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: Kirkuk
Three Kurdish fighters killed, five wounded in blast south of oil city Kirkuk
:: Three Kurdish Peshmerga fighters were killed and five wounded on Saturday when an explosive device blew up near their vehicle south of the Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk, security sources said. The explosion happened in Daquq, a region bordering
Iraq launches offensive on Hawija, an ISIS-held region near Kirkuk
:: Iraq launched an offensive on Thursday to dislodge ISIS from Hawija, an area located west of the oil city of Kirkuk. The offensive, announced by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, comes four days before a referendum on Kurdish independence due
Police deploy in Kirkuk as tensions rise
:: Police deployed in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk to prevent any outbreak of ethnic violence ahead of an independence referendum strongly opposed by the central Baghdad government and Western and regional powers. The Kurdish region plans to
Car bomb kills three in Iraq’s Kirkuk
:: A car bomb explosion targeting shops selling alcohol in Iraq’s northern city of Kirkuk on Saturday killed three civilians and wounded nine, a security official said. He said the blast damaged the shops and sparked a fire in three
Iraqi parliament votes to remove Kirkuk governor from office
:: Iraq’s parliament voted on Thursday to remove the governor of Kirkuk from office following a request from Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, according to several lawmakers who attended the vote. The decision to remove the governor, Najmaddin Kareem, comes after
Military reinforcements in Kirkuk heading to Tal Afar
:: A security source in Kirkuk said that large military reinforcements have reached the province to take part in the operations to retake the district of Tal Afar west of Mosul from ISIS. The military reinforcements, consisting of the forces
Iraq: Asayish forces charged for expelling the displaced from Kirkuk
:: Human Rights Watch accused authorities of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Kirkuk, of forcing the displaced Sunni Turkmen to leave the city and called on them to “stop annoying them.” The affected population said that the Asayish (Internal Security)
Iraqi state gas firm official shot dead in Kirkuk city
:: Gunmen shot dead a senior official of Iraq’s state-run North Gas Company (NGC) on Tuesday as he was heading to his office in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, police and company sources said. Deputy NGC manager Mohammed Younis,
Marked by an X: Kurds destroying Arab homes
Security forces of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government have unlawfully destroyed large numbers of Arab homes, and sometimes entire villages, in areas retaken from ISIS, Human Rights Watch has reported. HRW reported the atrocities in an 80-page report titled “Marked with
Hundreds forced out of Iraq’s Kirkuk after ISIS attack: Amnesty
Hundreds of families have been driven out of the Iraqi city of Kirkuk in apparent retaliation for a recent attack by ISIS, Amnesty International said on Monday. Authorities in the Kurdish-controlled city demolished the homes of hundreds of Arab residents
ISIS bomb kills 12 Iraq civilians, including children, fleeing Hawijah
A bomb blast on Friday killed 12 civilians, among them women and children, who had fled the ISIS-held Hawijah area in northern Iraq, officials said. The deaths highlight the extreme danger faced by civilians trying to flee areas held by
Russia accuses US-led coalition of ‘war crimes’ in Iraq
The Russian defense ministry on Saturday accused the US-led coalition fighting militants in Iraq of committing war cries, a day after an air raid killed 15 women at a shrine near the city of Kirkuk. “We have observed several times
Under fire in Mosul, ISIS attacks another Iraqi city
ISIS militants launched a wave of pre-dawn attacks in and around the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Friday, killing at least 14 people and setting off fierce clashes with Kurdish security forces that were still raging after sundown. The
ISIS attacks two energy plants in north Iraq
ISIS militants stormed two energy facilities in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing at least five workers and shutting down a major oil pumping station, security and oil sources said. The first attack, on the AB2 gas compressor station, about 15
Iraq deploying troops to retake Mosul
The Iraqi army is deploying thousands of soldiers to a northern base in preparation for operations to retake the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group’s hub of Mosul, officials said on Monday. ISIS seized Mosul in June 2014
Iraqi Kurdish forces in anti-ISIS commando raid: officials
Iraqi Kurdish forces carried out a commando operation near Hawijah in which several senior members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) were captured or killed, local and security sources said Saturday. The operation involved helicopters and bore
Iraqi state oil firm official shot dead in Kirkuk city
Gunmen shot dead a senior employee of Iraq’s state-run North Oil Company (NOC) on Monday, the third company official to be killed in the past four months, police and sources within the company said. Deputy inspector-general Hassan Salim and three
Leaders urge restraint after assassination in Iraq’s Kirkuk
Political leaders in Kirkuk Wednesday urged restraint and unity after the assassination of a top Sunni Arab politician in the northern Iraqi city sparked fears of a flare-up. Mohammed Khalil al-Juburi, who headed the Arab bloc in the Kirkuk provincial
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