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
ISIS, not Ukraine, could be Putin’s ‘chronic nightmare’
Russia, which has criticized U.S. plans to launch strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Syria, could soon become a victim of the militant group, whose members include extremists from Chechnya. The Soufan Group, a New
U.S. campaign on ISIS won’t be ‘shock and awe’
The U.S. military campaign against the Islamist of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will not be “shock and awe” where overwhelming power is used to paralyze the enemy, the top U.S. military officer told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.
ISIS shoots down Syrian regime fighter jet
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) shot down a Syrian regime fighter jet conducting airstrikes on the group’s stronghold of Raqqa on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. The Britain-based monitor said: “It is the first
German Muslims invite all faiths to day of prayer against ISIS
More than 2,000 German mosques have invited Germans of all religions to join their Friday prayers to present a united front against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to try to dissuade young Muslims from travelling to fight
Kurds retake Christian villages from Iraq militants
Kurdish peshmerga forces on Tuesday recaptured seven Christian villages in northern Iraq in clashes with militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), an officer and a cleric said. Tens of thousands of Iraqi Christians, most of them
Obama threatens to hit Assad air defenses: report
President Barack Obama told visitors to the White House last week he would not hesitate to retaliate against Syrian government forces should they open fire on U.S. aircraft targeting militants belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the
Indonesia arrests four suspected of links to ISIS
Indonesian police on Monday said the four foreigners arrested over the weekend suspected of being linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants group were from China’s ethnic Uighur minority. A day after identifying the four men as
U.S. bombs ISIS near Baghdad for ‘first time’
The United States bombed the Islamic State near Baghdad, the first time the U.S. has targeted the militants close to the Iraqi capital, U.S. officials said Monday. A U.S. defense official told Agence France-Presse on condition of anonymity that American
In ISIS-held Mosul, children stay away from school
While the school year officially began on Sep. 9, many children in the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-held Iraqi city of Mosul are staying at home. While schools in Iraq’s second largest city are still in operation, with
UK female doctor poses with decapitated head
A woman believed to be a British medical student who left the UK to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) posted a photo of herself holding a decapitated head on social media, the Mail Online reported. In
Female jihadists from U.S. heartland join ISISb
U.S. law enforcement is investigating a new phenomenon of women from the American heartland joining Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) as President Barack Obama vows to cut off the militants’ recruiting at home. At least three Somali families
UK to hunt down ‘evil’ IS for slaughtering aid worker
LONDON : Prime Minister David Cameron vowed Sunday that Britain would hunt down the killers of an aid worker beheaded by the Islamic State, which he described as the “embodiment of evil.” Cameron said Britain was prepared to “take whatever
ISIS executes 8 men in al-Jamasa village of Northern Tikrit
Tikrit : On Sunday ISIS militants executed eight Iraqis who were suspected of plot against the organization. According to a Reuters’s report today: “the extremist ISIS fighters have executed 8 men in al-Jamasa village after accusing them of conspiracy to
ISIS victim’s brother says Islam ‘not to blame’
The brother of British hostage David Haines murdered by Islamist militants issued Sunday a tearful video statement about growing religious radicalization in which he quoted a verse from the Quran. “We are seeing more and more radicalization in every walk
France: 60 women among residents involved ‘in jihad’
Around 930 French citizens or residents, including at least 60 women, are either actively engaged in jihad in Iraq and Syria or are planning to go there, the interior minister said Sunday. In an interview with Le Journal de Dimanche
Germany sending 40 soldiers to Iraqi Kurdistan
Berlin is preparing to send around 40 soldiers to northern Iraq to train Kurdish fighters battling against militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the German army said on Saturday. Following a decision last month by the German
Profile: Slain British aid worker David Haines
David Haines, a 44-year-old aid worker from Perth, Scotland, is the latest man and the first Briton to be allegedly beheaded by ISIS militants in a video released early Sunday. Haines was captured in March last year in Syria while
Americans back airstrikes on ISIS, wary of long haul
Americans support President Barack Obama’s campaign of airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants but have a low appetite for a long campaign against the group, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Friday. Sixty-four percent of people
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