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: Baghdad
Iraq launches major anti-ISIS operation north of Baghdad
Thousands of Iraqi security personnel launched an operation on Tuesday aimed at retaking areas north of Baghdad from the ISIS militant group, officials said. Counter-terrorism forces, soldiers, police and allied paramilitaries are taking part in the operation, which is backed
Iraqi forces try to cut ISIS supply lines in western desert
Iraqi security forces and Shiite militia began an operation on Tuesday to dislodge ISIS militants from desert areas northwest of Baghdad and cut their supply routes between western Anbar province and the northern city of Mosul. Efforts by the Iraqi
ISIS claims suicide attack that killed 27 in east Iraq
ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed 27 people in eastern Iraq on Monday, according to a statement posted on the SITE monitoring group’s Twitter account. The attack took place at a funeral for the relative of a
Baghdad blasts’ death toll rises to 70
The death toll of a twin suicide bombing in a Shiite district of Baghdad on Sunday rose to 70, with more than 100 wounded, police, medics and morgue sources said, Reuters reported. The attack in Sadr City was earlier claimed
Iraq repels ISIS attack on Abu Ghraib suburb
Iraqi security forces repelled an attack by ISIS militants on the capital’s western suburb of Abu Ghraib on Sunday, officials said. Three suicide car bombers struck a security force barracks as gunmen opened fire, according to two police officers. At
Twin suicide bombing kills 12 at Shiite mosque in Baghdad
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a Shiite mosque in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 15 people, police and medical sources said. A further 50 people were wounded in the blast in the predominantly Shiite Shulaa neighborhood of
Clashes in ISIS-held Iraq’s Fallujah halt after residents seized
Clashes between Iraqi tribesmen and the ISIS group in Fallujah have halted after the militants detained dozens of residents of the city west of Baghdad, officials said Sunday. Tribesmen in three areas of the city “withdrew from the clashes (with
Iraq tribesmen battle ISIS inside Fallujah for second day
Sunni Arab tribesmen battled militants of the ISIS group in their Fallujah stronghold for a second day Saturday in a major blow to the jihadists in Iraq, officials said. Fallujah is one of two Iraqi cities still controlled by ISIS,
Blame traded over Iraq’s missing nuclear material
Swiss inspections group SGS and U.S. group Weatherford International Plc traded recriminations on Thursday, both denying responsibility for the disappearance last year of radioactive material used to test pipes at an oil field in southern Iraq. Reuters reported on Wednesday
ISIS claims responsibility for downed Iraqi helicopter
An Iraqi army helicopter crashed on Wednesday due to “hostile fire” west of Baghdad where security forces were fighting ISIS militants, who claimed responsibility for downing it. The helicopter crashed in the Fuhailat area, a frontline 15 km (10 miles)
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
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
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
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
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