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 »
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Syrian rebels, government reach truce in besieged area
Syrian rebels and government forces began observing a 10-day truce on Thursday in the last rebel-held area of the central city of Homs, marking another setback for opposition fighters, activists said. Government forces had blockaded al-Waar for some 20 months,
Syria urges intelligence sharing in anti-terror war
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad urged states fighting terrorism to share intelligence, saying the policies of European governments were responsible for lethal attacks by Islamist gunmen in France last week. “There should be … an exchange of information between the countries
Lebanese police raid prison after bomb attacks
Lebanese security forces stormed a unit of the country’s largest prison on Monday where Islamist militants are detained, security sources said, as authorities searched for those responsible for a double suicide attack at the weekend. Inmates torched mattresses to protest
Extremists destroy 13th century Muslim tomb in Syria
Nusra Front Islamist militants linked to al-Qaeda have blown up the 13th century tomb of a revered Islamic scholar in southern Syria, Syrian state news agency SANA and monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, reported. The mausoleum of
‘Huda’ takes the Arab world by storm
A powerful winter storm dubbed “Huda,” also called “Zina,” began striking across the Middle East on Tuesday including parts of Lebanon, with others bracing for the cold bitter weather. In Jordan, people are storing food and fuel in anticipation of
Lebanon puts new limits on Syrians fleeing war
Lebanon turned back Syrians trying to cross the border Monday under strict new visa regulations, saying it simply cannot handle any more people displaced by the ongoing civil war. The policy, requiring Syrians to obtain visas that sharply limit the
Radioactive goods seized in Beirut: minister
Hazardous radioactive components found in industrial and kitchen items have been seized by authorities at the Lebanese capital Beirut’s port and airport, local newspaper The Daily Star reported on Monday. Promising to hold the importers of the goods accountable, Finance
Syria’s Assad prays at Damascus mosque
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad prayed at a mosque in the capital Damascus on Sunday, state television reported, the latest of several recent public appearances. Assad, dressed in a dark suit and sitting in the front row, joined men praying at
Islamist group seizes Damascus suburb from rivals
Islamist fighters seized a suburb east of Damascus on Sunday after driving out a smaller rival insurgent group in deadly clashes, a monitoring group said, the latest example of rebel infighting in Syria’s nearly four-year conflict. Fighters from the Army
Syrian opposition to discuss Russian peace plan
The main Western-backed Syrian opposition group opened a three-day meeting Friday to discuss a range of issues, including a Russian initiative to hold peace talks in Moscow to broker a resolution to Syria’s civil war. The Syrian National Coalition is
At least 19 killed in rebel fire on Syria’s Aleppo
At least 19 people were killed overnight by Syrian rebel fire on government-controlled parts of the northern city of Aleppo, a monitor said on Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the dead included at least five children, three
Syria opposition group: Assad must go for any peace plan to work
A new Syrian opposition group linked to a prominent cleric said on Thursday President Bashar al-Assad would have to step down as part of any political solution to the civil war, setting out its position ahead of possible peace talks
ISIS publishes ‘interview’ with captured Jordan pilot
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group has published what it says is an interview with a Jordanian pilot it captured after his plane crashed in Syria last week. In the comments attributed to the pilot, he says his
Report: Detainees in Syria’s Homs on hunger strike
Hundreds of inmates in a Syrian prison have been observing a hunger strike to demand their release, a detainee and a monitoring group said on Tuesday. The prisoners being held in Homs, in central Syria, include prisoners of conscience who
ISIS loses ground to Kurds in Syria’s Kobane
ISIS militant group has lost ground in the Syrian border town of Kobane, where Kurdish fighters now control more than 60 percent of territory, a monitoring group said Saturday. The strategically located town on the border with Turkey has become
Syria opposition dismissive of Russia peace talks
Syria said on Saturday it was willing to participate in “preliminary consultations” in Moscow aimed at restarting talks next year to end its civil war but the Western-backed opposition dismissed the initiative. Two rounds of peace talks this year in
Lebanon holds seven over Syria abductions
Seven people suspected of abducting members of Syria’s opposition in Lebanon and turning them over to the Damascus regime have been arrested, a security official said on Monday. The seven, all members of the Baath party which has ruled Lebanon’s
Four children dead in Syria school bus strike
At least four Syrian school children were killed and 10 wounded on Monday when a regime air strike hit their bus in the northwest of the country, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said most of those
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