Saudi King and Crown Prince Condole Kuwait
In a heartfelt gesture of solidarity, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman expressed their deepest condolences to the Emir of Kuwait on Monday following the passing of Sheikh More »
Putin and Abbas Discuss Gaza Crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday during Abbas’ visit to Russia. Arriving on Monday, Abbas aims to discuss the ongoing Gaza conflict with More »
Saudi Arabia Voices Strong Support for Gaza Peace Initiatives
Saudi Arabia has firmly aligned itself with the recent joint statement made by President Joe Biden of the United States, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt, and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, More »
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 »
Tag Archives: ANBAR
Iraqi forces announce ISIS expulsion from town west of Anbar
:: Iraqi forces have announced in a military statement that they had completed the expulsion of ISIS from the town of Akashat, a border area with Syria south of the Euphrates River, west of Anbar. The Iraqi Joint Operations Command
Iraq steps up strikes on ISIS-held Hawija ahead of offensive
:: The Iraqi air force and the US-led coalition have stepped up a campaign of airstrikes on the ISIS group-held town of Hawija ahead of a planned ground assault there, according to Iraq’s minister of defense on Saturday. Iraqi forces
Battle of Tal Afar: Snipers deployed, rest of the Iraqi forces getting ready
:: Iraqi police announced on Tuesday the deployment of snipers on the outskirts of the district of Tal Afar in preparation for the military operation against ISIS. The commander of the federal police, Raid Jawdat, said in a statement that
Iraqi Anbar tribes plan on filing international lawsuits against Qatar
:: A member of the Council of Anbar tribes in Iraq has confirmed that they plan on bringing both domestic and international lawsuits against Qatar. Sheikh Saad Abdullah Al-Fahdawi said in an interview with local Iraqi media outlets that they
Iraq: 14 killed after suicide attack hits camp in Anbar province
:: At least 14 people were killed and more than 10 injured after a suicide bomber attacked a camp for displaced persons in western Anbar, Iraq. Al Arabiya’s correspondent reported that the attack on the camp occurred 60 km west
People killed, wounded in Anbar’s Hit after a suicide bombing
:: An attack by a suicide bomber has killed and wounded civilians and military men on Tuesday in an Iraqi city, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. There is no reported exact figure of the casualties in the city of Hit,
Iraqi forces begin manhunt inside ISIS pockets of Anbar
:: The Iraqi joint forces announced on Monday the start of a military operation in the western province of Anbar to search for ISIS pockets, which are posing security threats despite the country’s army declaring their mission to liberate the
Meet Miaad Madaad: Sole woman fighter in an anti-ISIS Iraqi unit
Miaad Madaad is the only female member of the “Lions of the Tigris,” a group of Sunni Arab fighters which is part of the Popular Mobilization Committee (PMU) battling ISIS in Shayyalah al-Imam, Iraq. Shayyalah al-Imam is a village near
Iraq army with tribal volunteers liberate two villages from ISIS
Iraq Army’s Seventh Band, with the backing of tribesmen, have liberated two villages in Hit island in the western province of Anbar on Sunday from ISIS, a local media reported. Al-Mahboubiya and Al-Safakiya villages located in the island on the
ISIS uses 2,000 families in Iraq’s Fallujah as ‘human shields’
ISIS in Iraq has trapped around 2,000 families in two villages south of a city in the western province of Anbar, and is using them as human shields, local media reported the head of a police department as saying on
Iraqi government approves aid to Fallujah ‘in principle’
Iraq has approved aid to be delivered to people in the ISIS-held city of Fallujah, west of Anbar province after months-long siege from its forces, head of a relief delegation said. Fallujah, seized by ISIS in early 2014 with an
Trapped civilians stall Iraqi forces battling ISIS
Tens of thousands of trapped civilians have stalled Iraqi forces fighting ISIS in the country’s western Anbar province, the spokesman for Iraq’s elite counterterrorism forces told the Associated Press Friday. Iraqi forces re-launched an offensive on the town of Hit,
Iraq begins ‘broad operation’ against ISIS in Anbar
Iraqi forces have launched a broad offensive to retake the city of Hit from ISIS in the western province of Anbar, a top commander said Saturday. Led by the elite Counter-Terrorism Service, forces from the police, army and local tribal
Civilians flee Iraq town as battle looms
Terrified residents were fleeing the Iraqi town of Hit as security forces closed in Tuesday and jihadist fighters hunkered down to defend one of their main bastions in Anbar province. After regaining control of Anbar provincial capital Ramadi from ISIS
ISIS pulls out of town in Iraq’s Anbar province
ISIS has pulled most of its fighters out of Hit, a large town in western Iraq on which security forces were advancing, a military spokesman said on Sunday. “The majority of Daesh (ISIS) fighters in Hit, Rutba and Kubaysa have
Iraq says it fully recaptured Ramadi from ISIS
Iraqi government forces have regained full control of Ramadi after pushing ISIS fighters out of the city’s outskirts, according to Iraqi security forces and the U.S.-led coalition. The announcement, more than a month after Ramadi was first declared liberated in
U.N. says ongoing battles destroy 1,500 buildings in Ramadi
A United Nations report published Saturday finds that the ongoing battle for the city of Ramadi has damaged or destroyed more than 4,500 buildings. The findings, gathered by comparing satellite imagery of the city collected in July 2014 to imagery
Iraq’s Abadi plants flag in Ramadi to mark ISIS defeat
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi planted the national flag in Ramadi on Tuesday after the army retook the city centre from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) a day earlier, a victory that could help vindicate his strategy for
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