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
Iraqi security forces enter Baiji refinery
Iraqi security forces entered the country’s largest refinery for the first time on Tuesday after months of battling Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants who had surrounded it, a police colonel and state television said. If confirmed, the
Victims in ISIS video begin to be identified
State-run and anti-regime media in Syria confirmed the death of more than a dozen men in a recent video released by Islamist militants, identifying more than five as members of the Syrian army, Lebanon’s the Daily Star reported. The graphic
Kerry: U.S. ‘not intimidated’ by ‘barbaric’ ISIS
Secretary of State John Kerry issued a warning Monday to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants that “we are not intimidated” after another American hostage was killed, the Associated Press reported. Kerry said the brutality of ISIS and
ISIS claims Baghdad bomb attack on U.N. convoy
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihadist group on Monday claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb attack against a U.N. convoy near Baghdad airport. “Our brother Abu Muawiya al-Falluji rammed a convoy for the ‘United Nations waging
‘Possible’ second Frenchman in ISIS execution video
French prosecutors said Monday it is “possible” a second Frenchman was among the militants seen in an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) video that appeared to show the beheading of Syrian soldiers and a U.S. aid worker, Agence
ISIS postpones beheading of seven Lebanese soldiers
Families and relatives of seven captive Lebanese soldiers received assurances that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihadist group will not behead their sons after they protested by burning tires and blocked roads Monday, a local daily reported.
Families of captive Lebanese soldiers block roads
Relatives of Lebanese soldiers held hostage by militants burned tires and blocked roads Monday after they said Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) threatened to kill their sons, causing hours of citywide gridlock. The beheading of U.S. aid worker
ISIS executes nearly 1,500 people in Syria in 5 months
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has executed nearly 1,500 people in Syria in the five months since it declared the establishment of a “caliphate”, a monitoring group said Monday. “The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented
U.S. accelerates training of Iraqi forces: Hagel
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the U.S. military is starting its program to train and advise Iraqi forces ahead of schedule in an effort to accelerate efforts in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Car bomb wounds 5 on perimeter of Baghdad airport
A car bomb exploded on the perimeter of Baghdad’s heavily guarded international airport complex on Sunday, wounding five people, security sources said. The blast occurred at a security checkpoint close to a parking lot where passengers are searched before boarding
Morocco arrests five would-be jihadists
Morocco arrested five people Saturday in the southern city of Marrakesh on suspicion of seeking to join jihadists in Iraq and Syria and of aiding terrorist activities, the interior ministry said. Three of those arrested, whose identities were not given,
New U.S.-led strikes on Syria’s Kobane
The U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihadist group carried out a series of air strikes overnight in the embattled Syrian town of Kobane, a monitor and activists said Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human
Obama rules out alliance with Syria’s Assad against ISIS
U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday rejected any alliance with Bashar al-Assad against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, arguing that the Syrian ruler was illegitimate and that any such pact would backfire. “Assad has ruthlessly murdered
ISIS claims beheading of U.S. aid worker Kassig
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants claimed they beheaded U.S. aid worker Peter Kassig in video, Agence France-Presse reported. The 26-year-old former U.S. soldier was paraded at the end of an ISIS video released in October that showed the
Jihadi John ‘wounded’ in U.S.-Iraqi airstrike
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant who killed two British and American hostages in a series of videos posted online in the past months was wounded following a U.S. air strike in Syria, Britain’s Daily Mail reported.
Women in Iraq’s Anbar form group to fight ISIS
“Women of Justice,” an all-female group aimed at fighting a jihadist group in Iraq, was recently formed in the Sunni-stronghold province of Anbar, Al Arabiya News Channel reported Saturday. The 50-member group was formed following a popular tribal drive in
UAE blacklists 82 groups as ‘terrorist’
The government of the United Arab Emirates formally endorsed on Saturday the designation of 82 organizations, including Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), as terror groups, in line with a federal law on combating
After U.S. girls’ jihad quest, a focus on outreach
Gathered under the fluorescent lights of an austere Denver mosque, a group of parents stared at a photo projected on a wall in front of them. It showed a knife, a gun and a phone. Some seemed perplexed. “You can
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