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: RAQQA
ISIS ‘on the ropes’ in northern Syria: Pentagon
Coalition-supported local forces fighting ISIS in northern Syria have recaptured large areas around the city of Manbij and put the extremists “on the ropes,” a Pentagon official said Friday. Since the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) began an operation to capture
Syrian army presses offensive against ISIS
The Syrian army pushed into Raqqa province, home to the de facto capital of ISIS, after a major Russian-backed offensive against the militants, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday. The offensive is the third big assault on
Syrian army enters provincial boundary of ‘ISIS capital’
The Syrian army has crossed the boundary of Raqqa province after advancing in a major Russian-backed offensive against ISIS militants, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a group that monitors the war, said on Saturday. Heavy Russian air strikes hit
Syrian army opens new front against ISIS, edges towards Raqqa province
The Syrian army backed by Russian air strikes has advanced towards ISIS-held Raqqa province in a new offensive, a group monitoring the war said, nearing a region where US-backed militias have also attacked the militant group. Heavy Russian air strikes
ISIS ‘to release’ 300 Syrian cement workers
Syrian mediators reached an agreement Friday for the release of some 300 cement workers kidnapped by the ISIS, a monitor said, but it was unclear exactly how many were freed. ISIS abducted the employees on Monday from Al-Badia cement factory
Destroying ISIS remains Obama’s ‘top priority’
US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that destroying ISIS remains his “top priority” at a time when the militant group continues to lose ground in Iraq and Syria. “We continue to take on their leadership, their financial networks, their infrastructure,”
ISIS commander killed in strike near Syria’s Raqqa
A drone strike near the ISIS de facto Syrian capital Raqqa killed a extremist commander heading to Aleppo province on orders from the organization’s chief, a monitoring group said Thursday. His death is the latest in a series of blows
Dozens killed in air strikes on Syria’s Raqqa: monitor
Dozens of people were killed in a series of air strikes on the city of Raqqa in northern Syria on Saturday, a monitoring group and activists said, as Damascus and Moscow waged attacks on areas controlled by ISIS. A cessation
US has no battlefield plans to storm ISIS ‘capital’
The commander of US special operations said Tuesday that while coalition forces have put ISIS under pressure there is no immediate battlefield plan to take its de facto capital. Briefing US lawmakers in Washington, senior generals said the US-led anti-ISIS
Denmark to expand anti-ISIS military mission
Denmark’s government will draw up proposals to expand its mission against ISIS to Syria and Iraq, including air strikes, the prime minister’s office said on Friday. As many as 400 military personal may take part in the campaign, it said.
ISIS executes eight Dutch ‘deserters’ in Syria
ISIS has executed eight Dutch members of its group, whom it accused of trying to desert, activists said Monday. “Daesh (ISIS) executed eight Dutch fighters on Friday in Maadan, Raqa province, after accusing them of attempting desertion and mutiny,” Abu
Anti-ISIS gains in Syria clear way for Raqqa assault: US
Recent gains by US-backed fighters battling the Islamic State group in northeastern Syria are paving the way for an assault on Raqqa, the militants’ de facto Syrian capital, a US official said Wednesday. A Kurdish-led alliance called the Syrian Democratic
Mother who took toddler to Raqqa convicted by UK court
A mother who took her toddler to Syria and joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group is thought to have become Friday the first British woman to be convicted after returning home. Tareena Shakil, 26, was found
Baghdad wants anti-ISIS coalition to train police
Baghdad wants the coalition engaged in the fight against the ISIS group to train Iraqi police officers, a senior U.S. official said Saturday. The request comes as the anti-ISIS partners are preparing to boost their support in the battle against
U.S. says troops ‘needed’ to retake ISIS-held cities
The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) needs to take back the cities Mosul and Raqqa and will use “boots on the ground” as part of its strategy in doing so, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter
Airstrikes on Syria’s Raqqa killed 40 civilians Saturday: monitor
Airstrikes on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group’s Syrian bastion of Raqqa on Saturday killed 40 civilians, including children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said on Sunday. The Britain-based group said it was unclear if
ISIS abducts 400 civilians in Syria’s Deir Ezzor
ISIS abducted at least 400 civilians including women and children after capturing new territory in an assault on Syria’s eastern city of Deir Ezzor, a monitor said Sunday. “After their attack on Deir Ezzor (on Saturday), ISIS abducted at least
ISIS member executes his mother in Syria: monitor
An ISIS militant executed his mother in public in the Syrian city of Raqqa because she had encouraged him to leave the group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Friday. The woman in her 40s had warned her
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