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: Kurd
ISIS frees 70 kidnapped Kurdish students: monitor
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihadist on Tuesday freed more than 70 Kurdish school children its fighters kidnapped in northern Syria in May, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Britain-based group said parents had reported
Kurdish forces attack ISIS on three fronts
Kurdish troops launched offensives against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group on three fronts in northern Iraq on Tuesday, senior officers told Agence France-Presse. Troops struck before dawn against a town on the Syrian border, north
Thousands of Syrian Kurds deal with displacement
All that separates Mohamad Muslim from his village in Syria is a barbed wire fence running along the Turkish border, but the dull thud of artillery and the rattle of machinegun fire suggest he will not be going home any
Doubts linger over Turkey’s stance on fighting ISIS
Turkish reluctance to take part in the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was largely explained by fears over the fate of 49 citizens abducted by the group. Now that the hostages are free, President
Kurds retake Christian villages from Iraq militants
Kurdish peshmerga forces on Tuesday recaptured seven Christian villages in northern Iraq in clashes with militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), an officer and a cleric said. Tens of thousands of Iraqi Christians, most of them
Turkish army warns over ‘red lines’ in Kurdish peace talks
Turkey’s army chief has warned that the army will do whatever is necessary if its “red lines” are not respected in peace talks with Kurdish rebels. His comments came amid intensified efforts by the government to restart stalled peace talks
ISIS militants ‘behead Kurdish man’ in Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has released a video purportedly showing the beheading of a Kurdish man in the Iraqi city of Mosul. The video, entitled “A Message in Blood,” also shows a group of men in
Barzani: Iran gave weapons to Iraq’s Kurds
Iran was the first country to provide Iraq’s embattled autonomous Kurdish region with weapons to fight off jihadist-led militants, president Massud Barzani said on Tuesday. “The Islamic Republic of Iran was the first state to help us… and it provided
Blast target Iraq’s more stable Kurdish capital
A bomb exploded in Arbil on Saturday, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, a relatively stable region after bombings targeted Baghdad and the northern city of Kirkuk in the same day, Reuters reported a local television network Rudaw as saying.
Iraqi, Kurdish forces try to rout ISIS in two towns
Iraqi government forces and Kurdish peshmerga fighters attempted on Friday to recapture two towns in the north from Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, Reuters reported security sources as saying. The Kurdish forces, backed by U.S. airpower, took
Kurdish protester killed in clashes with Turkish security forces
A Kurdish protester was shot dead and two others wounded on Tuesday during violent clashes with the Turkish security forces in southeast Turkey, an AFP reporter said. Clashes erupted when protesters gathered at a cemetery outside the town of Lice
Who are Iraqi Kurdistan’s ’Peshmergettes?’
As Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants continue to wreak havoc across northern Iraq, many Kurds are highly concerned and angry because of their gruesome activities, including female members of Kurdistan’s army, the Peshmerga. In light of recent
Jailed Kurdish leader says war with Turkey nearing end
Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan said his movement’s 30-year war with Turkey’s government was nearing its end through democratic negotiations, Firatnews agency reported. Ankara began peace talks with the Kurdish leader in 2012 in a bid to end a
ISIS defeats Kurds in flashpoint Iraq town of Jalawla
Islamist militants on Monday defeated Kurdish peshmerga troops in the flashpoint Iraqi town of Jalawla, killing at least 10 in a fierce two-day battle, security sources said, according to Agence France-Presse. “Daash (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) fighters took
Yazidi ‘mass grave’ found in northern Iraq
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria militants killed at least 500 members of Iraq’s Yazidi ethnic minority during their offensive in the north of the country, Iraq’s human rights minister told Reuters Sunday. The militant group had also buried alive
UK urges Britons in parts of Iraq’s Kurdistan to leave
The Foreign Office on Friday urged Britons in the Erbil, Sulaimaniyah and Dohuk provinces of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region to “leave now” following attacks by extremists. The travel advice, which was issued before U.S. jets struck jihadist positions near the
Kurdish troops declare ISIS counter-offensive
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered Monday air support for Kurdish Peshmerga troops who are planning a counter-offensive against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria fighters in northern Iraq after being routed in battles on Sunday, the Associated Press reported.
Report: Iranian forces arrive in Iraq’s Kurdistan
A heavily armed Iranian military force arrived at Sulaymaniyah International Airport in the autonomous northern Kurdistan region of Iraq this week en route to Kirkuk to help defend Shiite shrines from Sunni militant attacks, pan-Arab Asharq Al-Awsat, quoting an Iraqi
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