UNSC warns Iraqi Kurds against independence referendum
madaresharghi The UN Security Council has warned that a secession referendum planned to be held in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region next week is potentially ‘destabilizing’ and threatens the ongoing war ...
UN votes for resolution to probe Daesh war crimes in Iraq
madaresharghi The resolution, passed unanimously on Thursday, gives UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres 60 days to present to the council details on the mandate of the investigative panel that will ...
Four Yemenis killed in Saudi airstrike on Hajjah province
madaresharghi Local sources told Lebanon-based Arabic-language al-Mayadeen television news network that the fighter jets targeted a passenger car as it was traveling along a road in the Abs district of the ...
Israel holding 58 Palestinian women 'under dire conditions'
madaresharghi The Israeli regime is holding at least 58 Palestinian women, including 10 minors, "under dire conditions" in its jails, the Prisoners and Freed Prisoners Committee says. The committee recently ...
Bahrain’s Al Khalifah regime steps up crackdown ahead of landmark Shia event
madaresharghi Bahrain’s ruling Al Khalifah regime has ramped up its repressive measures ahead of the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar of Muharram, the tenth day of which is ...
Daesh attacks Iran aid convoy in eastern Syria
madaresharghi The Daesh Takfiri terrorist group has attacked an Iranian convoy trying to deliver humanitarian aid to people in eastern Syria. The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, an ally of the ...
Abadi meets army commanders prior to Hawijah liberation operation
madaresharghi Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has met with high-ranking military commanders as government troops are preparing to launch a multi-pronged operation to liberate Hawijah town in the oil-rich northern ...
Hundreds attend major anti-secession rally in Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah
madaresharghi Hundreds of people in Iraq’s northeastern city of Sulaymaniyah have staged a rally to voice their opposition to Kurdistan region’s upcoming referendum on seceding from the Arab country. The ...
Rouhani: Any geographical change will lead to endless tensions
madaresharghi President Hassan Rouhani stressed that any change in geographical borders will lead to tensions that would have no end. President Rouhani was responding to a question about the planned ...
Turkey threatens sanctions over Kurdish independence vote
madaresharghi Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to impose sanctions against Kurdish northern Iraq over a planned independence vote, piling economic pressure on Kurdish authorities after Turkish troops deployed near ...