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
Assad: To crush ISIS, cooperation needed
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday that “international cooperation” was necessary to crush the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, which is the target of a U.S.-led campaign. “The region is going through decisive times” and the
Syrian team, Putin to discuss relaunching peace talks
A high-level Syrian delegation is to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss a possible relaunch of peace talks with the opposition, a senior Syrian official said Thursday. “President Putin will receive the delegation headed by Syrian Foreign
France opens probe into ISIS propaganda video
France has formally opened a terrorism investigation into three French recruits of the Islamic State group calling for attacks back home in a propaganda video. The three men, who appear under Arabic pseudonyms, appear in a montage that also shows
Iraq, Turkey vow to work together against ISIS
Iraq’s prime minister said his country and neighboring Turkey have agreed on closer security and intelligence cooperation in the face of the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi spoke on Thursday
Egypt militant arrested on return from Syria
Egyptian authorities on Wednesday announced the arrest of a jihadist who returned home from the Syrian conflict to train Islamist militants in the use of explosives. Hani Shahine had fought in the ranks of the Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda’s franchise in
Cyprus on lookout for Syria-bound militants
Cyprus has intensified screening procedures at its ports, airports and checkpoints to prevent Europeans from passing through the country en route to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a security official said. The security official
Suspected U.S. strikes hit Syrian Al-Qaeda-held town
An airstrike believed to have been carried out by the U.S.-led coalition overnight hit a town controlled by al-Qaeda militants in northwestern Syria, activists said Wednesday. Harem, on an important smuggling route to Turkey, is controlled by al-Qaeda’s Syrian branch,
No date for ISIS war vote as Congress waits on Obama
Congressional authorization of the U.S. war against Islamic State extremists has gone nowhere in the two weeks since President Barack Obama vowed to coordinate with lawmakers on a stronger legal basis for military action, prompting growing frustration with the White
U.N. slams Iran, Syria over rights record
The U.N. human rights committee adopted on Tuesday two resolutions strongly condemning Iran and Syria’s human rights record, Al Arabiya News Channel’s correspondent reported. The non-binding measures now go to the full Assembly for a vote expected next month. More
Syria government airstrikes kill at least 14
Syrian aircraft dropped crude explosives on a neighborhood in the northern Aleppo province on Tuesday, killing at least 14 people, including children, and wounded another 20, activists said. The Qabr al-Inglizi neighborhood was struck by several so-called barrel bombs, according
Turkey fears ‘2-3 million more refugees’ if Aleppo falls
Turkey fears another two to three million Syrian refugees could cross its borders if the region of Syria’s second city of Aleppo is overrun either by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or regime forces, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu
Syria Kurds advance in heart of Kobane
Syrian Kurds fighting the Islamic State group in the flashpoint town of Kobane made new gains Tuesday, expelling the jihadists from several central buildings and seizing weapons, a monitor said. The advance came hours after the US-led coalition launched four
Victims in ISIS video begin to be identified
State-run and anti-regime media in Syria confirmed the death of more than a dozen men in a recent video released by Islamist militants, identifying more than five as members of the Syrian army, Lebanon’s the Daily Star reported. The graphic
Kerry: U.S. ‘not intimidated’ by ‘barbaric’ ISIS
Secretary of State John Kerry issued a warning Monday to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants that “we are not intimidated” after another American hostage was killed, the Associated Press reported. Kerry said the brutality of ISIS and
Syria says it needs more details on U.N. truce plan
The Syrian government has agreed “in principle” to the U.N. envoy’s call for local cease-fires to try to ease the worst fighting in the country’s civil war but needs more details before it can make a final decision, a Syrian
ISIS executes nearly 1,500 people in Syria in 5 months
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has executed nearly 1,500 people in Syria in the five months since it declared the establishment of a “caliphate”, a monitoring group said Monday. “The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented
ISIS kills family refusing to marry off daughter: Iraq
Five members of an Iraqi family who refused to marry off their daughter to a fighter in the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have been executed by the militant group in a “horrific crime,” Iraq’s Human Rights Ministry
Friends mourn beheading of U.S. aid worker Kassig
Peter Kassig first experienced the Middle East as a soldier, then returned as a student and, finally, as a humanitarian intent on helping those whose lives were upended by the brutal civil war in Syria, whatever their allegiance. It was
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