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: IS
Obama wants $3.2 bln for U.S. air war on ISIS
President Barack Obama will ask lawmakers Friday for an additional $3.2 billion to pay for the war against the Islamic State group of Iraq and Syria, including funds to train and arm Baghdad government forces, officials said Thursday. The funds
Obama: ‘too early’ to say if U.S. is beating ISIS
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday it was too early to say whether a U.S.-led military coalition is winning against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. “I think it’s too early to say whether we are winning because
British troops to ‘train’ Iraqi forces for ISIS war
Britain is preparing to send troops to Iraq to train local security forces in their war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, The Times newspaper reported Wednesday. The British newspaper reported that officers are set to
ISIS releases 93 Syrian Kurds, monitor reports
The militant Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group has released 93 Syrian Kurds it captured in February as they made their way from northern Syria to neighboring Iraq, a group monitoring the conflict said on Tuesday. ISIS seized
Life under ISIS in Iraq’s Falluja: danger, rage and profit
After Islamic State seized Falluja in January it persuaded a man making covers for cars to sell suicide vests instead, one of many changes in the Iraqi city as it adapts to life under the ultra-hardline Sunni militants. Islamic State
Islamic State seizes second gas field in Syria this week
Islamic State militants claim to have gained control of the Jahar gas field in central Homs province from the Syrian army. The militants posted pictures on social media boasting of the capture, which they now consider part of their ‘Caliphate.’
ISIS fighters abseil from Mosul bridge into heavy traffic
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants have been pictured practicing abseiling down a bridge in the city of Mosul, the group’s largest Iraqi stronghold – while cars and trucks drive casually by. The pictures, taken near the city
Militant group claims Baghdad bombings
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed responsibility for two bombings on Shiite pilgrims that left 23 people dead in Baghdad a day earlier, as violence continued on Monday. In a statement posted online late Sunday, the group
Singapore to provide anti-ISIS coalition with military support
Singapore said Monday it would provide military support to the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group but would not take part in combat operations. Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen told parliament the Singapore Armed
Iraq says over 300 tribe members killed by ISIS
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants have killed 322 members of an Iraqi tribe in western Anbar province, including dozens of women and children whose bodies were dumped in a well, the government said in the first official
ISIS fighter offers UK paper bribe for revealing ‘Jihadi John’
A British Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant offered to reveal the identity of “Jihadi John” – the ISIS fighter who was featured in a series of gruesome videos released by the group in which Western hostages were
Scores of Libyans pledge loyalty to ISIS chief in video
Dozens of residents of a town in eastern Libya have pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants fighting in Syria and Iraq, according to a video and a resident. Around
ISIS kills 85 more members of Iraqi tribe
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants have executed 85 more members of the Albu Nimr tribe in Iraq in a mass killing campaign launched last week in retaliation for resistance to the group’s territorial advances, a tribal leader and
Iraqi Peshmerga fighters ‘cross into Kobane’
Some 150 Iraqi Peshmerga fighters left a Turkish military warehouse to head across the border and join the fight in the key border town of Kobane which is under assault by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants. The
One in seven young Brits have ‘warm feelings’ towards ISIS: poll
One in seven young adults in the UK have “warm feelings” towards the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group, a poll quoted by London-based newspaper The Times reported on Friday. The pro-extremist leanings suggested by the poll
Iraqi trio held by Swiss over suspected ISIS attack plot
Swiss authorities confirmed on Friday that three Iraqis arrested in March are suspected of having planned a terrorist attack in Europe on behalf of the Islamic State group. At the end of March, authorities “arrested three Iraqi citizens suspected of
US:1,000 foreign fighters flock to Syria each month
More than 1,000 foreign jihadists are streaming into Syria and Iraq each month despite the ongoing international aerial military campaign there, the United States has warned. U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism officials have said the U.S.-led military campaign against the Islamic
Norway to send 120 soldiers to Iraq to help train army
The Norwegian government said Thursday it would send about 120 troops to Iraq to help train its armed forces in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremists. Prime Minister Erna Solberg however stressed that “the
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