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
Syrian army takes more oil fields from ISIS in Raqqa and eastern desert
:: The Syrian army backed by heavy Russian air strikes seized a string of oil wells in southwest Raqqa province on Saturday, as retreating ISIS militants battle to defend their remaining territory in the country. State-owned Ikhbariyah television quoted a
Hoping for a time when all lives are valued
By : Baria Alamuddin :: Syrian families living in the UK recently expressed bemusement to me that “the world has gone mad” over the tragic case of a single baby, Charlie Gard, suffering a rare genetic disorder. Gard’s parents are
Rival groups clash in Syria’s rebel-packed Idlib
:: Clashes have broken out in northwestern Syria between two of the most powerful insurgent groups raising fears of widespread violence in the rebel-held province of Idlib. The ultraconservative Ahrar al-Sham said in a statement Saturday that the al-Qaeda-linked Levant
This man likely to succeed Baghdadi as ISIS new leader
:: The real name of Jalaluddin al-Tunisi who is from Tunisia as his name suggests, is Mohamed Ben Salem al-Ayouni. He was born in 1982 in the Masaken region of the coastal province of Sousse. He immigrated to France since
UN ends Syria talks to focus on international fight against terrorism
:: UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura put the emphasis on the international fight against terrorism on Friday as he wrapped up a round of Syria peace talks at which there was “no breakthrough, no breakdown and no one walking
Syria regime strikes kill 7 near Damascus: monitor
:: Syrian government air strikes on two rebel-held areas near Damascus killed seven people including two children on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said. The Britain-based monitor said five of the deaths, including the children, were in
US says Russia willing to deploy monitors for Syria ceasefire
:: Russia has said it is willing to deploy monitors to prevent any violations of a ceasefire in southwestern Syria by Syrian government forces, a senior US official said on Thursday. Brett McGurk, US special envoy for the coalition against
Suicide bomber kills and injures scores in Syria’s Idlib province
:: A suicide bomber rammed a car laden with explosives into a gathering of rebels near the rebel-held northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on Wednesday, killing and injuring scores, rebel sources said. They said the blast ripped a textile factory
US troops inside Raqqa, ISIS Syria stronghold: Official
:: US military advisors are operating inside the city of Raqqa, ISIS’s last major bastion in Syria, a US official said Wednesday. The troops, many of them special operations forces, are working in an “advise, assist and accompany” role to
US commander hopes ISIS leader Baghdadi is ‘deader than a doornail’
:: The head of the international coalition fighting the ISIS group said Tuesday he had no information that would confirm or deny claims that the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is dead, Agence France-Presse reported. Earlier on Tuesday, the Syrian
Cautious calm surrounds the construction of a wall in northern Israel
:: Those who patrol the Israeli border with Lebanon will notice a section made of a concrete wall, seven meters high, on the border of the Lebanese village of Kafarkala, opposite the Israeli settlement of Masjab. The settlement is located
UN’s de Mistura: Syrian Kurds should take part in drafting new constitution
:: Syria’s Kurds should not be ignored, and their representatives must be allowed to take part in drafting the country’s new constitution, UN envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura told RIA news agency in an interview published on Tuesday. The
Syrian rights body has ‘confirmed information’ ISIS chief Baghdadi is dead
:: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Tuesday that it had “confirmed information” that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed. Russia’s defense ministry said it may have killed Baghdadi when one of its air strikes
Breakthrough on Syria
By : Maria Dubovikova :: The G-20 Summit was much-awaited globally, mostly because of the top-level bilateral meetings held on its sidelines. The most intriguing was the first meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin,
Syria sides meet again in Geneva, with expectations low
:: Syria’s government and opposition meet on Monday for a seventh round of UN-sponsored peace talks in Geneva with little expectation of a breakthrough to end the six-year conflict. The Geneva process has been increasingly overshadowed by a separate track
16-year-old boy among five Hezbollah fighters killed in Syria
:: The recruitment of children to battle in the Syrian war has seen a sharp rise in recent years, whether carried out by ISIS or by Hezbollah militias. According to the Lebanese websites on Sunday, five young men were killed
Southern Syria ceasefire brokered by US, Russia goes into effect
:: An open-ended cease-fire in southern Syria brokered by the United States and Russia has come into effect. The ceasefire, announced after a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Hamburg last week, is the
UN deputy Syria envoy hopeful for southwest ceasefire deal
:: A ceasefire deal agreed for southwestern Syria is a positive development that could help prop up the political process aimed at ending the country’s six-year war, the UN Deputy Special Envoy for Syria said on Saturday. “This is a
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