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
Turks kidnapped in Baghdad appear in video promising their release
Sixteen Turkish workers abducted in Baghdad earlier this month have appeared in an online video promising their release, days after the U.N. backed a deal to extricate Syrian villagers under siege from rebels supported by Ankara. The men were kidnapped
Russia, Iran, Syria ‘cooperating’ on Baghdad security
Iraq said on Saturday that its military officials were engaged in intelligence and security cooperation in Baghdad with Russia, Iran and Syria to counter the threat from the ISIS militant group, a pact that could raise concerns in Washington. A
Report: U.S. foils assassination bids of Iraqi PM
The U.S. embassy has foiled two attempts to assassinate Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, a high-level Iraqi official told the London-based Asharq al-Awsat in an interview published Tuesday. The official, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, said the first
Rockets strike Baghdad airport area
Rockets fired by militants struck the area of Baghdad’s vast airport complex on Monday, security officials said. “A number of Katyusha rockets landed near Camp Al-Nasr (Victory), west of Baghdad,” the security command responsible for Baghdad said in a statement,
Deadly suicide attacks target Iraqi police
Iraq officials have said that two suicide attacks on Thursday targeting police in commercial areas in Baghdad have killed 14 people. Police say both attacks on Thursday morning were carried out by bombers on foot, wearing explosives-laden vests. One bomber
ISIS attacks kill 13 Iraqi troops; Syrian oil field retaken
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) suicide bombings and clashes between the extremist group and Iraqi troops killed 13 soldiers in Iraq’s western Anbar province on Wednesday, while in Syria, government forces retook an oil field recently captured by
Car bombs and suicide bomber kill 28 in Baghdad
Two car bombs and a suicide bomber killed 28 people in mainly Shiite Muslim neighborhoods in north Baghdad late on Sunday, medics and security sources said. In Shaab district, a parked car exploded near a crowded market, killing 10 people,
Suicide bomber kills five in Baghdad shrine neighbourhood
A suicide car bomber killed five people on Sunday in Baghdad’s northern neighbourhood of Kadhimiya, home to one of Shi’ite Islam’s holiest shrines, police and medical sources said. They said the man detonated the explosives in a busy square shortly
ISIS releases footage of Tikrit massacre
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group on Saturday released new footage of its June 2014 massacre of hundreds of mostly Shiite military recruits in Tikrit. The highest estimates put at 1,700 the number of cadets ISIS
Gunmen kill senior Iraqi oil official in Kirkuk
Gunmen shot dead a senior oil official working for Iraq’s state-run North Oil Company (NOC) on Sunday, police and company officials said. NOC’s chief of operations, Saad al-Karbalaie, was killed in the northern oil city of Kirkuk after gunmen forced
Iraqi official: 36% of Diyala’s residents return to ‘liberated’ province
The head of the security committee in Diyala province, Sadiq al-Husssaini, said on Saturday that 36 percent of the families who fled to escape Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants’ assault have returned, the local al-Sumaria News website
Iraq F-16 pilot killed in crash on U.S. training mission
Iraqi pilot Rasid Mohammed Sadiq was killed when his F-16 fighter plane crashed during a training mission in the United States, the Iraqi defense ministry said Friday. Search teams found the body of Sadiq, a brigadier, at the site of
14 killed in Iraq suicide bombing claimed by ISIS
A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb at a gathering of Iraqi Sunni tribal leaders, killing 14 people in an attack claimed Wednesday by the Islamic State group, police said. “Fourteen people were killed and at least 24 wounded,” a
First families return to Tikrit since city retaken from ISIS
Hundreds of people displaced from the Iraqi city of Tikrit started to return home on Monday, three months after pro-government forces recaptured former president Saddam Hussein’s hometown from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants. Supported by Shi’ite
Maliki blames ‘conspiracies’ for Iraq losses
Iraq’s former premier and current vice president, Nuri al-Maliki, blamed “conspiracies” Saturday for the loss of major cities to militants and said Baghdad should prioritize paramilitaries over the army to fight them. But Maliki, who was prime minister when the
ISIS attacks Iraqi forces near Baiji refinery
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants attacked government forces and their Shiite militia allies on Saturday, killing 11 near the city of Baiji as part of the battle for control of Iraq’s biggest refinery, army and police sources
Operation to liberate Mosul from ISIS begins: military officer
The operation to liberate Mosul from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria fighters has started with airstrikes targeting the militants, a year after they seized the northern Iraqi city, Al Arabiya News Channel reported a military officer as saying on
Car bomb blast kills 14 people in Iraq
Authorities in Iraq say a car bomb attack near a market has killed 14 people in a town northeast of Baghdad. Police officials say the attack took place Saturday night in the Shiite town of Balad Ruz, killing 14 people
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