Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment

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 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 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 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 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

Turkey’s Erdogan says lifting emergency rule currently out of question

:: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday it was out of the question under current circumstances to lift the state of emergency in Turkey, which was imposed soon after an attempted military coup on July 15 last year. “There

Turkish police kill five and seize Kalashnikovs in raid on ISIS cell

:: Turkish police killed five ISIS militants in a raid on a house in the city of Konya on Wednesday and four police were slightly wounded, the Dogan news agency said. Special forces police launched the operation at the house

US commander hopes ISIS leader Baghdadi is ‘deader than a doornail’

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

:: The head of the international coalition fighting the ISIS group said Tuesday he had no information that would confirm or deny claims that the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is dead, Agence France-Presse reported. Earlier on Tuesday, the Syrian

ISIS tightens grip on Imam Gharbi village near Mosul

:: ISIS has captured most of a village south of Mosul despite losing control of its stronghold in the city, an Iraqi army officer and residents said, deploying guerrilla-style tactics as its self-proclaimed caliphate crumbles. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared

US eyes continued presence in Iraq after ISIS

:: The United States and several coalition countries want to maintain a military footprint in Iraq after the eventual defeat of the ISIS group, a top US general said Tuesday. Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend said the Iraqi government had expressed

Iraq: The US-led coalition warns of a ‘new ISIS’

:: The US-led international coalition has warned of the emergence of a “new ISIS” in Iraq. The warning noted that if the Iraqi government does not change its dealings with the Sunni sector, the war against ISIS organization will not

Syrian rights body has ‘confirmed information’ ISIS chief Baghdadi is dead

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

:: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Tuesday that it had “confirmed information” that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed. Russia’s defense ministry said it may have killed Baghdadi when one of its air strikes

Amnesty says Iraq and allies violated international law in Mosul battle

:: Amnesty International said on Tuesday it had identified a pattern of attacks by Iraqi forces and the US-led military coalition backing them in the battle for Mosul that violated international humanitarian law and may amount to war crimes. The

Iraq’s Sadr calls on armed forces to secure borders after Mosul victory

:: Sadrist Movement leader Moqtada al-Sadr called on armed forces to control the situation and secure Iraqi borders, particularly on the western front. He called on Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi not to allow any irregular force to tamper with the

Mosul — out of the frying pan, into the fire

Baria Alamuddin

By : Baria Alamuddin :: Pity the citizens of Mosul, who have lived through three years of repressive Daesh rule only to experience similar levels of brutality by their supposed liberators. It is a bitter irony that news of Daesh’s

Iraqi PM announces the ‘collapse of ISIS’ after liberation of Mosul

:: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday announced the victory against ISIS from the heart of Mosul, saying “no one” but Iraqis were the liberators of the northern city in an official victory speech. “I announce from here to

Mosul loss huge, but not deadly blow to ‘caliphate’

:: Mosul was the largest city in the “caliphate” proclaimed by Daesh and its loss is a huge blow to the terrorists’ statehood experiment — but not a fatal one. The northern Iraqi city was where Daesh leader Abu Bakr

Iraq PM Abadi announces ‘victory’ over ISIS in Mosul

:: Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on Sunday “victory” over ISIS in the city of Mosul, his office said, after a gruelling nearly nine-month battle. “The commander in chief of the armed forces (Prime Minister) Haider al-Abadi arrived in

Images show female ISIS suicide bomber holding baby while pulling trigger

:: Horrifying pictures are believed to show a female ISIS fighter holding a baby moments before detonating her suicide vest in Iraq. According to a report in The Telegraph on Saturday, an Iraqi TV station broadcast the images of the

Explosion in Egypt’s Sinai kills two policemen, nine wounded

:: At least two policemen were killed in the Al Arish town of Egypt’s northern Sinai province after an explosion hit their armored vehicle, Al Arabiya’s correspondent has reported. This comes on the same day that Egyptian police killed 14

Egypt: 14 terrorists killed in clash with police in Ismailia

:: Egyptian police killed 14 gunmen in Ismailia linked to recent attacks against security forces in northern Sinai, Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Saturday. Egyptian army declared on Friday, that 40 attackers killed, 6 cars destroyed in

With victory at hand, Mosul displaced residents ponder uncertain future

:: Victory over ISIS may be close at hand in the battle for Mosul but many of the almost one million city residents displaced by months of fighting are in no mood to celebrate. At a camp sheltering a fraction

Mosul victory announcement ‘imminent’: US general

:: Iraqi authorities will imminently announce a final victory in the battle to recapture Mosul from the ISIS group, a US general said on Saturday. “An announcement is imminent,” Baghdad-based Brigadier General Robert Sofge told AFP. “I don’t want to

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