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
Key powers thrash out safe zones plan at Syria talks
:: Powerbrokers Russia, Iran and Turkey struggled Wednesday to hammer out details on a plan for safe zones in Syria at a fifth round of peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana. Moscow and Tehran, which back Syrian President Bashar
Lebanese security forces bust ISIS cell fronting as a fake football team
:: Lebanon’s security force arrested an ISIS cell fronting as a fake football team on Wednesday, as well as three Syrian members of the terrorist group in Beirut, Lebanon’s The Daily Star reported. The three members’ were forming a network
Iraq PM fetes ‘victory’ in Mosul, but battle continues
:: Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi congratulated the Iraqi people and security forces on winning a “major victory” over militants in Mosul, but fighting in the city continued on Wednesday. More than eight months since the start of the operation to
Syrian Democratic Forces breach Raqqa’s Old City in ISIS fight
:: US-backed forces in Syria have breached the wall surrounding the Old City of Raqqa as they try to retake the city from ISIS, the US Central Command said Monday night. “Coalition forces supported the SDF advance into the most
Philippine top court upholds martial law in south as fighting drags on
:: The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld as constitutional President Rodrigo Duterte’s imposition of 60 days of military rule on a southern island, a ruling that would reinforce unity in the fight against militancy, his spokesman said. Duterte placed
Militants cling on to hundreds of buildings in besieged Philippine city
:: Gunmen led by one of the world’s most wanted militiants still hold about 1,500 buildings in a southern Philippine city after weeks of ferocious fighting that has left hundreds dead, officials said Monday. The Philippine military has struggled to
Iraq forces retake hospital near Mosul’s Old City
:: Iraqi forces have recaptured a hospital and other medical facilities in west Mosul, further isolating ISIS group holdouts in the Old City, officers said. The country’s security forces are in the final stages of the gruelling battle to retake
Is this the end of Daesh?
By : Fahad Nazer :: The world breathed a collective, but tentative sigh of relief this week as news from Iraq and Syria indicated that the terrorist group Daesh could be near collapse. This most despicable of terrorist groups has
US-backed forces launch new attack on ISIS in Raqqa
:: US-backed fighters have launched a renewed attack on ISIS group militants inside their Syrian bastion Raqqa, seeking to retake a key eastern neighborhood, a monitor said on Saturday. “The Syrian Democratic Forces started a counter-offensive on Friday night to
Official: Iraq has plan in place to free towns of Hawija, Tal Afar from ISIS
:: Iraq’s Counter-terrorism service (CTS) has a plan in place to recapture the towns of Hawijah and Tal Afar from ISIS militants, its spokesman Sabah al-Numan said Friday. Numan said once orders are issued to liberate Hawija in the center-north
Hundreds flee Mosul as Iraqi forces squeeze extremists
:: Hundreds of civilians fled Mosul’s Old City on Friday as Iraqi forces slowly squeezed the last pockets of ISIS resistance, and the UN warned that the “intense and concentrated” fighting put innocent lives in even greater danger. People climbed
ISIS withdraws from Syria’s Aleppo, nearby villages
:: The ISIS group no longer has a presence in Syria’s Aleppo province after withdrawing from a series of villages where regime forces were advancing, a monitor said on Friday. “ISIS withdrew from 17 towns and villages and is now
Source close to Khamenei claims Baghdadi ‘has definitely died’
:: Iran’s news agency (IRNA) has quoted a representative of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saying on Thursday that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS leader, has been killed. Ali Shirazi, representative to the Quds Forces, told Reuters that “Baghdadi has
US-backed SDF sees big risk of clash with Turkey in northwest Syria
:: The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces warned on Thursday of the prospect of fierce confrontation with the Turkish army in northwestern Syria if it attacks SDF areas, and said this would undermine the assault on ISIS at Raqqa. Naser Haj
UN staff in Libya freed unharmed after convoy attacked
:: ISIS-linked armed militia briefly kidnapped seven UN aid workers in Libya after they attacked their car on Wednesday en route from Tunis to Tripoli by Al-Harsha district of Zawia A security source announced that the seven abductees have been
Iraqi Army liberates two neighborhoods in Mosul’s Old City
:: The Iraqi Army said on Wednesday that it has recaptured two neighborhoods – Al-Sadeh and Al-Ahmadiya – in Mosul’s Old City. Al Arabiya News Channel also reported on Wednesday that ISIS militants are hiding in few houses loaded with
Kurdish YPG fighters find ISIS tunnels in Syria’s Raqqa
:: Fighters of the Kurdish People’s Protection Unit (YPG) said that they found tunnels used by ISIS, after seizing the western side of Raqqa. According to the fighters of Kurdish YPG, the tunnels were found in residential buildings and connected
At least 30 civilians dead in air strikes on ISIS-held area of Syria
:: At least 30 civilians were killed in air strikes on an area of eastern Syria held by the ISIS on Wednesday, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was not immediately able to say
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