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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UN: Aleppo risks becoming ‘one giant graveyard’
A top UN envoy on Wednesday pleaded with the Security Council to help break the siege of Aleppo, warning that residents of the Syrian city were at risk of extermination. “For the sake of humanity we call on — we
Lebanon’s Aoun looks to revive ties with Saudi Arabia
Newly-elected Lebanese President Michel Aoun has said he looks forward to reviving and consolidating ties with Saudi Arabia. The news comes shortly after Saudi Arabia’s Prince Khaled al-Faisal invited Aoun to visit Saudi. Al Faisal, governor of Makkah and an
Syrian govt rejects UN proposal on eastern Aleppo
The Syrian government refused the UN envoy’s latest proposal for a truce in Aleppo on Sunday, calling on insurgents to withdraw and saying it would not grant autonomy to the rebel-held east in exchange for calm. UN envoy Staffan de
All East Aleppo hospitals out of action: officials
All hospitals in rebel-held eastern Aleppo are out of service after days of heavy air strikes on the besieged area of the Syrian city, its health directorate said late on Friday but a war monitor said some were still working.
US-led coalition raid ‘kills 20 civilians’ near Syria’s Raqqa
A US-led coalition air strike killed 20 civilians, including two children, overnight in a village near the ISIS group’s Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, a monitor said Wednesday. The coalition confirmed that it had carried out strikes in the area, but
ISIS deploys Raqqa car bombs as SDF closes
ISIS militants have set off five car bombs targeting US-backed Syrian armed groups attacking Raqqa, a source said on Monday, saying the fight to drive ISIS from its stronghold city would “not be easy.” The operation by the Syrian Democratic
Aleppo fighting spreads amid claims of gas attack
Syrian rebels opened a new front in Aleppo as fighting spread on the third day of a major insurgent counter-attack to break the government’s siege of the opposition-held part of the city, and each side accused the other using poison
Syrian opposition captures town of Dabiq from ISIS
Turkish-backed Syrian opposition forces captured the symbolically-significant town of Dabiq from ISIS militants on Sunday as government forces reversed recent rebel advances in the center of the country. Though only a small town of marginal strategic importance in northern Syria,
Turkey-backed Syrian rebels attack ISIS’s Dabiq
Turkey-backed Syrian rebels began an attack on the ISIS-held village of Dabiq in northwestern Syria on Saturday, a rebel commander involved in the campaign and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Dabiq is symbolically important to the extremist group
ISIS confirms death of propaganda chief
ISIS on Monday confirmed the death of its propaganda chief, whom the Pentagon said was killed in a US-led air strike in Syria’s Raqqa province last month. An statement posted online by the militant group paid tribute to Wa’il Adil
Syria’s White Helmets congratulate Colombia on Nobel
The head of Syria’s White Helmets on Friday congratulated Colombia’s president on winning the Nobel Peace Prize, which the rescue force had been widely tipped to receive themselves. A White Helmet volunteer, meanwhile, was killed while responding to a bombing
Blast at Syria-Turkey border kills 29 rebels
At least 29 Syrian rebels were killed in a blast at a border crossing with Turkey on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Britain-based monitoring group said it was unclear what caused the explosion at the Atme
Syrian regime calls on Aleppo rebels to surrender
Syrian rebels and pro-government forces clashed Sunday on several fronts around Aleppo as the country’s military command called on rebels to lay down their weapons and evacuate the contested city. The Syrian military, supported by Iranian-backed militias and Russian air
Suspected Aleppo chlorine attack chokes dozens
A suspected chlorine gas attack on an opposition-held neighborhood in the Syrian city of Aleppo caused dozens of cases of suffocation on Tuesday, rescue workers and a monitoring group said. The Syrian Civil Defense, a rescue workers’ organization that operates
ISIS loses last stretch of Syria-Turkey border
Turkish troops and allied Syrian rebels expelled ISIS from the last strip of territory it controlled along the Syrian-Turkish border on Sunday, effectively sealing the extremists’ self-styled caliphate off from the outside world, Turkey’s state-run news agency and a Syrian
Turkey-backed Syrian rebels seize two villages from Kurdish-allied forces
Turkey-backed Syrian rebels captured two villages from forces allied to the Kurdish-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Syria on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Observatory said the SDF-allied Jarablus Military Council fighters had withdrawn from
Fighters evacuated from besieged Syria town reach rebel city
A first group of rebels and their families evacuated from the Syrian town of Daraya after four years of government siege have reached opposition-held territory, a monitor said on Saturday. At least five buses carrying fighters and their families arrived
Intense fighting breaks out in Aleppo rebel seige
Syrian rebels broke through to besieged opposition-held areas in eastern Aleppo on Saturday in an assault on a major government military complex meant to end a month-long siege, insurgents and a monitoring group said. Pro-government media outlets denied the siege
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