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: FOREIGN FIGHTERS
Iraq holding 1,400 foreign wives, children of suspected ISIS fighters
:: Iraqi authorities are holding 1,400 foreign wives and children of suspected ISIS fighters after government forces expelled the militant group from one of its last remaining strongholds in Iraq, security and aid officials said. Most came from Turkey. Many
ISIS fighter is first Australian stripped of citizenship
Australian ISIS fighter Khaled Sharrouf has become the country’s first dual nationality individual to be stripped of Australian citizenship under anti-terrorism laws, the Australian newspaper said on Saturday. Australia, a staunch ally of the United States and its battle against
U.S. launches task force to combat violent extremism
The White House announced Friday the formation of a new task force to combat the recruitment of Americans to violent extremist movements like ISIS. The new effort comes in response to frustration that ISIS operatives and supporters have managed to
Masked man in ISIS video ‘is suspected Briton’
Investigations into the identity of an English-speaking man who featured in an ISIS video are focusing on a Briton, Siddhartha Dhar, the BBC reported Tuesday. Dhar was born a Hindu and ran a business renting out bouncy castles in northeast
Report: U.S. lacks strategy to stop Americans joining militants
Nearly 30,000 foreigners — including at least 4,500 Westerners — have traveled to Iraq and Syria to fight with jihadists since 2011 and the United States is failing to stop Americans from joining them, a report warned Tuesday. The document
Commander of elite Tajik police force defects to ISIS
The U.S.-trained commander of Tajikistan’s elite police force has defected to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), he said in a YouTube video, and his former unit will issue a statement condemning him, media said on Thursday. Colonel Gulmurod
Canada arrests 10 youths attempting to join ISIS
Canadian police arrested 10 young people as they allegedly tried to leave the country to join the Islamic State group, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Tuesday. The federal police arrested the group last weekend at Montreal’s international airport and
Police say over 700 Britons have travelled to Syria, half now home
More than 700 Britons are thought to have travelled to Syria and over a half have since returned home where they now pose a significant terrorism threat, British police said on Thursday. Mark Rowley, the lead officer on counter-terrorism, also
Foreign fighters still flowing to Syria
The number of foreign fighters traveling to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or rival militant groups in Syria is continuing to grow, a senior U.S. counterterrorism official will tell a congressional hearing on Wednesday. The United
Tunisia foils ‘spectacular’ militant plots
Tunisia arrested 32 militant Islamists, some of them returning from fighting in Syria, who planned “spectacular” attacks, officials said on Saturday. News of the arrests came one day after a secular-Islamist coalition cabinet headed by Prime Minister Habib Essid took
‘Outdated’ UK laws hamper counter-terrorism
Britain’s ability to prevent terrorist attacks is hampered by outdated laws that are “no longer fit for purpose,” a former MI5 chief said in an interview published on Sunday, as the government considers new powers to monitor the Internet. Jonathan
Iraq asks Australian PM for more military aid
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday asked Australian counterpart Tony Abott to step up military assistance to aid Baghdad’s fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihadist group. Australia is part of a U.S.-led coalition carrying
Malaysia ISIS recruits ‘take out loans’ to fund trip
Malaysian supporters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have applied and received bank loans to finance their trip to join the militant group, Malaysia’s New Straits Times reported. At least five of the ISIS supporters barred from
Afghans fighting in Syria alongside regime: monitor
Shiite Muslim militiamen from Afghanistan have been fighting in Syria for months alongside President Bashar al-Assad’s troops, a monitoring group said Wednesday. Afghanistan is home to a Sunni Muslim majority but nearly one-fifth of the population is Shiite, mainly Farsi-speakers
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