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: Islamic State
ISIS claims suicide bombings in Iraq’s Erbil
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihadist group on Thursday claimed a rare suicide car bombing in the usually secure capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region that killed four people. ISIS boasted in an online statement that it
Assad: To crush ISIS, cooperation needed
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday that “international cooperation” was necessary to crush the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, which is the target of a U.S.-led campaign. “The region is going through decisive times” and the
U.S. troops will go to Iraq before funds approved
Some of the 1,500 new U.S. troops authorized to advise and train Iraqi forces in their fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants will deploy to the country in the next few weeks without waiting for Congress
Dutch teen in court after mum ‘rescues’ her from ISIS
A Dutch teenager who allegedly travelled to Syria to marry an Islamic State fighter but was later rescued by her mother will appear in court Friday on terror charges, Dutch prosecutors said. The 19-year-old known only as “Aicha” arrived in
France opens probe into ISIS propaganda video
France has formally opened a terrorism investigation into three French recruits of the Islamic State group calling for attacks back home in a propaganda video. The three men, who appear under Arabic pseudonyms, appear in a montage that also shows
Senior ISIS figure killed in Mosul
An Islamic State leader has been killed in an air strike in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, residents and a local medical source said on Thursday. They said Radwan Taleb al-Hamdouni, who they described as the radical militant group’s
Iraq, Turkey vow to work together against ISIS
Iraq’s prime minister said his country and neighboring Turkey have agreed on closer security and intelligence cooperation in the face of the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi spoke on Thursday
French ISIS fighters call for terror at home
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group has released a video showing several French-speaking fighters calling on Muslims in France to launch a terror campaign at home. The video, which according to the Guardian was released by
No Belgians in ISIS execution video: officials
Authorities in Belgium said Wednesday they had ruled out the presence of any Belgian nationals in a video by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) that shows the beheadings of Syrian military personnel. Belgian officials had been analysing
Cyprus on lookout for Syria-bound militants
Cyprus has intensified screening procedures at its ports, airports and checkpoints to prevent Europeans from passing through the country en route to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a security official said. The security official
Six French fighter jets added to ISIS fight
France’s defense minister said Wednesday the country will send an additional six fighter jets to aid the battle against extremists from the Islamic State group, Reuters news agency reported. Jean-Yves Le Drian announced the reinforcements in comments to the French
No date for ISIS war vote as Congress waits on Obama
Congressional authorization of the U.S. war against Islamic State extremists has gone nowhere in the two weeks since President Barack Obama vowed to coordinate with lawmakers on a stronger legal basis for military action, prompting growing frustration with the White
Iraq’s anti-ISIS strategy ‘bearing fruit’: U.N.
The new Iraqi government’s strategy of enlisting Kurds and local tribes in the fight against Islamists is yielding results, the U.N. envoy for Iraq told the Security Council on Tuesday. Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has made it a priority
10 killed in Egypt’s Sinai after rocket struck home
Ten people including women and children were killed in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday when a rocket struck their home, security and medical official said. It was not immediately clear whether it was a rocket fired by one of
Iraq: IS stole 1m tons of grain, took it to Syria
BAGHDAD: Iraq believes Islamic State militants have stolen more than one million tons of grain from the country’s north and taken it to two cities they control in neighboring Syria, the agriculture minister has said. Falah Hassan Al-Zeidan said in
Belgian militant’s ‘appearance in ISIS beheading video’ probed
Belgian authorities were investigating Tuesday whether an alleged jihadist from a Brussels suburb had appeared in a video by the Islamic State group that shows the beheadings of Syrian military personnel. The Belgian daily Het Laatste Nieuws reported that one
Turkey fears ‘2-3 million more refugees’ if Aleppo falls
Turkey fears another two to three million Syrian refugees could cross its borders if the region of Syria’s second city of Aleppo is overrun either by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or regime forces, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu
Syria Kurds advance in heart of Kobane
Syrian Kurds fighting the Islamic State group in the flashpoint town of Kobane made new gains Tuesday, expelling the jihadists from several central buildings and seizing weapons, a monitor said. The advance came hours after the US-led coalition launched four
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