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 says rebuilding is ‘top priority’
:: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Monday that his top priority was the reconstruction of his country, battered by more than seven years of fierce fighting. He spoke during a gathering with his foreign affairs minister Walid Muallem and
Syrian sources confirm Iranians killed in ‘Israeli attack’ on Homs air base
:: The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday that a missile bombardment killed an unspecified number of “Iranian and pro-regime fighters” at the T-4 base near Syria’s central Homs province on April 9. Rami Abdel Rahman, head
Syria regime pounds South, rebel evacuations postponed
:: Regime forces bombarded southern Syria on Sunday, as the evacuation of rebel fighters under a ceasefire deal for the region was postponed, a monitor and an opposition official said. Opposition fighters in the southern province of Daraa announced a
Israel’s Netanyahu to meet Putin in Moscow next week
:: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week, Netanyahu’s office said in a brief statement on Tuesday. The meeting is set for Wednesday, July 11. Netanyahu and Putin meet periodically and discuss
Report: Son of ISIS leader Baghdadi killed in Syria’s Homs
:: A son of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in the city of Homs in Syria, the group’s news channel reported on Tuesday. “Hudayfah al-Badri … the son of the Caliph … was killed in an operation
Number of displaced in southern Syria climbs to 270,000
:: The number of people forced to flee their homes in southwestern Syria as a result of the two week escalation in fighting has climbed to 270,000 people, the UN refugee spokesman in Jordan said. The United Nations said last
Jordan to hold talks with Russia over Syria
:: Jordan will hold talks with Russia this week over a ceasefire in southwestern Syria and alleviating the humanitarian situation there, the Jordanian foreign minister said on Monday. Ayman Safadi, speaking in Amman, said he would travel on Tuesday to
John Bolton on Syria: ‘Iran’s support for global terror’ is key concern for US
:: US national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on power is not a strategic issue for the United States, but Iran’s presence in the country is. In an interview with CBS’s Face
Pope Francis decries new attacks in Syria’s Daraa province
:: Pope Francis has decried intensified attacks in southern Syria, asking that people there be spared more suffering. In remarks on Sunday at the Vatican, Francis cited Syria’s Daraa province, where a government offensive that began June 19 has killed
Syrian crisis enters ‘unprecedented’ stage, says Saudi Arabia
:: Saudi Arabia has told the Human Rights Council that the Syrian crisis has entered a serious and unprecedented stage in human history. Despite urgent appeals and UN resolutions calling for the opening of humanitarian corridors, the Syrian regime and
In election victory speech, Erdogan says Turkey will advance in Syria
:: Turkey will continue to “liberate Syrian lands” so that refugees can return to Syria safely, President Tayyip Erdogan said in an election victory speech on Monday. Speaking to supporters from the balcony of his ruling AK Party’s headquarters in
Syrian rebels say US tells them it won’t intervene in south Syria
:: The United States has told Syrian rebel factions they should not expect military support to help them resist a Russian-backed government offensive to regain opposition-held parts of Syria bordering Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. A copy of a
Iran Revolutionary Guards: Our frontlines are in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon
:: Iranian officials occasionally boast about their meddling in the affairs of neighboring countries, but the most recent example of this was seen when the deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guard Corp, Brigadier General Hussein Salami, described the interference as
Iraq conducts air strike in Syria, killing top ISIS militants
:: Iraq has conducted an air strike on three houses in the Syrian town of Hajin where ISIS leaders were meeting, killing 45 members of the militant group, its military said on Saturday. “Iraqi F-16 jets carried out a successful
Merkel in Beirut: Syria must be more secure before refugees return
:: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday on a visit to Lebanon that conditions in Syria are not yet right for refugees to return, an issue which has led to a dispute between Lebanon’s foreign minister and the UN
Syria chairing world disarmament body ‘a travesty,’ US says
:: The US ambassador to the UN in Geneva said Tuesday it was “a travesty” that Syria would head the Conference on Disarmament, leaving briefly when the Syrian representative took the floor. “Syria’s presence here is a travesty. This regime
US Navy jets begin sorties against ISIS in Syria from Mediterranean
:: A US naval strike force led by aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman began sorties on May 3 against Islamic State in Syria, continuing missions by a US-led coalition against the militants. The force joined the US Sixth Fleet
30 regime forces killed fighting ISIS in Damascus
:: More than 30 Syrian government troops have been killed in a southern district of the capital in a fierce counter-offensive by Islamic State group fighters, a monitor said Monday. Regime forces are seeking to end ISIS’s years-long foothold in
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