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 »
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Al-Qaeda attack kills six soldiers in southern Yemen
:: Six soldiers of a new anti-militant force formed by the United Arab Emirates were killed and others were abducted Wednesday in an al-Qaeda suicide bombing in southern Yemen, a Yemeni military official said. The suicide bomber blew up his
Former Qaeda affiliate takes control of Syria’s Idlib after rebel pull-out
:: A former al-Qaeda affiliate took control of the northern Syrian city of Idlib on Sunday two days after agreeing to end fighting with a rebel group, a monitor said. “Ahrar al-Sham withdrew from the city of Idlib which is
Al-Qaeda suspect linked to cartoonist plot extradited to US
:: An al-Qaeda suspect linked to a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist has been brought to Philadelphia from Spain to face terrorism charges in federal court, despite President Donald Trump’s promises to send terror suspects to the military prison
Yemeni troops killed in suspected Qaeda attack
:: Three Yemeni soldiers were killed Wednesday when suspected al-Qaeda militants opened fire on a military zone in the country’s Hadramawt province, a military source said. “Three soldiers were killed in the attack on the first military zone in the
US airstrike kills al-Qaeda leader in key Yemen province
:: The US military said on Thursday it carried out an air strike in Yemen that killed Abu Khattab al Awlaqi, the emir for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s Shabwa province, along with two other militants. “Al Awlaqi was
Tunisia says two militants killed in security sweep
A militant linked to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb blew himself up and another was shot dead on Sunday during an operation by Tunisian security forces, the national guard said. Both were “dangerous terrorist elements”, and one, probably a foreigner,
‘Intense’ strikes pound East Damascus after rebel assault
Heavy air strikes pounded rebel positions in east Damascus on Monday, a monitoring group said, as Syrian government forces pushed back a rebel assault. “There have been intense air strikes since dawn on opposition-held positions in Jobar from which the
US claims deadly north Syria strike, denies targeting mosque
The US military said Thursday it carried out a deadly air strike on an al-Qaeda meeting in northern Syria and would investigate reports that more than 40 civilians were killed when a mosque was struck in the raid. “We did
Jabhat Fateh al-Sham claims responsibility for deadly Damascus bombings
Syria’s former Al-Qaeda affiliate Fateh al-Sham Front on Sunday said in a statement it was behind twin bombings targeting Shiite pilgrims in the center of Damascus that killed 74 people. “On Saturday… a twin attack was carried out by two
Fierce fighting 20km from ISIS bastion in Syria
Fierce fighting took place on Wednesday between militants and US-backed Syrian rebels just 20 kilometers from the ISIS’s self-proclaimed capital of Raqqa, an AFP reporter saw. On Saturday, the rebels – a coalition of fighters known as the Syrian Democratic
US raid in Yemen kills 57 people, including militants
Helicopter-borne commandoes launched a raid in southern Yemen at dawn on Sunday that killed around 57 people which included 41 al-Qaeda militants and 16 civilians. Residents and officials as well as al-Qaeda itself said the attack was carried out by
Former Nusra Front says Egyptian al Qaeda cleric killed in US led strike
Syria’s militant Jabhat Fateh al Sham, formerly the Nusra Front, said on Monday that Egyptian cleric Abu al Faraj al Masri, a prominent member of the militant group, had been killed in a strike by the U.S.-led coalition. A statement
Blast kills 20 Yemeni government troops
At least 20 Yemeni soldiers loyal to exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s government were killed in a bomb blast east of the capital Sanaa on Monday, officials said. Two officials said the bomb went off at the entrance of a
Suspect in terrorism case wants home detention in Georgia
A man accused of helping to provide financial support to an al-Qaeda leader wants a judge to allow him to live with relatives iwhile he awaits trial. Lawyers for Asif Ahmed Salim say in court records that his sister-in-law, Assistant
US behind strike that killed Nusra Front’s Abu Firas
The United States carried out an air strike in Syria that killed a prominent leader of al Qaeda offshoot Nusra Front, Abu Firas al-Suri, US officials told Reuters on Monday, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Syrian Observatory for Human
Strikes kill Qaeda spokesman, militants in Syria
The spokesman for Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, Al-Nusra Front, his son and 20 other militants were killed in air strikes Sunday in the northeast of the country, a monitor said. “Abu Firas al-Suri, his son and at least 20 jihadists of
Five Qaeda suspects in Yemen killed in Saudi-led strikes
Saudi-led coalition warplanes carried out a series of raids in southern Yemen on Sunday targeting Al-Qaeda positions that killed five suspected militants, a Yemeni military official said. The official, who requested anonymity, said the militants were killed in air strikes
Saudi women on trial over terrorism charges
Sources told Al Arabiya News that twenty-three Saudi women accused of association with Al-Qaeda and ISIS are currently being tried in the Kingdom. Some of them have been convicted and jailed. According to official sources, the Special Criminal Court began
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