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
Russia: Will respond ‘in proportion’ if US mounts Syria strike
:: Russia will respond “in proportion” if the United States takes military action to prevent what it says could be a chemical attack by Syrian government forces, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday. “We will react with dignity,
Military action overshadows Syria diplomacy
By : Maria Dubovikova :: The next round of Syrian peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana, scheduled for July 10, will coincide with a fresh round of UN-sponsored talks in Geneva. These diplomatic efforts come as the situation on
Kurdish YPG fighters find ISIS tunnels in Syria’s Raqqa
:: Fighters of the Kurdish People’s Protection Unit (YPG) said that they found tunnels used by ISIS, after seizing the western side of Raqqa. According to the fighters of Kurdish YPG, the tunnels were found in residential buildings and connected
At least 30 civilians dead in air strikes on ISIS-held area of Syria
:: At least 30 civilians were killed in air strikes on an area of eastern Syria held by the ISIS on Wednesday, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was not immediately able to say
US says it saw preparations for possible Syria chemical attack
:: A US warning to Syria’s leadership against staging a chemical weapons attack was based on intelligence about what appeared to be active preparations at a Syrian airfield used for such an attack in April, US officials said on Tuesday.
US: YPG still recruits child soldiers in Syria
:: In its annual report on human trafficking, The United States said on Tuesday that the PKK’s Syrian branch the armed People’s Protection Units (YPG) continues to recruit children. The report stated that children, boys and girls, younger than 15-years-old
ISIS pushes use of its currency in Syria
:: ISIS ordered shopkeepers and traders to price goods in its currency, the dirham, as of Tuesday and set the value at 1,000 Syrian pounds ($1.80) per dirham, seeking to steer its own monetary policy even as its territorial grip
Syria’s Assad visits Russian air base
:: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited a Russian air base at Hmeymim in western Syria on Tuesday, his first visit to the base from which Russian jets have played a crucial role in support of his war effort. Photos circulated
Activists say airstrike on ISIS-run jail kills at least 42 prisoners in Syria
:: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 42 people were killed in an airstrike believed to have been carried out by the US-led coalition in an eastern Syrian town controlled by ISIS. A spokesman for the US-led coalition said
White House warning: Assad regime ‘planning new chemical attack’
:: The White House issued a stern warning to Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday night as it claimed “potential” evidence that Syria was preparing for another chemical weapons attack. In an ominous statement issued with no supporting evidence or
Russia’s Lavrov, US Sec of State Tillerson discuss Syrian conflict
:: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed by telephone on Monday the need to cement the ceasefire regime in Syria, in particular on the basis of peace talks conducted in the Kazakh capital
A quarter of Raqqa has been seized from ISIS
:: US-backed fighters have seized a quarter of Syria’s Raqqa from ISIS group, a monitor said Monday, less than three weeks after they first entered the northern city. Arab and Kurdish militiamen from the Syrian Democratic Forces smashed into the
US-backed Syrian groups take Raqqa district from ISIS
:: A US-backed Syrian coalition of Kurdish and Arab groups advanced against ISIS in the militants’ Syrian capital of Raqqa on Sunday, taking the al-Qadisia district, they said. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) began its assault on Raqqa earlier this
Car bomb in Syria’s Idlib province kills 10: war monitor
:: A car bomb killed 10 people in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, reported on Sunday. The attack occurred in a market in the town of al-Dana, located in
Turkey detains 5 bomber suspects near Syria border
:: Turkish police have detained five suspected would-be suicide bombers including three Syrian nationals in southern Hatay province near the border with Syria, local authorities said on Saturday. Two of the suspects had been wearing suicide vests ready to explode,
Israel launches air raid on Syria in return for fire
:: An Israeli aircraft carried out a strike on Syria after 10 projectiles fired from the war-torn country hit the occupied Golan Heights on Saturday, Al Arabiya’s correspondent has reported. The Israeli Air Force also targeted two tanks of the
Syrian held for sex trafficking in Lebanon released on bail
:: A Syrian national accused of operating one of the largest sex trafficking rings in Lebanon has been released on bail, a judicial source told AFP on Friday. “The Mount Lebanon Criminal Court, headed by Judge Faisal Haidar, decided to
Macron: Removing Assad no longer priority in Syria
:: France no longer sees the departure of President Bashar al-Assad as a priority in the Syrian conflict, President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday, making the policy official for the first time. The new French leader said instead that fighting militants
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