Saudi Arabia looks for an exit to the war in Yemen
Rarely has Saudi Arabia sounded so magnanimous. For five years it has been fighting the Houthis on behalf of the government they toppled. The war has devastated Yemen’s infrastructure and ...
Villagers force US military convoy to return to NE Syria base
Local people in Syrian village of Abu Qasaib in northeastern province of Hasakah stopped a US military convoy on Thursday, forcing the US troops to return to their occupied base. ...
UK’s BAE Systems sold £15b worth of arms to Saudis during Yemen aggression
Britain’s leading arms manufacturer BAE Systems sold £15 billion worth of arms and services to the Saudi military during the last five years, the period covered by Riyadh’s involvement in ...
Iraq PM-designate: Iranians not involved in govt. formation
Iraqi prime minister-designate Adnan al-Zurfi revealed on Saturday that he did not meet with new Iranian Revolutionary Guards Quds Force Commander Esmail Ghaani during his trip to Baghdad this week. ...
Iran to start building 6,000-ton destroyer: Defense Ministry
Iran’s Defense Ministry said that the country is planning to start the construction of a 6,000-ton destroyer this year and that it has the ability to produce nuclear-powered submarines. Speaking ...
US orders release of prisoners, not Ghani; Ex-Taliban official told ILNA
In an interview with ILNA news agency, Syed Mohammad Akbar Agha, who is the current leader of Rah-e-Nejat (High Council of Salvation), said “We see clearly that wherever there is ...
Saudi minister lauds Trump’s Mideast plan amid Palestinian outrage
Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir has hailed US President Donald Trump's so-called deal of the century on the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict as positive, saying the initiative ...
Iraqis gather to honor Iran’s Lt. Gen. Soleimani, PMU’s deputy cmdr. Muhandis
People in Iraq have held a ceremony near Baghdad International Airport to commemorate the 40th day after martyrdom of Iran’s top anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi ...
Syrian parliament recognizes Armenian genocide amid Ankara-Damascus tensions
The Syrian parliament has overwhelmingly recognized the mass killings of more than one million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire that took place a century ago, as tensions run high between ...
Ceasefire unlikely in Idlib under current circumstances
Syria’s UN Ambassador Bashar al-Jaafari says it is currently impossible to implement a ceasefire in the de-escalation zone of the country’s embattled northwestern province of Idlib, which militant groups have ...








