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: Damascus
Assad makes rare visit to church in Damascus frontline
Syrian President Bashar al Assad attended Christmas choir preparations in an ancient church close to a frontline area in the capital Damascus where his army is engaged in heavy fighting with rebels, state media said on Saturday. State television showed
Syria imposes visa regime on Turks in retaliatory move
Syria said Thursday it would begin requiring visas from Turks entering the country, reversing a six-year agreement with Ankara that allowed visa-free entry to citizens of both countries, after a similar move by Turkey. The Syrian foreign ministry said the
Syria army retakes key hilltop in coastal province
Syrian troops and allied militia pushed rebel fighters back on Wednesday from a hilltop overlooking a strategic highway in President Bashar al-Assad’s coastal heartland, state media said. Citing a military source, state news agency SANA said army units and pro-government
Dozens of civilians killed in Syrian rebel stronghold
At least 45 civilians were killed Sunday in heavy bombardment of a Syrian rebel stronghold east of Damascus that also struck a school, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said rockets fired by regime forces rained
Strikes on Syrian school district, other areas, kill 28
Air and missile strikes on a school district and other areas in insurgent-held Damascus suburbs killed at least 28 people on Sunday, including two children and a school principal, a group monitoring the Syrian war said. The Syrian Observatory for
Aid delivered to rebel-held area of Syrian city: Governor
Humanitarian aid deliveries to a rebel-held district of the central Syrian city of Homs has begun under a deal with insurgents, the provincial governor told AFP on Saturday. The agreement reached on Tuesday will see the city once dubbed “the
Syrian regime raids near Damascus kill 35 civilians
At least 35 civilians were killed and dozens wounded in a series of Syrian regime raids on a rebel stronghold east of Damascus on Friday, a monitoring group said. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “regime warplanes targeted
Assad: enemies are boosting support for ‘terrorists’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday that his enemies abroad had increased support for the regime’s armed opponents since the start of a major offensive to win back lost territory. Meeting with a senior Iranian official in Damascus, Assad highlighted
Syria troops advance against ISIS in Homs province
The Syrian army recaptured a town and village in the central province of Homs from ISIS on Monday, state media and a monitoring group said. “The army in cooperation with popular defence groups (pro-regime militias) took control of Maheen and
Assad: Syria troops advancing thanks to Russia strikes
Syrian government troops are advancing on “nearly every front” thanks to Russian air strikes that began in September, President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview released Sunday. The embattled president also said he favored new peace talks to be hosted
Syrian rebel group says studying local ceasefire proposal
A powerful Syrian insurgent group said on Thursday it was studying a local ceasefire proposal tabled by an international mediator aimed at halting fighting near Damascus. Islam Alloush, spokesman for the Jaish al-Islam group, told Reuters the ceasefire proposal had
Syria army, rebels in talks over 15-day truce near capital
Syria’s army and rebels were locked in talks Wednesday night to reach a 15-day ceasefire in the Eastern Ghouta region east of the capital, a monitor and a security source told AFP. These are the first known talks aiming for
Syria’s Assad: Paris attacks result of French policy
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Saturday that French policy had contributed to the “spread of terrorism” that culminated in gun and bomb attacks which killed 128 people in Paris. In a meeting with a delegation of French lawmakers in Damascus,
Iranian carrier ‘purchased UK plane’ to fly elite troops to Syria
An Iranian airline last week bought a UK-made plane for the delivery of troops and arms to the Syrian regime, according to a report in the International Business Times, in a violation of the nuclear accord signed between the Islamic
Oman’s top diplomat meets Assad in rare Syria visit
Syrian President Bashar Assad met with Oman’s top diplomat, Yussef bin Alawi, in Damascus on Monday, in a rare visit for a Gulf official since Syria’s conflict broke out, state media reported. Official news agency SANA said Assad and Alawi
UN says it mistakenly sent expired biscuits to Syrians
The United Nations said Saturday it had mistakenly sent hundreds of boxes of expired biscuits to besieged civilians in rebel-held areas near Damascus as part of a relief convoy earlier this month. A total of 320 out of 650 boxes
Russia says reports of Syria hospital strike ‘fake’
Moscow on Thursday denied reports of a Russian strike on a clinic in Syria as “fake”, attacking the Britain-based monitoring group behind the reports as no more reliable than a “pizzeria”. “I want to deny all of this information,” said
Two rockets hit Russian embassy in Syria, no casualties reported
Two shells were fired at Russia’s embassy in Damascus on Tuesday during a demonstration in support of Moscow, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to the building. The incident came nearly two weeks after Russia, a
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