Saudi King and Crown Prince Condole Kuwait

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

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 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 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 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: Islamic State

The five mistakes which brought back terrorism

Abdulrahman al-Rashed

By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed In May 2011, millions of people across the world witnessed the end of al-Qaeda organization, or to be more accurate, the end of the organization’s leader, Osama bin Laden, who was killed during a skillful intelligence

Why I will not apologize for the Paris attacks

Khaled Almaeena

By : Khaled Almaeena The Paris attacks that killed 130 people and injured hundreds of others are still capturing headlines. They also occupy the top spot in social media the world over. The attack came days after suicide bombers blew

Paris attacks fugitive still at large in Belgium

Belgian prosecutors announced early Monday that police had detained 16 people in 22 raids but that Paris fugitive Salah Abdeslam was not among them. Despite the raids, authorities maintained their highest terror alert in the capital for a third straight

Jordan’s King Abdullah to discuss war on Syria militants with Putin

U.S. ally Jordan’s King Abdullah will hold talks in Moscow on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin on how to tackle “terror groups” led by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Syria, an official source said. Jordan reached

Iran says it arrests ISIS-linked cell near Iraq border

Iranian security forces have arrested members of a jihadist cell linked with ISIS near the country’s western borders with Iraq, the head of the Revolutionary Guards said Sunday. Quoted by the ISNA news agency, General Mohammad Ali Jafari said Iranian

Obama: U.S. ‘will not relent’ in ISIS campaign

President Barack Obama vowed Sunday that the United States and its international partners “will not relent” in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, insisting the world would not accept the extremists’ attacks on civilians

Switzerland probing 33 people over possible militant links

Switzerland has active criminal proceedings against 33 individuals over suspected ties to militant groups, but only three people are currently in custody, the attorney general’s office said Sunday. Some of those cases have been opened in the last two to

Russia: 11 allied with ISIS killed in North Caucasus

Russia Security

Russia’s counter-terrorism agency says it has raided the hideout of armed militants in the North Caucasus and killed 11 of them. The National Anti-Terrorist Committee said the militants were part of a group whose members had pledged allegiance to the

Brussels to stay at highest security alert level on Monday

Brussels police said on Sunday evening that people living in central districts should stay away from windows, as Belgian capital stays on high alert after last week’s Paris attacks. Belgian media reported on Sunday that a restaurant in Brussels had

France: measures taken against chemical attack

France Paris Attacks

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Sunday that a chemical or biological attack “was among the risks” but that all possible precautions to avoid one had been taken, Agence France-Presse reported. He said French authorities were not ruling anything

Muslim-majority Malaysia, Obama vow no safe haven for ISIS

President Barack Obama and his Malaysian host vowed Saturday to fight the “evil” and “hateful” ideology unleashed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, whose self-claimed attacks recently in France, Lebanon and Egypt have cast a grim

Egypt’s top Muslim cleric says terrorism uses religion as front

Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb

Egypt’s top Muslim cleric said on Saturday that terrorism was a disease that used religion as a front and it was wrong to blame Islam for crimes committed in its name like last week’s Paris attacks. Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the

Turkey launches air strikes on PKK in Iraq and southeast Turkey

Turkish warplanes struck Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant targets in northern Iraq and southeast Turkey on Friday night, the latest raids in a military campaign against the rebel group. The Turkish army said it hit 23 PKK targets, including shelters

Turkey-backed Syria rebels take two border villages from ISIS: report

Syrian rebels backed by Turkey and the United States have seized two villages from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants close to the Turkish border after fierce fighting, Turkish official media said on Sunday. The state-run Anatolia news

Britain’s Cameron sees U.N. resolution on Syria action as key moment

British Prime Minister David Cameron said the United Nations Security Council’s resolution to redouble action against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Syria was an important moment, strengthening his bid to start air strikes against the militant group

Most Saudis reject Daesh: Think tank

A whopping 92 percent of Saudis reject the Daesh terrorist group according to new research conducted by an American think tank. The study was conducted by the Washington Institute’s Fikra Forum, an online blog in Arabic and English focusing on

At least 36 dead in bombing raids in eastern Syria

At least 36 people were killed Friday in air strikes by Russian and Syrian jets on ISIS-controlled Deir Ezzor province, a monitor said, describing them as the heaviest in the region since the start of the war. “At least 36

France’s Hollande thanks Morocco for help after Paris attacks

President Francois Hollande on Friday thanked the King of Morocco for the “effective help” the north African state had given France after the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris that killed 130 people. Moroccan and French sources have told Reuters Rabat

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