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: FALLUJAH
UN sees Mosul assault driving out 250,000 civilians
A renewed assault on ISIS militants in the Iraqi city of Mosul could force 250,000 civilians to flee, if they can find a way out, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday. Such an exodus would be on top
HRW urges ban on militias with record of abuses from Mosul battle
Iraqi military commanders should prevent militias with records of serious abuses from taking part in a planned offensive on the ISIS-held city of Mosul, campaign group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Sunday. The battle for Mosul, the ultra-hardline militants’
Iraq urged to aid civilians who fled Fallujah
The UN Security Council has urged the international community to live up to its “moral and political obligation” to aid Iraqi civilians who fled an operation against ISIS in Fallujah. Council members “welcomed the successful counter offensive” launched by Iraqi
Iraqi forces open 2nd front south of ISIS-held Mosul
Iraqi forces opened a second front on Saturday in preparation for an assault on the ISIS stronghold of Mosul, a day after government troops declared victory over the militants in Falluja. Elite counter-terrorism forces and two army divisions, backed by
Iraqi general: ISIS to ‘make a stand in Fallujah’
A top Iraqi general said the army may permit ISIS militants to flee the offensive on Fallujah, but he expected most of them would fight to the end and predicted they faced an internal uprising in the northern city of
Spats among Iraqi forces delay Fallujah advance
After securing the southern edge of militant-held Fallujah, seven battalions of Iraqi Special Forces units have been unable to advance for two days — a delay that commanders say isn’t due to counterattacks or difficult terrain, but rather to disagreements
Iraq forces gain ground from ISIS west of Fallujah
Iraqi forces gained new ground from ISIS Saturday in a key area west of the militant bastion of Fallujah, security sources said. Fighters from the army, the police and from the Hashed al-Shaabi – a paramilitary organization dominated by Tehran-backed
US ‘failing’ efforts to retrain and reunify Iraqi army
A 17-month US effort to retrain and reunify Iraq’s regular army has failed to create a large number of effective Iraqi combat units or limit the power of sectarian militias, according to current and former US military and civilian officials.
Over 1,000 Iraqi forces wounded in Fallujah
More than 1,000 members of the Iraqi forces have been wounded since the start of the operation to retake Fallujah from ISIS, a health official said Friday. “We have received 1,119 wounded since the start of the operation,” a senior
Iraqi forces free two Yazidi women during assault on ISIS-held Fallujah
Two Yazidi women have been rescued from ISIS captivity in Fallujah by Iraqi forces during an ongoing offensive to retake the militant stronghold, a representative of the minority said on Tuesday. Vian Dakhil, a Yazidi member of the Iraqi parliament,
Iraqi army storms to edge of ISIS-held Fallujah
The Iraqi army stormed to the southern edge of Fallujah under US air support on Monday and captured a police station inside the city limits, launching a direct assault to retake one of the main strongholds of ISIS militants. A
Iraqi forces enter ISIS bastion of Fallujah
Iraqi forces entered the ISIS bastion of Fallujah from three directions on Monday in a new phase of the operation to recapture the city, commanders said. “We started early this morning our operations to break into Fallujah,” Sabah al-Norman, a
Iraq launches operation to retake ISIS-held Fallujah
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday announced the start of a military operation to retake the city of Fallujah from ISIS. “We are beginning the operation to liberate Fallujah,” he said in a statement. “The Iraqi flag will be
Residents of ISIS-held Iraqi city suffer under siege
Abu Jassim can only afford to provide one meal a day for his seven-member family – usually a stew made of locally grown leafy green vegetables or rice with a small portion of flat bread. “We are experiencing the agony
Iraqi government approves aid to Fallujah ‘in principle’
Iraq has approved aid to be delivered to people in the ISIS-held city of Fallujah, west of Anbar province after months-long siege from its forces, head of a relief delegation said. Fallujah, seized by ISIS in early 2014 with an
Iraq begins ‘broad operation’ against ISIS in Anbar
Iraqi forces have launched a broad offensive to retake the city of Hit from ISIS in the western province of Anbar, a top commander said Saturday. Led by the elite Counter-Terrorism Service, forces from the police, army and local tribal
Clashes in ISIS-held Iraq’s Fallujah halt after residents seized
Clashes between Iraqi tribesmen and the ISIS group in Fallujah have halted after the militants detained dozens of residents of the city west of Baghdad, officials said Sunday. Tribesmen in three areas of the city “withdrew from the clashes (with
Iraq tribesmen battle ISIS inside Fallujah for second day
Sunni Arab tribesmen battled militants of the ISIS group in their Fallujah stronghold for a second day Saturday in a major blow to the jihadists in Iraq, officials said. Fallujah is one of two Iraqi cities still controlled by ISIS,
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