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: Iraq
Report: Iran coerces Afghans to fight in Syria
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has recruited thousands of Afghans, some by coercion, to fight in Syria’s war alongside forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, Human Rights Watch said Friday. “Iran has not just offered Afghan refugees and migrants incentives to fight
Obama vows to counter ISIS extremists in Libya
U.S. President Barack Obama directed his national security advisers on Thursday to counter efforts by ISIS to expand into Libya and other countries, the White House said. ISIS militants have taken advantage of chaos in Libya to establish themselves in
U.S. monitoring Iraq’s largest dam for signs of collapse
The United States is monitoring Iraq’s largest dam for signs of further deterioration that could point to an impending catastrophic collapse, U.S. army officers said on Thursday. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihadist group seized the Mosul
U.S. asks NATO for spy planes in fight against ISIS
The head of NATO said on Thursday that the United States has requested the alliance’s help in fighting Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the Middle East by providing surveillance planes called the Airborne Warning and Control System
U.N. says Syria ignored most of its requests to deliver aid
The Syrian government in 2015 ignored most United Nations requests to deliver humanitarian aid to some of the 4.6 million people in hard-to-reach and besieged areas and only 620,000 received help, the U.N. aid chief said on Wednesday. Stephen O’Brien
Libya asks to be labelled top health emergency by WHO
Libya on Wednesday asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise the emergency level in the country to the highest category, saying it would help mobilise resources for people in need. There are currently five crises that WHO has classified
One in nine children globally live in conflict zones: UNICEF
Some 250 million children — one in nine children worldwide — live in countries affected by violent conflicts, UNICEF lamented Tuesday, saying it needed nearly $3.0 billion this year to help the most vulnerable of them. “The number of children
U.S.-led coalition conducts 18 strikes against ISIS
The coalition of the United States and its allies conducted 18 strikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria on Monday, the group said. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Combined Joint Task Force said three strikes in three cities
Teen charged in Australia with terrorism offences
Australian authorities have charged a teenager with collecting documents on ways to stage terrorist acts, officials said Tuesday, reportedly including advice on carrying out a successful stabbing and making a bomb. The 18-year-old from the western Sydney suburb of Guildford
Biden and Erdogan aim to ramp up ISIS fight
The White House said Vice President Joe Biden and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed ways to deepen cooperation in the fight against ISIS in a meeting on Saturday in Istanbul. Biden and Erdogan also talked about the “importance of de-escalating
Whither the Middle East after the Iran nuclear deal
By : Hisham Melhem Those of us wordsmiths writing, thinking , wondering and obsessing about things Middle Eastern have a new phrase to ponder; ‘Implementation day’. On January 16, 2016 you could hear many people saying: rejoice, the day we
Saudi envoy’s call to rein in Shiite militias ticks off Iraqi MPs
Hashid Shaabi, a coalition of mostly Iranian-backed Shiite paramilitary groups, should leave the fight against the militants to Iraq’s Army and official security forces in order to avoid aggravating sectarian tensions, said Thamer Al-Sabhan, Saudi ambassador to Iraq. He was
Baghdad wants anti-ISIS coalition to train police
Baghdad wants the coalition engaged in the fight against the ISIS group to train Iraqi police officers, a senior U.S. official said Saturday. The request comes as the anti-ISIS partners are preparing to boost their support in the battle against
U.S. ‘prepared’ for military solution in Syria, says VP
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said that the U.S. was prepared for a military solution in Syria if a political solution was not possible. “We do know it would better if we can reach a political solution but we are
Turkish PM Davutoglu says Turkey respects Iraq’s territorial integrity
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Saturday the Turkish military was in Iraq to ward off Islamic state of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), reiterating that Ankara respects Iraqi territorial unity. At a news conference following a meeting with U.S.
Europe’s migration crisis claims another 46 lives
The death toll in Europe’s migration crisis rose Friday when two overcrowded smuggling boats foundered off Greece and at least 46 people drowned — more than a third of them children — as European officials remained deeply divided on how
U.S.: Turkey can do more to fight ISIS
The U.S. secretary of defense on Saturday called on Turkey to expand its efforts to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, saying that its long borders with Syria and Iraq were “porous to foreign fighters.” While Ashton Carter
Australia seeks regional terrorism cooperation after Jakarta attack
Australia is seeking regional cooperation to fight the “menace” of violent extremism that will be with the region for some time, the country’s justice minister said on Saturday. A deadly Jan. 14 attack in Jakarta that killed eight people and
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