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
ISIS mounts fierce defense of besieged Syrian bastion
ISIS militants have launched a wave of suicide and car bombings to defend a besieged stronghold in northern Syria against US-backed fighters, a monitor said on Saturday. A Kurdish-Arab alliance last week encircled the city of Manbij and severed a
Iraqi general: ISIS to ‘make a stand in Fallujah’
A top Iraqi general said the army may permit ISIS militants to flee the offensive on Fallujah, but he expected most of them would fight to the end and predicted they faced an internal uprising in the northern city of
Masrour Barzani: Post-ISIS Iraq should be split in three
Once ISIS is defeated, Iraq should be divided into three separate entities to prevent further sectarian bloodshed, with a state each given to Shi’ites, Sunnis and Kurds, a top Kurdish official said on Thursday. Iraqi troops have expelled ISIS from
ISIS counter-attack on Syria regime forces kills 28
An ISIS counter-attack on Syrian regime forces advancing towards an extremist stronghold on Monday left 28 combatants dead, a monitor said. Dozens of ISIS fighters early on Monday attacked government positions south of the town of Tabqa, an ISIS stronghold
ISIS loses ground on fronts in Syria, Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS’s, far-flung enemies in Syria and Iraq pressed ahead on Wednesday with major advances on multiple fronts that have put some of the greatest pressure on the ultra-hardline militants in two years.
Satellite images show ancient Iraq temple destroyed
Satellite images confirm the destruction of the ancient Nabu temple in Iraq, the UN said late Wednesday, after the ISIS group claimed to have blown it up. The UN training and research agency UNITAR said it had analysed satellite images
Libya intercepts 117 Europe-bound migrants
Libya’s coast guard on Tuesday intercepted 117 migrants on a boat bound for Europe, including six pregnant women, before taking them back ashore, an official said. The group had set out from a beach near Garabulli, a town about 60
US, Russia not teaming up militarily in Syria
The Pentagon is not coordinating militarily with Russia in northern Syria, even though US- and Moscow-backed forces are drawing closer together as they make gains against ISIS, a US official said Monday. Syrian regime forces supported by Russian air power
ISIS ‘shooting at civilians’ trying to flee Fallujah
ISIS is reportedly shooting and killing civilians who are trying to flee Fallujah, a city Iraqi forces are attempting to retake, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said on Sunday. “Reports from families that NRC has been in touch with describe
Libya rules out global military intervention
The prime minister of Libya’s UN-backed unity government has ruled out an international military intervention to fight ISIS, which has had a growing presence in the country since 2014. Some 25 nations including the United States and Russia agreed last
Syrian army presses offensive against ISIS
The Syrian army pushed into Raqqa province, home to the de facto capital of ISIS, after a major Russian-backed offensive against the militants, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday. The offensive is the third big assault on
Iraq forces gain ground from ISIS west of Fallujah
Iraqi forces gained new ground from ISIS Saturday in a key area west of the militant bastion of Fallujah, security sources said. Fighters from the army, the police and from the Hashed al-Shaabi – a paramilitary organization dominated by Tehran-backed
US ‘failing’ efforts to retrain and reunify Iraqi army
A 17-month US effort to retrain and reunify Iraq’s regular army has failed to create a large number of effective Iraqi combat units or limit the power of sectarian militias, according to current and former US military and civilian officials.
Syrian army enters provincial boundary of ‘ISIS capital’
The Syrian army has crossed the boundary of Raqqa province after advancing in a major Russian-backed offensive against ISIS militants, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a group that monitors the war, said on Saturday. Heavy Russian air strikes hit
Over 1,000 Iraqi forces wounded in Fallujah
More than 1,000 members of the Iraqi forces have been wounded since the start of the operation to retake Fallujah from ISIS, a health official said Friday. “We have received 1,119 wounded since the start of the operation,” a senior
Syrian army opens new front against ISIS, edges towards Raqqa province
The Syrian army backed by Russian air strikes has advanced towards ISIS-held Raqqa province in a new offensive, a group monitoring the war said, nearing a region where US-backed militias have also attacked the militant group. Heavy Russian air strikes
Coalition drops ammo to Syrian rebels fighting ISIS
Coalition aircraft dropped ammunition to Syrian rebels fighting ISIS in northern Aleppo as they try to prevent the extremists from entering the town of Marea, a monitoring group said on Friday. “The coalition airplanes dropped, in the last 24 hours,
ISIS ‘gradually focusing more’ on global attacks
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is entering a new phase with an increased emphasis on attacking international civilian targets, according to a United Nations report circulated Thursday. The report by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to the Security
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