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
Turkey limits visas for Iraqis, citing illegal immigration
Turkey has restricted entry visas for Iraqis in a bid to limit foreign fighters reaching its territory and stem the flow of migrants and refugees to Europe. The European Union is banking on Turkish help to alleviate its worst migration
U.S. conduct 27 strikes against ISIS
The United States and its allies conducted 27 strikes against ISIS militants in Syria and Iraq on Saturday, the Combined Joint Task Force overseeing the operations said in a statement. In Iraq, 25 attacks were carried out near nine cities,
Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric calls for government reforms
Iraq’s influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is calling for the inclusion of more technocrats in government and is threatening to withdraw from the political process if his proposal is not accepted. Al-Sadr spoke Saturday following Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s
Iraq’s Yazidis seek outside help to get rid of Daesh
Members of Iraq’s Yazidi community, joining academics and lawyers at the first conference devoted to their plight, spoke on Thursday of their brutal treatment at the hands of Daesh (the so-called IS) militants who overran their homeland. Eighteen months after
Thousands of Iraqi refugees leave Finland voluntarily
Thousands of Iraqi refugees who arrived in Finland last year have decided to cancel their asylum applications and to return home voluntarily, citing family issues and disappointment with life in the frosty Nordic country. Europe is in the grip of
Iraqi PM says has won back half of ISIS-held territories
Iraqi forces have won back half of the territory previously under the control of ISIS militants, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told a security conference in Germany on Friday. “The area we have liberated so far is more than half of
CIA: ISIS has used and can make chemical weapons
CIA director John Brennan has said that ISIS fighters have used chemical weapons and have the capability to make small quantities of chlorine and mustard gas, CBS News reported Thursday. “We have a number of instances where ISIS has used
U.S. allies conduct 14 strikes against ISIS: U.S military
The United States and its allies conducted 14 strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Wednesday, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operations said in a statement. In Iraq, 13 included three strikes focused near
Abadi: Kurdistan ‘part of Iraq’ and should remain so
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Thursday urged Kurdistan to drop any plans for independence, warning that the autonomous northern region could not do without Iraq. “The Kurdistan region will not develop without Iraq, and Iraq must be united in
Study says Mosul dam at ‘higher risk’ of failure
Iraq’s Mosul Dam has long been branded the world’s most dangerous dam, at risk of collapsing and sending water crashing over millions of people. That prospect is even greater than was previously believed after ISIS captured the dam briefly in
Iraqi PM calls for major cabinet reshuffle
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday he would reshuffle his cabinet to replace ministers appointed on the basis of political affiliations with technocrats. “I call for a radical cabinet reshuffle to include professional technocrats and academic figures and
Spy chief: Homegrown extremists biggest Islamist threat to U.S
The global threat posed by the ISIS militant group is still rising but U.S.-based homegrown extremists pose the biggest danger to the homeland, Washington’s top spy said Tuesday. In a report prepared for U.S. lawmakers before he was due to
Indonesia jails seven for supporting ISIS
An Indonesian court on Tuesday handed down prison terms to seven men accused of supporting ISIS amid a security crackdown on the militant group’s suspected sympathisers in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation. Indonesia has been on high alert since
Canada to end air strikes against ISIS
Canada’s prime minister on Monday announced that the country will end air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq (ISIS) by Feb. 22, saying that “the people terrorized by ISIL every day don’t need our vengeance, they
Iraq deploying troops to retake Mosul
The Iraqi army is deploying thousands of soldiers to a northern base in preparation for operations to retake the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group’s hub of Mosul, officials said on Monday. ISIS seized Mosul in June 2014
Canada to unveil plans for anti-ISIS cooperation
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was set to unveil Monday new plans for Canada’s role in the international coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), including his pledge to stop involvement in air strikes. Ottawa’s plans to
Rise in number of suspected militants blocked from leaving Australia
The rate at which suspected militants are being blocked from departing Australia has doubled in the past year, a report said Sunday, amid a government crackdown of its nationals travelling to Iraq or Syria to fight. There were 312 people
Iraqi Kurds protest against Turkey, 3 police wounded
Protests against Turkey in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region have turned violent, with three police officers wounded. Hundreds of protesters gathered Sunday outside the United Nations compound in the northern city of Irbil calling for an end to Turkish airstrikes against
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