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: ISIS
Iraqi Diyala residents face ISIS ‘water war’
An Iraqi official warned on Saturday of a “humanitarian disaster” after Islamist militants diverted Al-Roz River away from Bildoz district in the eastern province of Diyala, affecting thousands of people in what he described as a “water war,” in an
IS has executed 100 foreigners trying to quit: report
LONDON: The Islamic State extremist group has executed 100 of its own foreign fighters who tried to flee their headquarters in the Syrian city of Raqqa, the Financial Times newspaper said Saturday. An activist opposed to both IS and the
Activists: Qaeda seizes scores of Syrian army tanks
Fighters from the Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda’s Syria branch, seized dozens of tanks and armored personnel carriers from the army when they took two regime bases this week, AFP quoted activists as saying on Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
ISIS threatens to execute Lebanese soldiers held hostage
A French-speaking militant threatened Friday to execute Lebanese soldiers held hostage by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), saying three prominent anti-ISIS Lebanese politicians would be responsible for their deaths. The threat was made in a video AFP
Kuwait court jails three ISIS supporters
A Kuwaiti court has jailed three Arab supporters of ISIS militant group, in a first for the Gulf emirate, newspapers reported Friday. The court sentenced a Kuwaiti to 10 years in jail for urging support for the group and also
Kurdish troops open Sinjar corridor for Yazidis
Iraqi Kurdish forces battling ISIS militants managed on Thursday to open up a key corridor so that thousands of people from the country’s Yazidi minority who have been trapped on a mountain can flee, a senior Kurdish official said. The
Anti-ISIS fight to take at least three years: U.S. general
The general in command of U.S. forces involved in the fight against militants belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) said on Thursday he thought it would take a minimum of three years to achieve a turning
Salafists claim bombing of Gaza’s French Cultural Center
A small Islamic militant group claimed responsibility Thursday for a bomb attack that slightly damaged the French Cultural Center in Gaza City last week without causing any casualties. Jund Ansar Allah is one of five groups in the Gaza Strip
Monitor: Over 230 bodies found in mass grave in eastern Syria
More than 230 bodies of people believed to have been killed by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants have been found in a mass grave in Syria’s eastern Deir al-Zor province, a group monitoring the country’s war said on
India bans ISIS group and hunts for its sympathizers
India on Tuesday declared a ban on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), days after having detained an engineer for running a popular Twitter account extolling the militant group’s military campaign. India has the world’s third-largest population of Muslims,
Cameron: UK faces threat of Sydney-style attack any moment
Britain faces the threat of a Sydney-style ‘lone wolf’ attack at any moment, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday, after a 16-hour siege at a cafe in the Australian city in which two captives were killed. Britain raised it
ISIS in Iraq release pictures of mass execution
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group on Monday released pictures of the execution of 13 men described as anti-jihadist Sunni tribal fighters near the northern city of Tikrit. Three pictures published on a jihadist forum and pro-ISIS
Seven held in Spain, Morocco in probe on women militants
Seven people were arrested in Spain and Morocco on Tuesday in a probe into a network recruiting women to join the jihadist Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. Spain’s interior ministry said four women, one of them a minor,
Islamist rebels capture 2 key army bases in Syria
Al-Qaeda-linked and other Islamist fighters captured two key Syrian army bases on Monday in the northwestern province of Idlib after two days of intense battles with government troops that killed dozens on both sides, activists said. The fall of the
Growing number of Swiss jihadists heading overseas
Some 22 people have left Switzerland to fight abroad as jihadists since May, including eight in the past fortnight, the Swiss intelligence agency said Monday. This represents almost one third of the 62 who have left to fight since 2001,
Around 300 Chinese fight alongside ISIS
About 300 Chinese people are fighting alongside the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, a Chinese state-run newspaper said on Monday, a rare tally that is likely to fuel worry in China that militants pose a threat to security. China
Islamist militias form new coalition in Libya’s Derna
Islamist militias in the eastern Libyan town of Derna say they have formed a new coalition ahead of an expected assault by pro-government forces. “Everybody saw what happened in Benghazi: disaster; institutions destroyed; houses demolished; mosques and universities burned by
UK to send hundreds of troops to Iraq
Britain will send hundreds of troops to train Iraqi and Kurdish forces in Iraq, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon told The Daily Telegraph newspaper on Saturday, in a bid to step up the battle against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
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