Elite Iraqi forces were poised Tuesday for a first push into Mosul, after the prime minister warned terrorist groups who hold the city have no choice but to surrender or die. Forces from Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) were fighting the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) in ...
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Monday appointed market regulator Mohammed al-Jadaan as the country’s new finance minister. Al-Jadaan replaces Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf who has held the position since 1996. In a royal decree announced on state television, Al-Assaf was made minister of state and will remain a ...
