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: Syria
Up to 26 dead as Syria regime, rebels trade fire
Government and rebel bombardment killed up to 26 civilians and wounded dozens in the Syrian capital and a nearby opposition bastion on Wednesday, state media and a monitoring group said. Mortar rounds fired from the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region onto
U.S.-led air strikes have cut ISIS oil revenues
U.S.-led coalition air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) oil facilities have cut the militant group’s oil revenues by about 30 percent since October, a coalition spokesman said on Wednesday ISIS, an adversary the United States calls
Iran row won’t affect Syria efforts: Envoy
Saudi Arabia’s decision to break off diplomatic ties with Iran will not affect its own efforts to secure peace in Syria and Yemen, said Abdallah Al-Mouallimi, Saudi ambassador to the UN, on Tuesday. “From our side it should have no
The fate of Iran’s Qassem Soleimani
By : Diana Moukalled A video was recently leaked purportedly showing Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force, while he visited fighters in the Syrian city of Aleppo – or at least that’s what the video’s
Saudi-Turkish cooperation: Opportunities and challenges
By : Raghida Dergham The strategic cooperation council established by Saudi Arabia and Turkey is one step above a bilateral alliance, and its goal goes beyond restoring balance to Sunni forces in Iraq and Syria, and thus requires an in-depth
Saudis back Syria talks despite Iran row
Saudi Arabia signaled on Tuesday its breach in relations with Iran would not affect talks on Syria, another round of which is scheduled in Geneva this month. Riyadh and Tehran have attended previous talks and support opposing sides in the
Jordan confirms 12,000 Syrian refugees amassed at border
Jordan has acknowledged that more than 12,000 Syrian refugees have amassed at its border, awaiting entry. The confirmation by government spokesman Mohammed Momani comes after Jordan initially dismissed a similar estimate provided by the U.N. refugee agency as exaggerated. Momani
ISIS territory shrinks in Iraq and Syria: U.S.-led coalition
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) territory shrank by 40 percent from its maximum expansion in Iraq, and by 20 percent in Syria in 2015, as international forces pushed it out of several cities, the U.S.-led coalition fighting
Final remnants of Syria’s chemical arsenal destroyed
An American company has completed the destruction of the last of Syria’s declared chemical weapons stockpile. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says in a statement that U.S. firm Veolia destroyed the last 75 cylinders containing hydrogen fluoride
Masked man in ISIS video ‘is suspected Briton’
Investigations into the identity of an English-speaking man who featured in an ISIS video are focusing on a Briton, Siddhartha Dhar, the BBC reported Tuesday. Dhar was born a Hindu and ran a business renting out bouncy castles in northeast
Syria chemical probe finds sarin gas traces
A fact-finding mission by the U.N. chemical weapons watchdog has found that some people in Syria may have been exposed to sarin or a sarin-like gas, according to a report released on Monday. The mission by the Hague-based Organization for
Syria bloodshed: Will it only get worse in 2016?
By : Brooklyn Middleton The past year saw an increase in the number of foreign actors directly intervening in the bloody Syrian conflict, yet the humanitarian crisis has worsened and the security situation continues to deteriorate. Several issues should be
Syrian opposition to demand confidence-building moves before talks
Syria’s opposition wants to see confidence-building steps from Damascus including a prisoner release before negotiations due this month, officials said on Monday, a demand that could complicate efforts to start the talks. Opposition leaders including rebels plan to deliver that
Syrian opposition leader to visit Beijing: China
The leader of the main exile Syrian opposition group will visit China this week, Beijing said Monday, despite the country repeatedly blocking U.N. Security Council resolutions on the conflict. China is a veto-wielding permanent member of the U.N. Security Council
Escalating the Syrian war before the Vienna talks
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed Since the start of October, the Russians have become a driving force in battles in Syria and the wider region. Before that, they had been playing an undisclosed role on financial, intelligence and operational fronts. The
America’s ‘retreat’ and Russia’s ‘expansion’
By : Eyad Abu Shakra The famous quote “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics” attributed to Benjamin Disraeli and Mark Twain among others may not sound true now as it used to in the past;
ISIS threatens Britain in new executions video
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group has threatened Britain in an Internet video on Sunday showing the killing of five “spies” it said worked with the international coalition fighting ISIS. The SITE Intelligence Group said the video
Arab-Kurd fighters kill 16 ISIS jihadists near Syria ‘capital’
Arab and Kurdish forces have killed at least 16 fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group during fierce clashes north of the jihadists’ stronghold of Raqa, a monitor said Sunday. The jihadists launched an offensive last
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