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
Syria priest kidnapped in Homs is free: church source
A Syrian priest who was kidnapped in May in the central province of Homs is free and on Sunday conducted his first mass since his abduction, a church source said. “Father (Jacques) Mourad is free. He is currently in the
Russian warships join air campaign in Syria
Russian warships in the Caspian Sea fired cruise missiles on Wednesday night as Syrian government troops launched a ground offensive in central Syria in the first major combined air-and-ground assault since Moscow began its military campaign in the country last
Russia says claims its jets hit Syria’s Palmyra ‘absolute lie’
The Russian defence ministry on Tuesday angrily dismissed reports that its planes had launched air strikes against the Syrian city of Palmyra as false, the TASS news agency reported. “All reports by foreign media that Russian planes allegedly struck the
Putin’s crooked road to Damascus
By : Andrei Kolesnikov When Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 28, he knew he would grab the world’s attention and upstage US President Barack Obama with his call for a united front in
Syria’s Assad wrote to Putin over military support
The Syrian presidency said on Wednesday any increase in Russian military support to Syria was the result of a request, and President Bashar al-Assad had written to his Russian counterpart in that regard. In a statement, the presidency’s media office
Syria’s Assad makes rare public appearance for Eid prayers
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad attended holiday prayers at a Damascus mosque on Thursday, state media reported, in a rare public appearance for the embattled regime head. Assad led Eid al-Adha prayers at the Al-Adel mosque with state and ruling Baath
Syria deploys Russian drones for first time
The Syrian military for the first time on Wednesday deployed drones supplied by Russia for its fight against jihadists, a security source in Damascus said. “For the first time, the army today used drones received from Moscow in operations against
Moscow bolsters arm support to Syria tyrant
Syria said Tuesday it had received sophisticated new arms from Russia including warplanes and deployed them against militants, as signs grew of a major shift in the country’s four-year conflict. A senior Syrian military official told AFP Damascus had received
Russia urges ‘action’ after shell hits Damascus embassy compound
Russia’s foreign ministry on Monday called for “concrete action” after a shell landed on its embassy compound in the Syrian capital, blaming forces battling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “A shell fell on the territory of the Russian embassy in Damascus
Clashes near Damascus kill 80 in six days
At least 80 rebels and regime fighters have been killed in six days of clashes northeast of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said Sunday. The deaths came in clashes that began on Tuesday when two prominent Islamist
Two Russian aid planes land in Syria: Report
Two Russian planes carrying humanitarian aid landed in Syria on Saturday, state media said, amid reports that Moscow is beefing up military support to its ally Damascus. “Two Russian planes arrived today at the Latakia Martyr Bassil al-Assad international airport
Rebels storm Syria’s largest prison near Damascus
An Islamist rebel group stormed Syria’s largest prison on Friday, seizing two buildings in the complex near Damascus amid heavy fighting, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. “Jaish al-Islam entered Adra prison and seized two buildings in the women’s
Three killed in mortar attack on Damascus: state TV
A mortar bomb killed three people and wounded 12 more in a market place in northeast Damascus on Sunday, Syrian state television reported, after months of relative calm in the capital. The bomb exploded in a market in Saroujah district
Fire at clinic in Syria kills 27, mostly children: state media
A fire at a small clinic in northeast Syria on Sunday killed 27 people, mostly children, and injured about 30 others, official media said. State news agency SANA, citing police, said dry branches had caught fire and the blaze spread
Syria plays up ties with Iran, Russia
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said Wednesday that Iran and Russia would never give up their support for his regime in the face of a four-year-old armed revolt. “I assure you that the relationship between Syria, the Russian Federation, and
ISIS militants ‘advance towards Damascus’
Syrian regime strikes against ISIS in and around the ancient city of Palmyra have failed to halt their advance towards Damascus, a monitor said on Sunday. The intense strikes came after the fall of Palmyra, named Tadmor in Arabic, to
Attack on Russian embassy in Syria condemned
The United Nations and the United States condemned Tuesday a mortar attack on the Russian embassy in Damascus that did not, however, cause any known injuries. The 15-member council stressed that host countries have an obligation to “take all appropriate
Syria’s Assad praises Iran’s support as ‘key pillar’
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday praised Iran’s support as a “key pillar” in his fight against rebels, as a third Iranian official visited Damascus in less than a week. The visits come after several military losses for the Syrian
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