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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Syria al-Qaeda chief threatens Lebanon over Hezbollah role
The head of Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, Al-Nusra Front, has threatened neighboring Lebanon in a new audio message warning that the “real battle” in the country has yet to begin. In the audio message distributed online on Tuesday night, Abu Mohamed
ISIS releases 93 Syrian Kurds, monitor reports
The militant Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group has released 93 Syrian Kurds it captured in February as they made their way from northern Syria to neighboring Iraq, a group monitoring the conflict said on Tuesday. ISIS seized
ISIS beheads 8 Syria rebels who surrendered: monitor
Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) beheaded eight Syrian rebels who had surrendered in a town on the border with Iraq last week despite pledges of an amnesty, a monitor said Monday. The Syrian Observatory for
Group accused of aiming to set up North Lebanon ‘emirate’
Eighteen suspected members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihadist group were indicted Thursday on charges of aiming to set up an “emirate” in northern Lebanon, national news agency NNA reported. It did not identify all of
Kobani ground fighting toll passes 800
BEIRUT: More than 800 people have been killed in ground fighting for Kobani since Islamic State (IS) group militants attacked the Syrian Kurdish enclave on Sept. 16, a monitoring group said. The IS have lost 481 dead, while 313 Kurds
IS wins ground from Assad govt in east
BEIRUT: Islamic State won territory from Syrian government forces in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor on Tuesday, its first gain there in about two months, a group that tracks the civil war reported. Fighters from both sides were killed
Drugs smugglers from Lebanon to Kingdom foiled
Lebanese security forces on Saturday foiled two attempts to smuggle 39,000 amphetamine tablets into the Kingdom. Officers at Rafiq Al-Hariri International Airport foiled the attempts, which occurred within 15 minutes of each other, to smuggle 6.75 kilograms of the drugs
Syrian rebel group names new leaders
BEIRUT : An ultraconservative Syrian rebel group named a new leader and military chief on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after an explosion killed nearly a dozen of its senior figures in a devastating blow to one of the most
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Iran seeking successor to Maliki: Official DUBAI — Iran is trying to work with Iraqi factions for a replacement for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki to form a new government in Baghdad but there are few suitable candidates, a senior
IS jihadis kill at least 50 Assad troops in ambush: monitor
BEIRUT: Jihadists from the Islamic State group killed at least 50 Syrian soldiers in an ambush on Friday, summarily executing most of them after their capture, a monitoring group said. The assault in Raqa province, the IS jihadists’ Euphrates valley
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