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
Pentagon targeting trucks, rigs in assault on ISIS oil funding
U.S.-led air strikes have hit at least 175 targets in the ISIS’s main oil-producing region over the past month, as Washington intensifies efforts to disrupt a key revenue source estimated to provide more than $1 million a day to the
Greek PM in Turkey to discuss migrant crisis
Greek Prime Minister Alexi Tsipras held talks Wednesday with the Greek orthodox patriarch as he embarked on his first official visit to Turkey set to be devoted to grappling with the huge flow of refugees entering his country from Turkish
Paris attacker may have had accomplice on journey through Balkans
One of the Paris suicide attackers may have had an accomplice with him as he travelled through the Balkans to western Europe after entering Greece posing as a Syrian refugee, counter-intelligence and police sources say. The assailant may also have
Russia, France hit ISIS’s bastion in Syria
Russia and France hit Islamist militants’ bastion in Syria on Tuesday as President Vladimir Putin instructed Moscow’s navy to cooperate with its French “allies.” Putin on Tuesday ordered the Russian navy in the Mediterranean to establish contact with its French
Suicide bomber passport ‘may have belonged to Syrian soldier’
A passport found near the body of one of the Stade de France suicide bombers may have belonged to a Syrian regime soldier killed several months ago, a source close to the investigation told AFP. The passport is in the
Russia targets Raqqa, U.S. strikes more ISIS oil facilities
Russia maybe have used cruise missiles to target Islamist militants’ stronghold in Syria on Tuesday and U.S.-led military coalition staged 23 air strikes against jihadists in Syria and Iraq. A U.S. defense official said Russia is waging a significant number
Kerry says Syria could be ‘weeks away’ from ‘big transition’
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that Syria could be weeks away from a “big transition,” following on from international talks in Vienna at the weekend. “We are weeks away conceivably from the possibility of a big transition
Iran torn between historic Europe visit and Syria talks
By : Camelia Entekhabi-Fard It was supposed to be “historic, charming” and was “highly anticipated” – President Hassan Rowhani’s official state visit to Europe to normalize Iran’s relations with the West after many years of turbulence and tension. Rowhani had
World must act to destroy this terrorist disease
By : Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Paris is in mourning. We are all in mourning for those who thronged the glorious French capital on Friday evening little knowing it would be their last. All except the terrorists and their brain-diseased
A new Cold War in the Middle East?
By : Dr. Azeem Ibrahim When Russia attacked Georgia in 2008, commentators gingerly raised the prospect of a new Cold War between Russia and the West. In 2014, when Russia’s client in Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, was toppled from power by
Russia ‘outraged’ at accusations it killed civilians in Syria
Russia has told the United Nations on Monday it was “outraged” by allegations that it had killed civilians in Syria and destroyed civilian infrastructure as a U.S.-based rights group accused Moscow’s air force of bombing 10 medical facilities in October.
France unleashes fresh strikes on ISIS in Raqqa
France has unleashed once again new air strikes on ISIS stronghold Raqqa on Tuesday, according to French military sources. The latest rounds of air strikes come as President Francois Hollande said France’s Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier would be deployed
U.N. says refusing refugees after Paris attacks not ‘way to go’
The United Nations hit back Monday at calls to turn back refugees from Syria to prevent extremists like those who carried out the Paris attacks from entering as purported asylum-seekers. European countries, Canada and the United States are facing calls
Syrian Kurdish-Arab alliance captures nearly 200 villages from ISIS
An alliance of Kurdish and Arab forces fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group in northeast Syria has driven the militants out of nearly 200 villages, its spokesman told reporters on Monday. Syrian Democratic Forces spokesman Talal
Hollande: We will eradicate terrorism
French President Francois Hollande vowed that France would eradicate “terrorism” in address to an exceptional joint gathering of parliament on Monday in Versailles, south of Paris. Hollande said parliament would this week begin examining a bill extending the state of
Two U.S. states shun Syria refugees in wake of Paris attacks
Two U.S. states say they will block or suspend a program to resettle Syrian refugees within their borders, citing security concerns after Friday’s wave of deadly assaults in Paris. “After full consideration of this weekend’s attacks of terror on innocent
Assad must go: Kingdom
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Saturday that his country would continue to support Syrian rebels if President Bashar Al-Assad could not be removed through a political process. “We will support the Syrian people,” Adel Al-Jubeir told journalists on the
The Vienna plan for Syria: Fighting terrorism with politics
By : Raghida Dergham Momentum is the theme chosen for the second Vienna meeting to address the Syrian crisis. With the participation of the five U.N. Security Council permanent member states, major regional powers, and with Russian-American leadership that the
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