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Saudi Arabia announced its readiness to participate with ground troops in the US-led coalition against ISIL, after it gained experience in Yemen. The announcement was made by spokesman of the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen Brigadier General Ahmed Assisi in Read more
Ministers and government officials of 18 countries together with the representatives of the U.N, E.U and the Arab League met in Rome to discuss Libya urging for the establishment of a transitional unity government to end the war as well Read more
Baghdad on Wednesday reacted to statements made by U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Cater stressing that it has sufficient soldiers on the ground to fight the militants of the Islamic State as the U.S. pushes for ground intervention. Carter told Read more
Saudi Arabia and NATO member countries accused Russia Thursday for hitting false targets in Syria as Moscow launched its air raids on ISIL specific targets. Russia’s entrance into the Syrian conflict is seriously raising eye brows in the Western camp Read more
A Turkish court Monday charged the America-based online news outlet Vice News’ two reporters and their Turkish colleague for terrorism as they were reporting on Turkish army’s clashes with PKK fighters in Diyarbakır province. Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury, both Read more
The Chief of the UN Counterterrorism Implementation Task Force said Thursday during his visit to Saudi Arabia that Muslims and the Arab world are the most badly affected victims of terrorism and are paying heavy price for their fight against Read more
Ankara rejected comments made by Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Araby that questioned the airstrikes against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) urging him to “support the fight against terror, rather than terrorism itself.” Nabil al-Araby had questioned the worth of the airstrikes against Read more
Feeling strengthened following the Vienna pact, Iran is planning to submit a roadmap to end the four-year old political crisis in ally Syria. In an interview with the Beirut-based Al-Mayedeen television channel, Iranian deputy foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Read more
The European Union (EU) and the United States are urging Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to return to the negotiating table because continuous attacks will affect the civilian population and worsen the situation of the turbulent region with neighboring Read more
A group of ISIL militants preparing attacks had been arrested by the Kuwait authorities, KUNA state news agency reported on Thursday. As June 26 bombing crackdown continues, Kuwait security authorities nabbed in separate operations a network of ISIL militants who Read more