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
ISIS Mufti killed by air strike in western Mosul
The Directorate of Military Intelligence announced on Friday that areas controlled by ISIS in the neighborhood of al-Rifai on the right side of Mosul, have been destroyed. It confirmed the killing of a number of ISIS members, the most important
Universities are for learning, they’re not for politics and guns
By : Adnan Hussein :: A disturbing event happened in an Iraqi university on Sunday. It could have been avoided – or rather it shouldn’t have happened to begin with. Members of the armed forces entered the campus of the
ISIS has lost most territory it held in Iraq
ISIS has lost most of the territory it has held in Iraq since 2014, an Iraqi military spokesman said on Tuesday. At the height of its power, the militant group controlled about 40 percent of Iraq, joint operations command spokesman
Saudi-Iraqi relations: A regional safety net
By : Hassan Al Mustafa The meeting between Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi during the Arab summit last month in Jordan was not a protocol meeting for the sake of peace or a photo
ISIS militants hang dead bodies from electricity poles in war-torn Mosul
ISIS militants have killed dozens of civilians attempting to flee Mosul in recent days, hanging several dead bodies from electricity poles as Iraqi forces fight to retake the city, witnesses said. Troops are meeting fierce resistance as militants retreat into
Iraq’s Shiite cleric Sadr urges Assad to step down
Influential Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Saturday called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, also calling on Washington and Moscow to stop intervening in the conflict. The young Najaf-based Shiite cleric condemned the killing of 87 people, including
Pride and pain as Mosul doctors treat their own
Every time a patient is stretchered into the Athbah field hospital south of Mosul, doctor Sultan prays it isn’t his sister or brother. Most of the medical staff is from the war-torn Iraqi city and each one of the victims
Trump’s regional priorities
By : Osama Al-Sharif One day after Arab leaders, gathered in Jordan, recommitted themselves to the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative and to a comprehensive political deal between Israel and the Palestinians, while rejecting Israel’s unilateral actions in East Jerusalem and
Two Iraqi pilots killed when helicopter shot down over Mosul by ISIS
Two Iraqi army pilots were killed on Thursday when their helicopter was shot down over the city of Mosul by ISIS, according to a military statement. The helicopter was providing air support to Federal Police forces battling ISIS fighters on
Number of foreign militants in Iraq and Syria unknown: US
US intelligence agencies don’t know the true number of foreign militants still fighting in Iraq and Syria, or the extent of the threat they pose to their home countries, a senior US military officer said Wednesday. Some 40,000 foreign militants
Judge reveals Saddam trial details, Gaddafi’s plan to save him
News Agency has learnt new details related to the trial of Saddam Hussein and Muammar Qaddafi’s bid to save him. Judge Mounir Haddad, who chaired the trial of late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, revealed new details related to the trial
ISIS militants kill 31 civilians in Tikrit attacks
At least 31 people were killed, including 14 police officers, and more than 40 wounded in attacks overnight by ISIS militants in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, security and medical sources said on Wednesday. The militants wore police uniforms
UN: 40-50 years needed to clear unexploded mines in Iraq and Syria
It will take 40 to 50 years to clear the mines, improvised explosive devices and other unexploded ordnance from Iraq and Syria, the United Nations said Tuesday. “We are looking at decades of work for these countries to look like
UN says number of people displaced from Mosul exceeds 300,000
More than 300,000 people have fled Mosul since the start of the US-backed campaign to dislodge ISIS from the northern Iraqi city in October, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The United Nations’ International Organization for Migration estimates the number
Trump son-in-law, top aide Jared Kushner on visit to Iraq
White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, is visiting Iraq with Marine General Joseph Dunford, the Chairman of the US military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, a senior Trump administration official said on Sunday. The official, who
ISIS’s deputy leader Ayad al-Jumaili killed in Iraq airstrike
Ayad al-Jumaili, believed to be a deputy of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in an air strike on Friday, an Iraqi intelligence spokesman said on Saturday. The US-led anti-ISIS coalition said it was unable at the moment to
ISIS uses man with special needs as suicide bomber in West Mosul
New video footage appears to show how ISIS recently used a man with special needs as a potential suicide bomber in West Mosul during an attack against Iraqi forces. Al Arabiya’s sister channel Al Hadath obtained the video which showed
One killed and four wounded by a suicide bomb in Iraq’s Rutbah province
News Agency correspondent reported that a suicide bomber blew up a car killing one and wounding four in Iraq’s Rutbah province, west of Anbar. Security sources revealed that the suicide bomber detonated the explosives-rigged car at an Iraqi army search
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