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
Obama rules out alliance with Syria’s Assad against ISIS
U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday rejected any alliance with Bashar al-Assad against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, arguing that the Syrian ruler was illegitimate and that any such pact would backfire. “Assad has ruthlessly murdered
ISIS claims beheading of U.S. aid worker Kassig
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants claimed they beheaded U.S. aid worker Peter Kassig in video, Agence France-Presse reported. The 26-year-old former U.S. soldier was paraded at the end of an ISIS video released in October that showed the
Dempsey says fight against ISIS ‘starting to turn’
During a an unannounced visit to Iraq, the most senior U.S. military officer told American troops in Baghdad that the battle with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group was “starting to turn.” Chairman of the Joint
Jihadi John ‘wounded’ in U.S.-Iraqi airstrike
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant who killed two British and American hostages in a series of videos posted online in the past months was wounded following a U.S. air strike in Syria, Britain’s Daily Mail reported.
Turkey, U.S. agree on plan to train 2,000 moderate Syrian rebels: report
Turkey and the United States have agreed a plan under which some 2,000 fighters from the moderate Syrian opposition would be trained on Turkish soil, a report said Saturday. The fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) will be trained
Top U.S. general in surprise visit to Iraq amid ISIS airstrike campaign
America’s top military leader arrived Saturday to Iraq, state television reported, his first visit to the country since a U.S.-led coalition began a campaign of airstrikes targeting the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group. The visit by
U.S. sees no tie up between Al-Qaeda and ISIS in Syria
James Clapper, the director of U.S. National Intelligence, Clapper said Friday analysts had not seen any evidence indicating militants belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Al-Qaeda had forged an alliance in Syria. Clapper told CBS
UK woman jailed for sending cash to jihadist husband in Syria
A British woman who tried to send 20,000 euros ($25,000) to her husband fighting with Islamic State (IS) group in Syria was on Thursday jailed for 28 months and seven days. Amal El-Wahabi, 28, became the first person in Britain
French jihadist who spent ‘dozens days’ in Syria jailed for 7 years
The first French jihadist to stand trial after returning from Syria, where his nicotine cravings got the better of him, was sentenced to seven years in jail Thursday. Flavien Moreau travelled to the conflict-ridden country at the end of 2012
ISIS accused of crimes against humanity
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity on a large scale in areas under its control, a U.N. panel investigating war crimes in Syria said Friday. The U.N. Commission of Inquiry
U.S. bombs Al-Qaeda group for third time in Syria
American aircraft bombed the Khorasan group in Syria on Thursday, in the third attack on the Al-Qaeda offshoot that is considered an immediate threat to the West, the U.S. military’s Central Command said. “We can confirm that U.S. aircraft struck
U.S. sends prosecutors abroad to track jihadists from Syria
Dozens of U.S. prosecutors are being sent to the Balkans, Middle East and North Africa to help track down jihadist fighters returning from Syria, the outgoing attorney general said Thursday. Washington has repeatedly voiced concern about hardened Islamists emerging from
Syria airstrike kills nine, including children
Activists say at least nine people were killed, including three children, in a Syrian government airstrike that targeted a rebel-held town near the capital Damascus. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said there were likely more dead in Friday’s
Syria’s opposition warns of upcoming food shortage
Syria’s Western-backed opposition on Thursday called on international donors to help stave off a food crisis in the country where drought and civil war have caused a dramatic drop in wheat production this year. The United Nations predicted earlier this
Fleeing Syrians face ‘new level of hopelessness’
A new report says the plight of people fleeing Syria’s civil war has reached “a new level of hopelessness” as overstretched neighbors make it more difficult to escape and developed countries like the United States resettle a tiny number of
Kurds block an ISIS supply route to Syria’s Kobane
Kurdish forces blocked a road Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants use to resupply their forces in a Syrian town on the Turkish border, a town official and a monitoring group said on Wednesday, the first major gain
Syria detains prominent Damascus-based dissident
Syrian authorities detained a prominent Damascus-based writer and dissident Wednesday as he was trying to leave the country, his political party said. Louay Hussein was taken into custody at the Syria-Lebanon border as he was heading to Spain to visit
Truce in Damascus district allows in aid: monitor
Cars carrying food and aid supplies entered a southern Damascus neighbourhood on Wednesday thanks to a local ceasefire agreement between pro-government officials and insurgents, a monitoring group said on Wednesday. Such truces have been described by the U.N. Syria mediator
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