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: SYRIAN REGIME
France ‘can only’ work with Syrian army as part of a power transition
Working with Syrian government forces to combat ISIS can only happen within the framework of a credible political transition for Syria, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Friday. Earlier Fabius had appeared to suggest President Bashar al-Assad’s forces could
ISIS teens execute 25 soldiers in Syria’s Palmyra
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria on Saturday released a grisly video showing 25 Syrian government soldiers being executed by teenagers in the ancient amphitheater in the city of Palmyra. The video documented an execution that reportedly happened shortly
Children among 16 killed in Syria regime raid
At least 16 people, among them 13 children, were killed in Syrian government air strikes on a town in southern Deraa province on Tuesday, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes hit a center for
Regime bombs kill 71 civilians in Syria’s Aleppo
A series of barrel bombs dropped by Syria’s regime killed at least 71 civilians and wounded dozens in Aleppo province on Saturday, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, according to AFP. “At least 71 civilians were killed, and dozens
Video claims to show Syrian militants blasting regime tank
A video posted to LiveLeak on Saturday claims to show Syrian militants firing at a regime tank in an unknown area. A “tank hunter” weapon can be seen approaching its target before blowing the tank up. It is unclear whether
Syrian troops battle to free trapped forces
Syrian government forces advanced Saturday towards the rebel-held town of Jisr al-Shughur, where around 250 regime force members and their families are trapped in a hospital building, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government troops were
Syria regime air raid kills four children: monitor
A barrel bomb killed at least seven civilians, including a teacher and four children, when it hit a school in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, a monitor said. “The primary school students were playing in the courtyard when
Syria regime helicopter crashes, crew captured
Islamist rebels in Syria captured four crew members Sunday when a regime helicopter crashed in the northwest province of Idlib, a monitor said, while a fifth serviceman was killed. “A regime helicopter was forced to land in the region of
Syrian rebels attack regime’s intel HQ in Aleppo
An attack on a Syrian intelligence headquarters in Aleppo killed at least 20 members of the regime’s security forces and 14 rebels, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday. The attack, which began with a powerful bomb blast
Syria air strikes kill at 32 people
style=”text-align: center;”> Syrian government air strikes on opposition-held towns across the country killed at least 32 people on Monday, and wounded dozens more, a monitoring group said. In Jassem in the southern province of Daraa, 15 civilians were killed in
Syria starts razing chemical weapons sites: OPCW
Syria has begun destroying its remaining chemical weapons production sites, despite being hampered by bad weather and logistical problems, the world’s chemical watchdog said Monday. “Destruction operations commenced in December,” Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) spokesman Peter
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