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 kidnaps 1,200 Yazidis, moves them to Mosul
At least 1,200 Yazidis have been kidnapped by ISIS militants and moved to central Mosul, according to the acting governor of Sinjar district in Iraq’s Nineveh. Mahma Khalil also added that there were other Yazidis from the districts of Tal
Iraqi special forces reach Tigris river in Mosul
Iraqi special forces reached the eastern bank of the Tigris river in Mosul on Sunday for the first time in a US-backed assault on ISIS, and clashed with militants near a historic site in the city, military officials said. Elite
ISIS suicide car bomb kills 13 in eastern Baghdad
A suicide car bomb blast claimed by ISIS killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 50 others at a vegetable market in eastern Baghdad on Sunday, police and medical sources said. The attacker drove the car through a
Iraqi forces close in on Tigris river in Mosul
Iraqi forces closed in on the river that runs through central Mosul on Saturday in advances against ISIS that have gathered pace thanks to new tactics and better coordination, a counter-terrorism spokesman said. Advances in recent days, including Saturday’s push
Turkey ‘agrees on withdrawal of troops’ from northern Iraq
Turkey has agreed to withdraw its troops from northern Iraq in statements confirmed by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. The news comes as Turkish Prime Minister Ben Ali Yildirim arrived in Baghdad on Saturday to meet with Abadi to discuss
Turkey to naturalize Syrian, Iraqi migrants: Erdogan
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday announced that some of the millions of Syrian and Iraqis who have fled to Turkey would be given Turkish nationality. “Our interior ministry is carrying out work, and under this work, some of them
Iraqi forces advance against ISIS in Mosul
Elite Iraqi troops advanced against ISIS militants in eastern Mosul in their first night-time raid in the city, a spokesman said on Friday, in a US-backed operation which officials say is gaining momentum. Counter-terrorism service (CTS) forces pushed across a
ISIS executes Iraqi man by drowning him in detergent liquid
ISIS released a new video showing them executing an Iraqi man in Mosul by drowning him in a disinfectant detergent liquid. The video documents what ISIS has been up to during the battle of Mosul, now in its third month
Iran denies Hezbollah’s exit from Syrian territories
Iran has denied that members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, fighting alongside the Syrian regime, will exit Syrian territories. Following a meeting with former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Ali Akbar Velayati, the Iranian supreme leaders’ advisor on international affairs, said reports
Abadi: We can eliminate ISIS in 3 months
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, stressed on Tuesday, during the weekly press conference, that “the data indicate that eradicating ISIS is possible in a mere three months’ period,” at a time when the military forces backed by the United States
ISIS in Mosul targets civilians as it retreats
ISIS militants in Mosul are deliberately targeting civilians who refuse to join them as they retreat ahead of advancing Iraqi forces involved in a large-scale government operation to retake the militant-held city, an international watchdog said on Wednesday. The statement
Iran executes ‘most atrocious’ war crimes in Aleppo
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force is accused of playing an extensive role in the destruction of Aleppo, an Iranian opposition group says in a new intelligence report. Among other things, the country is building a network of stations
Seven killed by bombs near Iranian Kurdish Party HQ in Iraq
Seven people were killed in a double bomb attack Tuesday near the headquarters of an Iranian Kurdish opposition party, in a rare assault in Iraq’s relatively secure autonomous Kurdish region, a senior security official said. The blasts hit the town
Iraq gets new WB loan to cope with low oil price, ISIS
The World Bank has approved a new loan of $1.485 billion to help Iraq lessen the impact of low oil prices on its economy and shoulder the cost of the war on ISIS, the international lender said in a statement
PMUs: Optimistic despite Mosul battle dragging
The leader of the Popular Mobilization Units (PUM), also known as al-Hashd al-Shaabi, said although he had predicted that the battle against ISIS would drag, he is optimistic about liberating Mosul, al-Hadth reported on Monday. The secretary general of the
Morocco arrests eight over alleged ties with ISIS
Morocco has arrested eight men with alleged ties to the ISIS militant group active in the cities of Fez and Tangiers, the interior ministry said on Friday. A rifle, ammunition “and documents inciting towards jihad” were seized during the operation
Iraq’s government ferrying relief supplies to Mosul
A senior Iraqi government official says authorities are sending food, heating oil and drinking water to civilians in areas retaken from ISIS in and around the northern city of Mosul. Diaa Sallal, the top relief official at the Ministry of
ISIS targeting civilians in Mosul’s al-Qadisiyah
Iranian Faris News Agency revealed that the Iranian lawmakers want to draft an urgent bill to resume all nuclear activities in the country in response to the extension of US sanctions against Tehran. The agency said on Friday that Iranian
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