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’s Assad forms government, 11 new ministers
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad formed a new government on Wednesday, two months after his reelection, leaving key ministries untouched as a brutal war continues to ravage his country. The new line-up includes 11 new ministers, but leaves Prime Minister Wael
Broken man living on dreams pulls Japan into Syria hostage drama
When Haruna Yukawa was captured in Syria earlier this month, a video apparently released by his captors showed them pressing the Japanese man to answer questions friends say he had struggled with for years: Who are you? Why are you
Assad, ISIS committing war crimes: U.N.
The Syrian government and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants are both committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in their war against each other, U.N. investigators said on Wednesday. ISIS forces in northern Syria are waging a
Syrian refugees suffer as Turkey grows intolerant
For Syrian refugees in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and elsewhere, their plight is similar. Rape, sexual harassment at work and on the streets, homelessness, racism, and job exploitation are regular occurrences. In Turkey, where the number of Syrian refugees recently exceeded
Germany says no plans to reengage with Assad due to ISIS threat
Germany has no diplomatic contacts with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and no plans to rekindle ties because of the threat posed by the militant group Islamic State (IS), a spokesman for the German foreign ministry said on
Obama ‘okays’ surveillance flights over Syria
The U.S. has begun surveillance flights over Syria after President Barack Obama gave the OK, officials said early Tuesday, in a move that could pave the way for airstrikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants. While the
Kidnappers free U.S. journalist missing in Syria since 2012
A young American who has been held hostage for two years by an Islamist rebel group in Syria has been freed, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday. “Finally he is returning home,” Kerry said in a statement, confirming
Rockets from Syria fired into Israeli-occupied Golan
Rocket fire from Syria slammed into the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights Sunday but there were no reports of casualties. “At least five rockets fired from Syria hit different locations across the Golan Heights,” the Israeli army said in
U.S. ready to ‘take action’ against ISIS in Syria
The White House said it was ready to “take action” against any threat to America as it indicated serious consideration of U.S. military strikes against militants of the Islamic State militants in Syria. The Pentagon has warned of the dangers
U.N.: death toll from Syrian civil war tops 191,000
The death toll from three years of Syria’s civil war has risen to more than 191,000 people, the United Nations reported Friday. The figure, covering the period from March 2011 to April 2014, is the first issued by the U.N.’s
U.S. mission in Syria to rescue Foley failed
President Barack Obama sent special operations troops to Syria this summer on a secret mission to rescue American hostages, including journalist James Foley, held by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremists, but they did not find them, the
Jordan air force captain turned militant ‘killed’ in Syria
A Jordanian air force captain who joined militants in Syria to fight against President Bashar al-Assad’s forces was killed in battle on Tuesday, a Salafist source said. Ahmad Atallah Shbeib al-Majali reportedly deserted to fight alongside the Nusra Front, the
ISIS recruits at record pace in Syria
More than 6,000 new fighters in Syria joined the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) last month in the militant group’s fastest expansion to date, a body monitoring the war said on Tuesday. ISIS, previously estimated to number some
U.S. ship finishes neutralizing Syria’s worst chemical arms
A specially equipped U.S. ship has finished neutralizing all 600 metric tons of the most dangerous of Syria’s chemical weapons components surrendered to the international community this year to avert threatened air strikes, the Pentagon said on Monday. It said
U.S. blacklists Islamist militants in Iraq, Syria
The United States on Monday targeted two Islamist militants in Iraq and Syria, including the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) spokesman, following similar actions by the U.N. Security Council last week. The move aims to weaken ISIS –
American airlines barred from flying over Syria
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an order barring all American airlines from flying through Syrian airspace, saying the ongoing conflict poses a “serious potential threat,” Reuters news agency reported. The FAA had previously warned American carriers against
ISIS militants claim capture of Japanese man
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group claimed responsibility in a post on the Internet for capturing a Japanese man in Syria, Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday. The Japanese foreign ministry said on Monday Japan was
Syria bombs militant positions in Raqqa for second day
Syrian war planes bombed positions belonging to the militant Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the northern province of Raqqa for a second day on Monday, a monitoring group said. On Sunday, regime planes killed 31 militants and
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