DUBAI: Iran’s military on Friday kicked off its annual drill in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman and near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, state TV reported, even as the authorities continue their crackdown on anti-government protests that have been underway for over three months. The strait is located at the mouth of […]
The former head of Saudi Arabia’s Public Security agency has reportedly been sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment, in one of the latest anti-corruption cases ruled on in the kingdom. According to Prisoners of Conscience, a Twitter account which tracks and observes the situation of Saudi detainees, Lieutenant General Khaled Bin Qarar Al-Harbi was handed a […]
RIYADH: Implemented by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, the Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance in Yemen dismantled 1,028 Houthi mines in the third week of December. This figure includes 26 anti-personnel mines, 161 anti-tank mines, 827 unexploded ordinances and 14 other explosive devices. The project is one of several initiatives undertaken by […]
Soldiers fired live rounds and used tear gas against dozens of people marching from Al-Amari refugee camp to Qalandia checkpoint
QAMISHLI: Syrian Kurdish-led forces boosted security Tuesday a day after foiling a deadly Daesh group assault on a prison fearing that the extremists will strike again, a spokesman said. Authorities on Monday declared a state of emergency in Raqqa, the militants’ former de facto capital in northern Syria, after gunmen launched an attack on a […]
Suspect allegedly forged e-documents, faked employment contracts, falsely stated firm had hired Emirati citizens
Semra Guzel jailed pending trial in September over a charge of membership in a terrorist organization
The initiative is expected to benefit more than 16,000 students and educational personnel
BEIRUT: Two soldiers were killed and three were injured in an explosion in northern Iraq, Iraqi state news said Thursday. The soldiers were traveling in an army vehicle a day earlier in the Makhmour district when an explosive device detonated, the state Iraqi News Agency reported. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. It […]
BAGHDAD: Suspected extremists on motorbikes stormed a village north of Baghdad late Monday and killed eight Iraqi civilians, officials said. There was no immediate claim for the attack but the village was a focus of resistance to the Daesh group during its lightning advance through swathes of Iraq and neighboring Syria in 2014. It came […]
