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
U.N. says cuts Syria food aid over funding shortfall
The United Nations said on Monday that it has started cutting the food aid it provides to 4.2 million Syrians ravaged by war because of a shortfall in funding. “Yes, we have already started … this month,” to cut supplies
Hagel confirms ‘long-term’ fight against ISIS
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Saturday that the embattled Syrian city of Kobane was a very difficult problem but added that air strikes had made some progress in driving back Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants.
ISIS ‘misleads’ Iraqi jets with smokescreens
Militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria have recently adopted a tactic that involves burning dozens of old tires in order to create a smokescreen to “mislead” warplanes targeting their positions, a military official told Al Arabiya News.
Syrian Kurdish fighters struggle to maintain Kobane
Syrian Kurdish fighters engaged in fierce fighting with Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants on Saturday in an effort to maintain the Syrian border town of Kobane under their control, the Associated Press reported. Despite airstrikes by U.S.-led
Video: Lebanese soldier deserts, joins Syria’s Nusra Front
A video released by the Turkish Anadolu news agency Friday featured a second Lebanese soldier reportedly announcing his defection to join the Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda’s offshoot group in Syria. In the video, an armed Mohammad Antar accused Hezbollah of killing
U.S. warns higher chance of ISIS reprisal attacks
The United States updated its “Worldwide Caution” advisory on Friday, warning of possible reprisal attacks against it and its partners in the coalition to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The State Department said that ISIS has
EU calls for global push against ISIS in Kobane
The European Union called on Friday for greater international cooperation in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group after the militants seized the headquarters of Kurdish fighters defending the Syrian border town of Kobane. “We
At least 31 killed in Turkey protests: minister
At least 31 people have been killed and 360 others wounded in four days of violent protests in Turkey by Kurdish demonstrators angry at the government’s lack of action to save the Syrian town of Kobane from a jihadist militant
Three Saudis killed in Kobani, 1 in Iraq
Three Saudis of the so-called Islamic State terrorist group have been reportedly killed in the bloody fighting between the IS militants and the Kurds defending the Syrian border town of Kobani. Another Saudi was killed in a suicide attack in
U.S. airstrikes target ISIS near embattled Kobane
The United States launched nine air strikes on Thursday on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants advancing in the northern Syrian town of Kobane, U.S. Central Command said. Six airstrikes south of Kobane struck a large ISIS unit
Investigators hunt for war crimes evidence in Syria
Several Western governments, including the United States and Britain, are funding two separate teams of investigators in a bid to find war crime evidence in Syria, the New York Times reported diplomats as saying Wednesday. The teams are researching for
ISIS withdraws from some parts of Syria’s Kobane
Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group withdrew from some parts of the embattled Syrian town of Kobane overnight after air strikes by a U.S.-led coalition, Agence France-Presse reported a monitor as saying on Wednesday. Rami Abdel
Erdogan: Syrian town Kobane about to fall to ISIS
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday that the Syrian northern town of Kobane is about to fall to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Erdogan made the comments during an address to Syrian refugees at a camp
ISIS raises flags on eastern side of Kobane
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) raised on Monday its flags on a building on the eastern side of the Syrian town of Kobane where ISIS militants have been fighting Kurdish forces for three weeks. A black flag
‘IS 1 km from Kobane, airstrikes not enough’
ANKARA: Islamic State (IS) militants are just one kilometer from the Syrian town of Kobane and air strikes are not enough on their own to stop them, a Syrian Kurdish official said on Sunday. No IS fighters were yet inside
Assad makes rare public appearance at Eid prayers
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad made a rare public appearance on Saturday, attending prayers on the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday at a mosque in Damascus, state media said. State media and Assad’s official Twitter feed posted photos of the embattled president
Syrian Kurds say American joins fight against ISIS
A U.S. citizen has joined Kurdish forces fighting against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in northern Syria, a spokesman for the main Kurdish armed group in the country said on Thursday. The Kurdish official said that Jordan
Saudi group performs hajj on behalf of Syria ‘martyrs’
One hundred and twenty young Saudis are performing hajj this year on behalf of Syrians who died fighting the Damascus regime, Mohammad al-Nuaimi, supervisor of the “hajj campaign for Syrian martyrs,” has said. The Saudi youth are part of the
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