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: Mosul
After Mosul, the next battle is for Tal Afar
:: Discussions revolve around the future Iraqi government after it announced victory over ISIS in Mosul, while sources say that the next battle will be in Tal Afar and its surroundings. Due to the city’s complex population structure, Iraqi PM
Iraqi police parade car bombs seized from ISIS
:: Iraqi police displayed 23 vehicles that had been turned into car bombs and also an anti-aircraft gun, all captured from ISIS militants during the battle for the city of Mosul. The vehicles shown to the media were mostly civilian
Mosul aftermath: How Iran is shaping Iraq’s future
By : Pierre Ghanem :: There is a map distributed by the Center for American War Studies showing the areas of proliferation and control of ISIS. Since 2014, there has always been a large black dot on the map with
Daesh after Mosul
By : Daoud Kuttab :: Last week, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi declared that Daesh had been driven out of Mosul, the city where the group first announced its self-styled caliphate three years ago. Before long, Daesh is expected also
Mosul aftermath: How Iran is shaping Iraq’s future
:: There is a map distributed by the Center for American War Studies showing the areas of proliferation and control of ISIS. Since 2014, there has always been a large black dot on the map with lines connected to it.
US military advisors are operating in Raqqa
:: US military advisors are operating inside the city of Raqqa, ISIS group’s last major bastion in Syria, a US official said Wednesday. The troops, many of them special operations forces, are working in an “advise, assist and accompany” role
Iraq strikes ISIS in Mosul days after declaring victory
:: Iraqi forces clashed with ISIS militants holding out in Mosul’s Old City on Wednesday, more than 36 hours after Baghdad declared victory over the jihadists in what they had made the de facto Iraqi capital of their self-declared caliphate.
US-led coalition: Amnesty report on Mosul ‘irresponsible’
:: The US-led coalition said Wednesday that an Amnesty International report accusing its forces of violating international law during the fight against Daesh group in Mosul is “irresponsible.” The report released Tuesday said Iraqi civilians were subjected to “relentless and
ISIS tightens grip on Imam Gharbi village near Mosul
:: ISIS has captured most of a village south of Mosul despite losing control of its stronghold in the city, an Iraqi army officer and residents said, deploying guerrilla-style tactics as its self-proclaimed caliphate crumbles. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared
Amnesty says Iraq and allies violated international law in Mosul battle
:: Amnesty International said on Tuesday it had identified a pattern of attacks by Iraqi forces and the US-led military coalition backing them in the battle for Mosul that violated international humanitarian law and may amount to war crimes. The
Iraq’s Sadr calls on armed forces to secure borders after Mosul victory
:: Sadrist Movement leader Moqtada al-Sadr called on armed forces to control the situation and secure Iraqi borders, particularly on the western front. He called on Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi not to allow any irregular force to tamper with the
Mosul — out of the frying pan, into the fire
By : Baria Alamuddin :: Pity the citizens of Mosul, who have lived through three years of repressive Daesh rule only to experience similar levels of brutality by their supposed liberators. It is a bitter irony that news of Daesh’s
Iraqi PM announces the ‘collapse of ISIS’ after liberation of Mosul
:: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday announced the victory against ISIS from the heart of Mosul, saying “no one” but Iraqis were the liberators of the northern city in an official victory speech. “I announce from here to
Mosul loss huge, but not deadly blow to ‘caliphate’
:: Mosul was the largest city in the “caliphate” proclaimed by Daesh and its loss is a huge blow to the terrorists’ statehood experiment — but not a fatal one. The northern Iraqi city was where Daesh leader Abu Bakr
Iraq PM Abadi announces ‘victory’ over ISIS in Mosul
:: Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on Sunday “victory” over ISIS in the city of Mosul, his office said, after a gruelling nearly nine-month battle. “The commander in chief of the armed forces (Prime Minister) Haider al-Abadi arrived in
Images show female ISIS suicide bomber holding baby while pulling trigger
:: Horrifying pictures are believed to show a female ISIS fighter holding a baby moments before detonating her suicide vest in Iraq. According to a report in The Telegraph on Saturday, an Iraqi TV station broadcast the images of the
With victory at hand, Mosul displaced residents ponder uncertain future
:: Victory over ISIS may be close at hand in the battle for Mosul but many of the almost one million city residents displaced by months of fighting are in no mood to celebrate. At a camp sheltering a fraction
Mosul victory announcement ‘imminent’: US general
:: Iraqi authorities will imminently announce a final victory in the battle to recapture Mosul from the ISIS group, a US general said on Saturday. “An announcement is imminent,” Baghdad-based Brigadier General Robert Sofge told AFP. “I don’t want to
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