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

Swede arrested in Brussels ‘brainwashed’ by militants

Osama Krayem lived a delinquent lifestyle in Rosengard, an immigrant neighborhood in the Swedish city of Malmo, before he was “brainwashed” and joined militants in Syria, community activists and his aunt say. The 23-year-old is now under arrest in Belgium

German spy chief warns ISIS wants to attack

ISIS wants to carry out attacks in Germany and the security situation is “very serious,” the head of the country’s domestic intelligence agency (BfV) told a Sunday newspaper, adding that he knew of no concrete plot to strike. The militant

ISIS driven out, thousands return to Iraq’s Ramadi

Thousands of Iraqis have returned to the western city of Ramadi three months after Iraqi troops backed by US-led airstrikes drove ISIS out of the provincial capital, the city’s mayor said Sunday. The returning families must go through security checks

Iraqi government approves aid to Fallujah ‘in principle’

Iraq has approved aid to be delivered to people in the ISIS-held city of Fallujah, west of Anbar province after months-long siege from its forces, head of a relief delegation said. Fallujah, seized by ISIS in early 2014 with an

Clashes in Syria, ISIS captures two villages

Clashes around Syria’s second city Aleppo have killed at least 16 pro-regime fighters and 19 members of al-Qaeda’s affiliate and allied rebel groups within a 24-hour period, a monitor said Sunday. “Fierce fighting raged past midnight (Sunday) on several fronts

Abrini admits he was Brussels attack 3rd man

After nearly three weeks of frantic searching, Belgian authorities announced Saturday they had finally arrested and identified the elusive “man in the hat” spotted alongside two suicide bombers who blew themselves up at Brussels Airport on March 22. In a

Freed Italian hostage leaves Philippines hospital

A retired Italian priest held hostage for six months by suspected extremist militants left a Philippines hospital Saturday a day after his release, looking frail though officials said he was in good health. A thin Rolando Del Torchio waved to

Three wounded in Istanbul blast

Three people were wounded on Saturday when a percussion bomb exploded near a bus stop in Istanbul, the Dogan news agency reported. The blast went off in the busy district of Mecidiyekoy in the European side of the city. The

ISIS ‘to release’ 300 Syrian cement workers

Syrian mediators reached an agreement Friday for the release of some 300 cement workers kidnapped by the ISIS, a monitor said, but it was unclear exactly how many were freed. ISIS abducted the employees on Monday from Al-Badia cement factory

US deploys B-52s to Qatar to fight ISIS

The US Air Force deployed B-52 bombers to Qatar on Saturday to join the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the first time they have been based in the Middle East since the end of the Gulf War in

Al Qaeda militants execute 17 Yemeni govt soldiers

Suspected Al Qaeda militants in southern Yemen seized and executed 17 soldiers loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Saturday, local officials and residents said. The soldiers were detained while travelling from the southern port of Aden to al-Mahra province

Denmark moves to toughen anti-terrorism laws

The Danish government said on Friday it will seek to toughen laws on affiliation with terrorist organizations and stop its citizens from entering areas where such groups are in armed conflict. The proposed bill follows the arrest on Thursday of

Key countries back unity government in stabilizing Libya

Britain, France and Russia on Thursday backed the new UN-brokered unity government in Libya and called for international support for its efforts to reunite and stabilize the deeply divided country. Russia’s UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said creating a central authority

Mosul easier prospect than Raqqa for coalition forces

The US-led coalition fighting ISIS group militants in Iraq and Syria is better prepared to retake the Iraqi city Mosul than Syria’s Raqqa, a US military spokesman said Thursday. Iraq’s second city Mosul and Raqqa, the ISIS group’s de facto

250 Syrians missing after ISIS attack Damascus

Around 250 Syrian civilians are feared kidnapped after an attack by ISIS on a cement factory east of Damascus, residents told AFP on Thursday. “We haven’t been able to reach our family members since noon on Monday after an attack

US strike in Syria kills several al-Qaeda militants

The United States has carried out another raid against Al-Qaeda militants in Syria, on the heels of a strike that killed the spokesman of the group’s Syrian branch, the Pentagon said Wednesday. “I can confirm that the US struck a

ISIS attacks Assad forces near capital, 18 killed in Aleppo

ISIS militants launched attacks on government-held areas near Damascus overnight on Tuesday and Syrian rebels shelled on Wednesday a Kurdish neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo, killing 18 people. Later the day, the Syrian army and its allies launched

Over 1,500 mines removed in Syria’s Palmyra

Russian forces have helped remove more than 1.5 thousand mines in the Syrian city of Palmyra since it was taken from ISIS militants by government forces in March, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. [wpResize] Related articles

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