Northern Syria federation officially announces establishment of federal regions
Northern Syria Federation officially announced the establishment of three federal regions of Jezire, Firat and Efrin in the Kurdish controlled federation. According to Hawar News, the council of the federation ...
Iranian parliament votes to boost military budget in response to US
The Iranian Parliament voted overwhelmingly on Sunday to approve the outlines of a bill to counter the “U.S. terrorist and adventurist acts in the region”, boosting by more than 500 ...
Is the ‘Kurdistan Referendum’ a NATO project?
These days there is a single item on the agenda of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq: The Sept. 25 independence referendum. KRG President Masoud Barzani has started ...
SW Syria Ceasefire Holding, Displaced Start Returning
The southwest Syria ceasefire brokered by the United States, Russia and Jordan is holding and displaced residents are starting to return to the area, US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert ...
Nobel laureates urge Riyadh to halt execution of 14 Shias
Ten Nobel laureates from across the world penned an open letter urging Saudi authorities to hold off on the execution of 14 Shias convicted of protest-linked crimes. Fears are mounting ...
Soleimani vows revenge for Daesh killing of Iranian advisor
Commander of Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Qassem Soleimani condemned the beheading of an Iranian advisor in Syria by Daesh terrorists and pledged to ...
ISIS beheads Iranian serviceman in Syria
Daesh (ISIS) takfiri terrorists have beheaded an Iranian military adviser in Syria, two days after capturing him near the Iraqi border. Mohsen Hojaji, a member of the Iranian advisory support ...
Iran to close borders if Kurdistan moves towards independence: representative
Iran has warned that a move from the Kurdistan Region toward an independent state will result in the closure of the country’s border crossings with the region, Nazim Dabagh, the ...
Yemen urges active EU role in conflict resolution efforts
Yemen’s Supreme Political Council, which runs state affairs, has voiced its readiness to support any measure aimed at resolving the deadly conflict in the impoverished state, calling on the European ...
McCain: U.S. has been strengthening Israel and Arabs against Iran
John McCain, the Republic senator from Arizona, says since the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 the United States has been seeking to “contain” Iran for what he calls Tehran’s ...








