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: ISIS
Syrian army thrusts east to break siege of Deir al-Zor city
:: With a sudden lunge through militants’ lines, the Syrian military and its allies on Monday came to within three kilometers of relieving the Euphrates city of Deir al-Zor, where ISIS has besieged an army garrison and 93,000 civilians for
Syria army advances towards ISIS-held Deir Ezzor
:: Syrian government soldiers and allied fighters have advanced further towards a government enclave besieged by ISIS in the country’s east, a monitor said on Sunday. Syria’s army, backed by Russian military support, has been advancing towards Deir Ezzor city
US-led coalition says ISIS Syria convoy split in two
:: An ISIS evacuation convoy trying to reach ISIS territory in east Syria has split in two, with some buses remaining in the open desert after others turned back into government-held areas, a US-led coalition fighting the group said on
ISIS convoy: Hezbollah, Syrian army seek new route
:: Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the Syrian army are seeking a new route for a convoy of ISIS fighters and their families bound for the militants’ stronghold in eastern Syria, a commander in the military alliance backing Syria’s government said. The
UN sees ISIS defeats in Syria by October, elections possible in a year
:: ISIS’s remaining Syrian strongholds are likely to fall by the end of October, which must be the trigger for the international community to push for free and fair elections, UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Friday. “What
US-backed Syria force says its seized Raqqa’s old city from ISIS
:: US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighters on Friday ousted ISIS from Raqqa’s Old City, a spokesman told AFP, bringing them closer than ever to the militants’ most well-defended positions. “Our forces today seized full control of the Old City in
ISIS convoy heading back deep into Syria
:: A convoy loaded with ISIS fighters released by Lebanon was headed back into deep Syria on Thursday after being blocked at the Iraq border, a top US general said. Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend, commander of the counter-ISIS coalition in
ISIS’s Baghdadi is ‘probably still alive’ despite Russian reports of his death
:: ISIS group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appears to be still alive, a top US military commander said Thursday, contradicting Russia’s claims that it probably killed the top counterterror target months ago. “Do I believe he’s alive? Yes,” said Army
Russia detains two over suspected ‘terror’ plot
:: Russia’s FSB intelligence agency said Thursday that it had detained two men from ex-Soviet Central Asia who were plotting to carry out stabbing and suicide bomb attacks in Moscow. The FSB said the men were looking to strike “mass
ISIS claims responsibility for Algeria suicide attack
:: A suicide attack on a police station in western Algeria killed two policeman after one officer jumped on the attacker to protect his colleagues from the blast, state news agency APS and police said on Thursday. ISIS claimed responsibility
Iraq announce Tal Afar and surrounding areas liberated from ISIS
:: Iraq declared on Thursday that its forces had retaken the northern city of Tal Afar and the surrounding region in another major victory over ISIS militants “Our happiness ISIS complete, victory has arrived and the province of Nineveh is
Hezbollah leader says he met Assad in Syria over ISIS evacuation
:: Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Thursday he travelled to Damascus to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to request the evacuation of ISIS fighters from their enclave on the Syria-Lebanon border. The evacuation convoy left the border area
Iraq’s Maliki welcomes Hezbollah-negotiated deal with ISIS
:: Iraqi Vice President and leader of the State of Law coalition Nouri al-Maliki welcomed the recent Hezbollah-negotiated deal with ISIS and said the decision to transfer hundreds of ISIS fighters from Lebanese borders to the Syrian city of Deir
Call for enquiry into Syria war missing and mass graves
:: Human Rights Watch called Wednesday for an independent enquiry to probe the fate of thousands of people who have disappeared in Syria’s war and to identify mass graves. The Syrian war began in March 2011 when waves of peaceful
Jordan border crossing with Iraq to reopen Wednesday
:: Jordan will open its main border crossing with Iraq on Wednesday for the first time since 2015 now that Iraqi forces have gained control of the main highway to Baghdad from ISIS militants, officials said on Tuesday. Al Arabiya
Abadi rejects Hezbollah’s deal to move ISIS to Iraqi borders
:: Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi rejected Hezbollah’s deal to move ISIS elements from the Lebanese borders to the Syrian-Iraqi ones. Hezbollah militias have allowed elements of ISIS to ride buses to get out of Jroud and go to Deir
Reports: ISIS militants begin evacuating Lebanon border area
:: ISIS militants began evacuating a Syrian-Lebanese border region Monday under an unprecedented deal to end three years of their presence there, Syrian state television and Hezbollah said. The evacuation comes a week into a Lebanese army campaign against the
Iraqi forces advance towards ISIS’s last stronghold in Tal Afar
:: The spokesman of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command, Brig. Gen. Yahya al-Zubaidi, said Iraqi army troops began advancing towards Ayadieh which is the last ISIS stronghold in Tal Afar. Zubaidi said Ayadieh has been fully besieged, adding that the
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