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: IRAQI ARMY
Iraqi military preparing to take control of Kurdish borders
:: Iraq’s military is preparing to take control of the international borders of the northern Kurdish region. The preparations are part of the central government’s stepped-up efforts to isolate the Kurds following their vote on independence earlier this week. They
Iraqi forces battling in the center of Tal Afar
:: Iraqi military officials say forces have advanced into the center of the ISIS held town of Tal Afar. Iraqi spokesman Brig Gen Yahya Rasool told the Associated Press that Iraqi forces took control of several neighborhoods Friday as they
Iraqi forces seize more ground in Mosul, PM sees victory soon
:: Iraqi forces on Tuesday pushed towards the river side of Mosul’s Old City, their key target in the eight-month campaign to capture ISIS’s de-facto capital, and Iraq’s prime minister predicted victory very soon, Reuters reported. Iraqi forces, battling up
Iraq warns Mosul civilians, tells ISIS ‘surrender or die’
:: Iraqi authorities have dropped leaflets over Mosul warning civilians to stay inside and are telling jihadists to “surrender or die” after launching an assault to retake the Old City. Iraqi forces launched an assault on Sunday to recapture the
Iraqi forces storm Mosul neighborhoods, killing 173 ISIS militants
:: Iraqi forces have stormed four neighborhoods in the city of Mosul on Monday, killing about 173 ISIS militants including one high-rank leader. Iraq’s anti-terrorism units on Monday have stormed Al-Oraibi and Al-Rifa’i neighborhoods where heavy clashes are still taking
Mosul battle heats up as Iraqi forces fight ISIS near airport
US-backed Iraqi forces fought ISIS fighters on Monday to clear the way to Mosul’s airport, on the second day of a ground offensive on the militants’ remaining stronghold in the western side of the city. Federal police and elite interior
Iraqi special forces arrive outside ISIS-held Mosul
A few hundred Iraqi special forces arrived Friday at the front line near militant-held Mosul, one small part of a series of troop movements that have massed thousands of soldiers ahead of an operation seeking to retake the country’s second-largest
ISIS crushes rebellion plot in Iraq’s Mosul
ISIS has crushed a rebellion plot in Mosul, led by one of the group’s commanders who aimed to switch sides and help deliver the group’s Iraqi capital to government forces, residents and Iraqi security officials told Reuters. ISIS executed 58
Iraq army with tribal volunteers liberate two villages from ISIS
Iraq Army’s Seventh Band, with the backing of tribesmen, have liberated two villages in Hit island in the western province of Anbar on Sunday from ISIS, a local media reported. Al-Mahboubiya and Al-Safakiya villages located in the island on the
Iraqi army storms to edge of ISIS-held Fallujah
The Iraqi army stormed to the southern edge of Fallujah under US air support on Monday and captured a police station inside the city limits, launching a direct assault to retake one of the main strongholds of ISIS militants. A
Iraq forces extend Ramadi control, rescue civilians
Iraqi forces on Friday pushed out of central Ramadi to extend their grip on the city, sweeping neighborhoods for pockets of militants to flush out and trapped civilians to evacuate. Federal forces declared victory Sunday in the battle for Ramadi,
We can’t retake Mosul without Kurds, says Iraqi official
The Iraqi army will need Kurdish fighters’ help to retake Mosul, the largest city under the control of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Iraqi Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said, with the planned offensive expected to be very challenging.
Iraqi Kurdish forces in anti-ISIS commando raid: officials
Iraqi Kurdish forces carried out a commando operation near Hawijah in which several senior members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) were captured or killed, local and security sources said Saturday. The operation involved helicopters and bore
Iraq launches operation to drive ISIS from Anbar
Iraq on Tuesday announced the launch of a military operation to drive ISIS out of the western Anbar province, where the extremists captured the provincial capital, Ramadi, earlier this month. Iraqi state TV declared the start of the operation, in
U.S. defense chief: Iraqi forces lacked will to fight ISIS
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Sunday said Iraqi forces showed no will to fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants during the fall of Ramadi a week ago, and U.S. forces were trying to encourage them
Iraq deputy PM urges Baghdad road opened to Ramadi’s displaced
Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Mutlaq, a leading Sunni politician, on Saturday urged authorities to open the road to Baghdad for thousands of displaced from the militant-seized city of Ramadi. “I call for the immediate opening of Bzeibez bridge,” Mutlaq,
Iraq’s Ramadi falls to ISIS after army deserts city
The western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday fell to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), after the militants relentlessly bombarded the capital of the Anbar province with suicide bombers, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. Ramadi fell after
Looting in Iraq’s Tikrit after city retaken
Pro-government militiamen were seen looting shops in the centre of the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Wednesday after its recapture from the Islamic State jihadist group in a month-long battle. The militiamen took items including clothing, shampoo and shaving cream
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