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
ISIS claims bombing in northern Iraq that killed seven
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) said it was responsible for a suicide car bomb attack on a police checkpoint in the northern Iraqi town of Tuz Khurmatu on Saturday which left seven people dead and 17 others wounded.
Bomb attacks near mosque south of Baghdad kill 9
At least nine people were killed in bomb attacks on a Shiite Muslim mosque south of Baghdad on Friday, police and medics said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blasts, but Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
ISIS determined to produce chemical weapons: say officials
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group is aggressively pursuing development of chemical weapons, setting up a branch dedicated to research and experiments with the help of scientists from Iraq, Syria and elsewhere in the region, according to
Iraq replaces nine grain board officials in reform push
Iraq’s acting trade minister replaced nine officials at the country’s powerful grain board in a bid to push through anti-corruption reforms ordered by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, a statement said on Monday. The ministry did not name the department and
Iraq says shared intel that France, U.S., Iran were targets
Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has said his country’s intelligence services shared information they had which indicated that France, the United States and Iran were among countries being targeted for attack. He did not elaborate, but the comments came after
Iraqi military advances on ISIS-held Ramadi
Iraq’s military said on Friday its forces had advanced on three fronts to begin clearing Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants from the western city of Ramadi, but police and government officials said progress was extremely slow. The
Suicide bomber kills 12 at funeral in Baghdad
A suicide bomber killed at least 12 people at a Shiite funeral in a mosque in the Iraqi capital on Friday, security and medical officials said. The attack in the Al-Ashara al-Mubashareen mosque in the Amil area of south Baghdad
Baghdad is the secret to ISIS victory
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has controlled the city of Ramadi since May. It seized the city center after Iraqi troops fled. The assault included suicide bombings – 18 suicide car bombs reportedly
Clashes between Iraqi Kurds and Shiite fighters kill seven
Clashes between Iraqi Kurdish and Shiite fighters north of Baghdad killed seven people Thursday, an official said, illustrating major fault lines between ostensible allies against the ISIS militant group. The violence poses a significant threat in provinces where both forces
58 Iraqis died of electrocution during heavy rains
Fifty-eight Iraqis died of electrocution during heavy rains and flooding last week, the health ministry said Thursday, illustrating the dangers posed by the country’s dilapidated infrastructure. The 58 “died of electric shocks,” spokesman Ahmed al-Ridaini told AFP. The sewer system
Former Iraq environment minister jailed for corruption
A former Iraqi environment minister has been sentenced to two years in prison for corruption and ordered to pay some $280,000 to the state, the judiciary said Thursday. Sargon Lazar Slewa, a Christian who served in former premier Nuri al-Maliki’s
Iraq leaders attend funeral of U.S. invasion backer Chalabi
Top Iraqi officials attended a funeral Wednesday for politician Ahmed Chalabi, a controversial champion of the US-led invasion of his country. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, President Fuad Masum, parliament speaker Salim al-Juburi and other officials were among the large crowd
Iraq PM declares emergency in areas hit by heavy rain
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared an emergency in areas overwhelmed by heavy rain that has caused widespread flooding and multiple deaths, his office said Sunday. Abadi ordered a “declaration of emergency in the areas affected by torrential rainwater that
Baghdad probing deadly attack on Iran opposition camp
Iraqi security forces are investigating a rocket attack on a camp housing a dissident Iranian organization which the exiled group said killed more than 20 people, a spokesman said Friday. “The investigation is under way,” joint operations command spokesman Yahya
Rockets strike Iranian opposition camp in Baghdad
At least 15 missiles targeted a base near the international airport west of Baghdad that houses exiled Iranian opposition members, security sources said. “Fifteen rockets were fired from Bakriya around and on the edge of Camp Liberty,” Baghdad operations command
Torrential rain wreaks havoc in Iraq
Torrential rain caused chaos across several parts of Iraq on Thursday, with the water causing thigh-high flooding on some Baghdad streets and damaging camps for the displaced. The storm that hit Baghdad on Wednesday evening was unusually violent and the
Very quietly, Iraq is ceasing to exist
By : Dr. John C. Hulsman For the tragic country of Iraq, no news presently is bad news. By that I mean that the headline strategic story at present is that nothing major has changed since ISIS’s stunning advances of
Baghdad was not informed of U.S. special forces raid: spokesman
Iraq’s Defense Ministry was not informed about a joint U.S. and Kurdish military operation that rescued 69 prisoners held by ISIS , a ministry spokesman said on Friday. “We just heard this from the media, we didn’t know about it,”
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