Obama Hails Friendship with Saudi Arabia as King Skips Summit
President Barack Obama on Wednesday hailed America's "extraordinary friendship" with Saudi Arabia as he hosted skeptical Gulf leaders for a summit beset by disagreements and royal no-shows, AFP reports. Describing "an extraordinary friendship and
ISIS’s Second-in-Command Eliminated
Islamic State (ISIS)'s second-in-command has been killed in a US-led airstrike in the Iraqi city of Tal Afar, the Iraqi Defense Ministry stated Wednesday. Abdul Rahman Mustafa Mohammed, also known as Abu Alaa al-Afri,
48 Dead as ISIS Seizes Town in Homs Province
Islamic State has seized large parts of a strategically located town in Syria's central Homs province in clashes that killed 48 soldiers and terrorists, a monitor said Wednesday, according to AFP. The Syrian Observatory
Obama Expects Israel to Work Towards ‘Two-State Solution’
President Barack Obama expects Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s new government to work towards the “two-state solution”, he told the Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper in an interview. “I will never give up on the hope for
Bloodbath as Syrian Rebels Storm Regime-Held Hospital
At least 72 fighters were killed in a single day as the Syrian army battled to relieve some 250 besieged regime loyalists under rebel assault, a monitoring group said Monday. President Bashar al-Assad had
Saudi King to Skip Summit with Obama
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman will skip a May 14 summit of Persian Gulf leaders with President Barack Obama, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. At the summit Obama is expected to offer the