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: Iraq
Top Sunni official held in Baghdad
Armed men in military uniform raided the home of a senior Baghdad Sunni politician overnight and whisked him and several of his guards away, police said Saturday. “Armed men came last night and detained the head of Baghdad provincial council
Iraq’s top Shiite cleric sends subtle message to Maliki to step aside
Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric urged political leaders on Friday to refrain from clinging to their posts – an apparent reference to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who has defied demands that he step aside. Speaking through an aide who delivered
Islamic State could be added to Syria war crimes list: UN
UNITED NATIONS, United States: Islamic State fighters accused of atrocities in Syria are expected to be added to a list being drawn by the United Nations of possible war crime indictees, the chief rights investigator said Friday. Brazilian Paulo Pinheiro,
Iraqi dwarf community seeks equal rights
Iraq’s dwarfs – estimated to number around 8,000 – are seeking equal rights and treatment in a society which they feel discriminates against them. Although there are legal regulations that recommend hiring dwarfs and other special needs invididuals in state
ISIS destroys ‘Jonah’s tomb’ in Mosul
The radical Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group has destroyed shrines belonging to two prophets, highly revered by both Christians and Muslims, in the northern city of Mosul, al-Sumaria News reported Thursday. “ISIS militants have destroyed the Prophet
ISIS orders female genital mutilation in Iraq
The al-Qaeda-Inspired Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has ordered all girls and women between the ages of 11 and 46 in and around Iraq’s northern city of Mosul to undergo female genital mutilation, the United Nations said on
Attack on Iraq prisoner convoy kills 60
At least 51 prisoners and nine policemen died on Thursday after gunmen attacked a bus transferring convicts from a prison north of Baghdad, sources at the Ministry of Justice said. The incident has reportedly sparked clashes between prisoners and policemen,
Fuad Masum elected new Iraqi president
Iraqi lawmakers on Thursday elected veteran Kurdish politician Fuad Masum as federal president, a move that paves the way for the much-delayed formation of a new government. Parliament Speaker Salim al-Juburi announced that Masum, who was born in 1938 and
ISIS tells Iraqi shops to veil mannequins
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has reportedly given shopkeepers in the Iraqi city of Mosul strict instructions to cover the faces of mannequins, months after seizing control of the country’s second largest city. According to The Associated Press,
Iraq postpones vote for president, delaying power-sharing deal
Iraq’s parliament, which had been due to elect the country’s president on Wednesday, postponed the vote by a day, delaying the formation of a power-sharing government urgently needed to confront a Sunni Muslim uprising. The advance by Sunni Islamist militants
Kurdish leader eyes independence from Iraq
Massoud Barzani, president of the autonomous region of Kurdistan in Iraq’s north, is pushing for full independence from the conflict-ravaged country. His nine-year rule has seen Iraqi Kurdistan flourish, with relative stability, lower perceived corruption and healthy oil revenues. This
NGO: Jihadists sell Syrian oil to Iraqi businessmen
The jihadist Islamic State is selling oil and liquid gas products extracted from fields under its control in Syria to Iraqi businessmen across the border, a monitoring group said Monday. ISIS has captured large swathes of territory in Syria and
Is Iraq’s Kurdish region outside of ISIS’ calculus?
Iraqi Kurds have remained unscathed so far from any major assault by the radical Islamic State of Iraq and Syria not only because of their defensive force represented in the Peshmerga but also because of ISIS’ priority of toppling the
Rights group warns Iraq jihadists want to eradicate minorities
The jihadists controlling large swathes of northern and western Iraq seem bent on killing or expelling all religious minorities in the Mosul area, Human Rights Watch warned Saturday. The New York-based rights watchdog’s statement was issued as thousands of Christians
Christians flee Mosul after ISIS ultimatum to convert or leave
Christians have fled Iraq’s northern city of Mosul en masse before a Saturday deadline issued by the al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for them to either convert to Islam, pay tax, leave or be killed. Al Arabiya
ISIS burns 1,800-year-old church in Mosul
Militants from the radical jihadist group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria have set fire to a 1,800-year-old church in Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul, a photo released Saturday shows. The burning of the church is the latest
Islamic State ultimatum sparks Christian exodus
• IS militants to Mosul Christians: convert, pay or die • Evacuees join Shiites fleeing to Kurdistan • Rights group: IS “caliphate” wiping out minority groups in areas it controls People who fled from the violence in Mosul walk
UN accuses IS of executions, rape and child abuse in Iraq
BAGHDAD: The United Nations accused Islamic State fighters in Iraq of executing religious and other leaders as well as teachers and health workers, forcibly recruiting children and raping women among acts that amounted to war crimes. A UN report focused
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