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: IDLIB
Turkey, Iran, Russia to deploy observers around Idlib
:: Russia, Iran and Turkey will post observers on the edge of a de-escalation zone in northern Syria’s Idlib region largely controlled by radical militants, the three nations said on Friday. The move is part of a broader plan under
Russia, Turkey, Iran agree borders for “de-escalation zone” in Syria’s Idlib
:: Russia, Iran and Turkey have agreed the borders of a “de-escalation zone” in Syria’s northern Idlib province, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Friday. It said representatives from the three countries, who met in Astana, were still discussing
De Mistura commends Saudi efforts to unify Syrian opposition
:: Staffan de Mistura Special Envoy for Syria, praised Saudi efforts to unify the Syrian opposition, on Wednesday. The UN envoy said, although the violence continues in Syria, efforts are also made to reduce it, pointing out to a significant
Seven White Helmets medics killed in Syria’s Idlib
:: Gunmen early Saturday stormed an office of a Syrian paramedic group that is active in opposition-controlled areas, killing seven of its members and stealing two vehicles and other equipment in a northwestern region, the group and opposition activists said,
US says ‘grave’ consequences if Syria’s al-Qaeda dominates Idlib
:: The United States warned a takeover of rebel-held northwestern Idlib province by Syrian militants linked to a former al-Qaeda affiliate would have grave consequences and make it difficult to dissuade Russia from renewing bombing that recently stopped. In an
Former Qaeda affiliate takes control of Syria’s Idlib after rebel pull-out
:: A former al-Qaeda affiliate took control of the northern Syrian city of Idlib on Sunday two days after agreeing to end fighting with a rebel group, a monitor said. “Ahrar al-Sham withdrew from the city of Idlib which is
Clashes intensify in Syria’s Idlib between rebel groups
:: Clashes in Syria’s Idlib province between a powerful militant group and a key rebel faction intensified overnight, spreading to a border crossing with Turkey, a monitor and AFP correspondent said Friday. The running battles between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS),
Monitor: Opposition infighting in Syria’s Idlib kills 14
:: Infighting between two of the most powerful factions in Syria’s opposition-held Idlib province has killed at least 14 people in the past 24 hours, a monitor said Wednesday. The fighting involves the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), led by a
Extremist insurgents clash across Syria’s Idlib
:: Clashes between rival insurgent groups broke out in Syria’s Idlib region in some of the heaviest fighting between extremist factions which hold sway in the northwestern province, war monitors reported on Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said
Rival groups clash in Syria’s rebel-packed Idlib
:: Clashes have broken out in northwestern Syria between two of the most powerful insurgent groups raising fears of widespread violence in the rebel-held province of Idlib. The ultraconservative Ahrar al-Sham said in a statement Saturday that the al-Qaeda-linked Levant
UN seeks security for Syria gas attacks investigators
:: The United Nations is working to obtain security assurances needed to dispatch an international team of experts to the site of last month’s suspected sarin gas attack in Syria, a UN official said Tuesday. At least 88 people died
Ex-Nusra fighters to be evacuated from Syrian camp
:: Agreement has been reached to evacuate wounded fighters of the hardline Islamist group formerly known as Nusra Front from Yarmouk, in the southern suburbs of Damascus, to rebel-held Idlib province, Hezbollah-affiliated al-Manar TV reported on Sunday. The agreement is
US Treasury sanctions Syria officials over sarin attack
The US government imposed “sweeping sanctions” on Syrian officials in response to what the United States says was a sarin gas attack on civilians earlier this month, the Treasury Department announced Monday. The Treasury ordered a freeze on all assets
Syria’s Assad: Idlib chemical attack ‘fabrication’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said an alleged poison gas attack blamed on his government last week in Idlib province was “100 percent fabrication,” news agency AFP reported on Thursday. Assad also said Syria’s military had given up all chemical weapons,
When Trump decided to strike
By : Turki Aldakhil On August 21, 2013, the Assad regime used chemical weapons against civilians in Syria. Back then, President Barack Obama said this attack crossed the “red line.” He was about to carry out an attack against the
President Trump garners Arab, international praise for decisive action
Saudi Arabia said Friday it supported the US strikes on a Syrian airbase and held the regime responsible for the attacks. In a phone call with President Trump Friday, King Salman congratulated the US president “on this courageous decision which
Chemical attack on Idlib a test for Trump
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed In addition to being forbidden in all circumstances and situations, we did not understand the reasoning of the Syrian regime in using prohibited chemical weapons against the civilians in Idlib. The regime’s forces were not in
What the father of twin toddlers killed in chemical attack said about US strike
Alaa Alyousef, the survivor of the chemical attack in a northern Syrian town says he hopes the US missile attack could help put an end to Syrian government airstrikes, creating a safe area for civilians. Alaa Alyousef, a 27-year old
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