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: Syria
Syria rebels battle for Aleppo supply route
Syrian rebels fought fierce clashes with loyalist troops Saturday as they tried to secure their supply line to second city Aleppo against advances by the army, a monitor said. The clashes in the divided area of Handarat just north of
Syrian government forces shell rebel areas killing nine
Activists say that Syrian government forces have stepped up shelling of rebel-held areas, killing nine people in a village in the country’s north. Local activist Ibrahim Khatib and Rami Abdurrahman of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on
Syrian Kurd leader sees war of ‘attrition’ in Kobane
The battle for the Syrian town of Kobane will turn into a war of attrition unless Kurds defending it from an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) onslaught get arms that can repel tanks and armored vehicles, a Syrian
FSA sends forces to help Kurdish fighters in Kobane
Moderate Syrian opposition rebels known as the Free Syrian Army (FSA) on Thursday said they were sending a force to the embattled northern Syrian city of Kobane to support Kurdish fighters battling the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Lebanon says it won’t accept more Syrian refugees
Lebanon announced on Thursday it will not accept any more refugees from neighboring war-torn Syria, except in what authorities deem to be “exceptional” cases – a move that could prevent tens of thousands of Syrians from escaping the civil war.
U.S. and allies step up air campaign against ISIS
The U.S. military and its allies have intensified air strikes to turn back the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, who are still hold large swathes in Syria and is advancing in several parts across Iraq, the U.S.
Turkey to allow 200 Iraqi Kurds to cross into embattled Kobane
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that 200 Iraqi Kurd peshmerga fighters would travel through Turkey to the flashpoint Syrian border town of Kobane under assault by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group. The regional
U.S.-led air strikes killed 553 ISIS fighters in Syria
Air strikes by U.S.-led forces have killed 553 militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria during a month-long campaign in Syria, a monitoring group which tracks the violence said on Thursday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
U.S. arms airdrop fell into ISIS hands: Pentagon
The Pentagon admitted on Wednesday that a bundle of ammunition and weapons dropped over the Syrian border town of Kobane drifted off course and likely ended up in the hands of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants instead of
Erdogan criticizes U.S. for airdropping weapons to Kurdish fighters
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday criticised as “wrong” the airdrops of ammunition and weapons by U.S. planes to Kurdish fighters battling jihadists in the Syrian town of Kobane. He said the weapons had fallen into the hands of
Iraqi Kurds to vote on sending forces to Syria
Iraq’s Kurdish regional parliament will hold a session on Wednesday to vote on deploying peshmerga security forces to aid Syrian Kurds battling jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group, a senior lawmaker said. The planned vote raises
Syria claims it destroyed jets seized by ISIS
The Syrian air force has destroyed two of three jets seized and reportedly test flown over Aleppo by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group last week, according to the country’s information minister. Omran al-Zoubi told Syrian TV late
Third ISIS fighter from UK city killed in Syria
A third British citizen fighting for the the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militant group has been killed during fighting in Syria, a newspaper in his UK hometown of Portsmouth reported. Committee chairman of the Portsmouth’s Jami Mosque Abdul
Kobani defenders hold out as Iraq Kurds vote on reinforcements
MURSITPINAR, Turkey: Kurdish fighters defending Syria’s border town of Kobani held out against the Islamic State group Wednesday, anxious for relief as Iraq’s Kurdish parliament was set to vote on sending reinforcements. Backed by air strikes from a US-led coalition,
IS wins ground from Assad govt in east
BEIRUT: Islamic State won territory from Syrian government forces in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor on Tuesday, its first gain there in about two months, a group that tracks the civil war reported. Fighters from both sides were killed
Syria’s Assad exploiting U.S.-led war against ISIS
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is taking advantage of the U.S.-led coalition’s war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to pursue a withering air and ground campaign against more mainstream rebels elsewhere in the country, trying to recapture
ISIS fighters seize weapons airdrop meant for Kurds
Syrian activists claim militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) seized earlier this week a cache of weapons airdropped by U.S.-led coalition forces that were meant to supply Kurdish fighters battling the extremist group. The Britain-based Syrian
Britain to fly spy drones over Syria
Britain said on Tuesday that its drones deployed to counter ISIS militants in Iraq will also operate in the Syrian airspace for intelligence gathering. British parliament had authorized air strikes in Iraq, where Tornado fighter jets are part of an
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