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: RAMADI
Iraqi forces retake areas around Ramadi
Iraqi forces have retaken several areas north and west of Ramadi as efforts to close in on the Anbar provincial capital seized by ISIS extremists in May intensify, officials said Wednesday. An operation involving 2,000 troops backed by air strikes
Fight for Ramadi on ‘pause’: U.S. official
The fight to retake Ramadi from ISIS militants has been on an “operational pause” and Iraqi troops weren’t trained to deal with the group’s battlefield techniques, a U.S. official said Thursday. U.S. military spokesman Colonel Steve Warren, speaking via video
Report: ISIS chief Bagdadi moves from Mosul to Ramadi
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has allegedly moved bases from Mosul to Ramadi, according to report by London-based Asharq Al-Awsat. A high Iraqi military source told Asharq al-Awsat that they received intelligence that Baghdadi
U.S. urges Iraqi forces to move ‘as quickly as possible’ to retake Ramadi
The United States is encouraging Iraqi forces to move to retake the city of Ramadi from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants “as quickly as possible” to deny them the chance to regroup, a U.S. military spokesman said
ISIS shoots down Iraqi fighter jet in Anbar
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) said on Thursday it had shot down an Iraqi fighter plane north of the city of Ramadi in Anbar Province, according to Reuters news agency. It was not immediately possible to independently
Operation to liberate Mosul from ISIS begins: military officer
The operation to liberate Mosul from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria fighters has started with airstrikes targeting the militants, a year after they seized the northern Iraqi city, Al Arabiya News Channel reported a military officer as saying on
Iraqi PM to outline plan for retaking Ramadi: U.S. official
Iraq’s plan to recapture the western city of Ramadi from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants will dominate a meeting Tuesday in Paris of foreign ministers from the international coalition fighting the group, a senior U.S. official said.
Iran military adviser ‘killed’ near Iraq’s ISIS-held Ramadi
An Iranian officer has been killed near the Iraqi city of Ramadi while advising Iraqi forces on how to recapture it from the Islamic State group, state media reported Monday. Jassem Nouri, who had also served as a military adviser
Iraq forces edge towards Ramadi
Iraqi forces retook an area west of Ramadi on Saturday as they pressed their operation aimed at sealing off the jihadists who captured the city two weeks ago, commanders said. “The Iraqi army and the Hashed al-Shaabi liberated the Anbar
U.N.: 85,000 flee Ramadi since ISIS capture
Around 85,000 people have fled Ramadi since the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) captured the Iraqi provincial capital two weeks ago, the U.N. said Friday, warning that Iraqi authorities were blocking many of the displaced from reaching safety.
Iraq launches operation to drive ISIS from Anbar
Iraq on Tuesday announced the launch of a military operation to drive ISIS out of the western Anbar province, where the extremists captured the provincial capital, Ramadi, earlier this month. Iraqi state TV declared the start of the operation, in
Biden does damage control over Iraq remarks
Vice President Joe Biden reassured Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi of the U.S. commitment to help fight the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in an effort at damage control on Monday after Defense Secretary Ash Carter questioned
Iran’s Qassem Soleimani: U.S. has ‘no will’ to fight ISIS
The chief of an elite unit in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has accused the U.S. of having “no will” to stop ISIS after the fall of the Iraqi city of Ramadi, an Iranian newspaper reported Monday. The comments by Gen. Qassem
Iraq plans to retake Ramadi from ISIS ‘in days’
The city of Ramadi could be taken back from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants “in days,” Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi said in an interview with the BBC on Monday. Abadi made the remarks amid an Iraqi army
U.S. defense chief: Iraqi forces lacked will to fight ISIS
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Sunday said Iraqi forces showed no will to fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants during the fall of Ramadi a week ago, and U.S. forces were trying to encourage them
Iraq deputy PM urges Baghdad road opened to Ramadi’s displaced
Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Mutlaq, a leading Sunni politician, on Saturday urged authorities to open the road to Baghdad for thousands of displaced from the militant-seized city of Ramadi. “I call for the immediate opening of Bzeibez bridge,” Mutlaq,
ISIS seizes town in Iraq’s Anbar
A tribal leader says ISIS militants have seized another town in Iraq’s western Anbar province, less than a week after capturing the provincial capital, Ramadi. Sheikh Rafie al-Fahdawi said Friday that the small town of Husseiba fell overnight. He says
Obama says U.S. not losing against ISIS
U.S. President Barack Obama has described the loss of key Iraqi territory to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) as a tactical setback, while insisting the war against the jihadist group is not being lost. “I don’t think we’re
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