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: AL-QAEDA
Libyan group denies death of Algerian militant
Libyan militant group Ansar al-Sharia denied on Tuesday that the Al-Qaeda-linked mastermind of a deadly 2013 siege at an Algerian gas plant had been killed in a US air strike. The group named seven people it said were killed in
Al-Qaeda leader in Yemen ‘killed’ in drone attack
The leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has been killed in a U.S. drone attack in Yemen on Monday, according to local reports. Nasir Abdel Karim al-Wuhayshi, alias Abu Basir, along with two al-Qaeda members, were killed earlier
Top al-Qaeda militant ‘killed’ in U.S. strike
Notorious militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar was the target of a U.S. air strike, the Pentagon said Sunday, without immediately confirming claims in Libya that he was killed. One-eyed Islamist commander Belmokhtar was the leader of the north African Al-Murabitoun militant group
Al-Qaeda Syria branch tries to reassure Druze after shoot-out
Al-Qaeda’s Syria affiliate said on Saturday it would prosecute members involved in an shoot-out in northwest Edlib province that killed at least 20 members of the country’s Druze minority. In an official statement published on Twitter, Al-Nusra Front sought to
Hezbollah widens offensive in Syria border area, seizes hilltops
Hezbollah has seized ground from insurgents near the Lebanon-Syria border, the group said on Wednesday, widening its joint offensive with the Syrian army to try to clear the area of militant groups including al Qaeda’s Syrian wing. The Iran-backed Lebanese
Nusra takes last regime-held town in Syria’s Idlib
A rebel coalition led by Al Qaeda’s Syria franchise on Thursday seized Ariha, the last remaining government-held town in the northwestern province of Idlib, a monitor said, according to AFP. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that Al Nusra
Leading al-Shabab figure dies in Somalia
A leading figure in the Somali-based al-Qaeda-affiliated Shabab movement has died in Somalia, the Islamic militant group said Thursday. In a death announcement and obituary carried by jihadist media, the Shabab said Sheikh Hassan Abdulahi Turki, known as Hassan Turki,
U.S. drone strike kills four militants in Pakistan
A U.S. drone strike killed at least four militants in Pakistan’s restive tribal region near the Afghan border on Saturday, Pakistani security officials said. The strike took place in Warokey Mandi area of Shawal district in North Waziristan, a tribal
Sahara militant rejects allegiance pledge to ISIS
The notorious extremist Moktar Belmoktar rejected a pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group made by a member of his organization, suggesting splits in his operation in a statement that surfaced Friday. Belmoktar, who
Al-Qaeda seen assuming policing role in eastern Yemen
A vigilante group linked to al Qaeda in the eastern port city of Mukalla has decreed a ban on trading the mild narcotic leaf qat chewed as a cherished Yemeni pastime, in a sign of the group’s growing territorial hold
U.S. strike kills senior Qaeda official in Yemen: Site
A U.S. air strike in Yemen last month killed the senior al-Qaeda official who appeared in a video claiming the deadly January attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo, a monitor said Thursday. Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi, who was killed in
ISIS video claims ‘we’ve arrived’ in Yemen
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants recently released a video claiming that it has established an official presence in Yemen, vowing to kill members of the conflict-torn country’s Houthi militias. Donning matching uniforms and bearing AKM-S assault rifles
Qaeda, allies advance on regime in northwest Syria: monitor
Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate and other Islamist fighters made gains Friday in a joint offensive on the last major regime bastion in northwest Idlib province, a monitor said. The assault, which began Thursday, has seen Al-Nusra front and allied groups seize
Al-Qaeda frees 300 inmates in Yemen jailbreak
Al-Qaeda militants stormed a prison in southeastern Yemen on Thursday, freeing several hundred inmates including one of their leaders, a security official said. Khalid Batarfi, a senior Al-Qaeda figure who had been held for more than four years, was among
U.S. drone attack in Yemen kills al-Qaeda suspects
A U.S. drone attack in Yemen killed four suspected al-Qaeda militants on Saturday in the southern province of Shabwa, local Yemeni security officials told Reuters . Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is considered one of the most powerful branches
Tribesmen kill four Yemeni guards at oil field: military
Four Yemeni soldiers guarding oil installations were killed Wednesday during a gunfight with tribesmen in the southeastern province of Hadramawt, a military official said. The clash erupted in the Wadi Dawan area, near an oil field, the official said. Witnesses
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
Yemeni boy told of his fear of drones just months before his death
A teenage Yemeni boy who said he had dreams about drones and said he lived in constant fear of the “death machines in the sky,” was killed months later in a CIA attack, British newspaper, The Guardian has reported. 13-year-old
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