. The senior militant, former Guantanamo Bay detainee
Qatar says released Taliban detainees not back to militant activities
style=”text-align: center;”> Qatar’s foreign minister on Monday denied reports that one of five high-level Taliban detainees transferred from the Guantanamo Bay prison to Qatar has attempted to re-engage in militant activity. “It’s totally false,” Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiya said. “They
Minister: Turkey deported 1,056 ‘foreign fighters’
Turkey has deported 1,056 foreigners and put a travel ban on 7,833 others as part of its efforts to curb the recruitment of militants to neighboring Syria and Iraq, Hurriyet Daily News reported the country’s interior minister as saying on
Pakistan: Airstrikes kill 31 militants near Afghan border
Pakistan’s army says its warplanes have killed 31 militants as part of an ongoing operation in a troubled tribal region near the Afghan border. An army statement says the airstrikes on Friday evening in the Tirrah valley of the Khyber
Rocket hits Afghan wedding, kills at least 28
A rocket fired amid fighting between Taliban insurgents and Afghan soldiers killed at least 28 people at a nearby wedding party Thursday night, authorities said, a grim end to a year that saw the end of the 13-year U.S.-led combat
Afghanistan ends 2014 with mix of violence, hope
KABUL: Afghanistan ended 2014 with a mixture of violence and hope on Wednesday, as a Taleban attack was thwarted, a policeman gunned down his comrades and one of the country’s leaders said he had convinced hundreds of insurgents to lay
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