What would Syria return to Arab League mean?
Alwaght – Over the past two years, the Syrian government made serious advances on the military stage by inflicting decisive defeats on…
Regional Affairs
Countries have no right to recognize Jerusalem as Israeli capital
MNA – Criticizing Australia’s decision to recognize West Jerusalem as the capital of Israeli regime, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on…
UN chief calls for ‘credible’ investigation into Khashoggi’s murder
Press TV – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a “credible” investigation into the murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi,…
Heavy clashes as Saudi push in Hudaydah repelled
Press TV – Saudi airstrikes and fierce clashes have shaken the outskirts of Yemen’s Hudaydah despite a UN-brokered ceasefire that Yemenis already…
Saudi Arabia rejects US Senate position on Khashoggi: statement
Reuters – Saudi Arabia early on Monday rejected “the position expressed recently by the United States Senate”, saying that the Jamal Khashoggi…
Turkey says would work with Syria’s Assad if he won ‘democratic election’
Press TV – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says the Ankara government would consider working with Syrian President Bashar Assad if he…
Haniyeh hails West Bank’s resistance against Israel enemy
Press TV – Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, has commended the West Bank for its “resistance” in the face of Israeli occupation, as…
Fresh US-led airstrikes leave 17 Syrian civilians dead in Dayr al-Zawr
Press TV – More than a dozen civilians, mostly women and children, have been killed after the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri…
Reasons behind Erdogan’s threat to expand military Op in northern Syria
Alwaght – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s saber-rattling in Syria which started with his military intervention in northern Syria under the Operation…
Hamas marks anniversary with parade of new missiles
Press TV – Tens of thousands of Palestinians have attended a huge rally in the besieged Gaza Strip to mark the 31st anniversary…
Demand an end to Yemen war
FNA – On Thursday, December 13, the warring sides in Yemen agreed to end hostilities around the Red Sea port of Hodeida,…
Army launches precision strikes, inflicts heavy losses upon terrorists in Hama northern countryside
SANA – Army units carried out concentrated strikes against position of the terrorist groups in Hama northern countryside. SANA reporter said that…
EU working on conference to help solve PGCC crisis
MNA – The European Union is working on organizing a conference that could help solve the crisis among member states of the…
Yemen’s Houthis dismiss UN claims about final truce in Hudaydah
Press TV – The spokesman of Yemen’s ruling Houthi Ansarullah movement has expressed doubts about United Nations’ assertions about a recent peace deal…
How is Yemen peace document ambiguous?
Alwaght – A fragile truce was secured after weeklong negotiations in Sweden between Ansarullah resistance movement and Saudi-backed government of resigned president…
Qatari FM: Saudi-led GCC group ‘has no tooth’
Press TV – Qatar’s foreign minister has called the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) a “toothless” organization incapable of holding its members to account.…
Erdogan: Khashoggi case tapes suggest active role of ‘Those Closest to MBS’
Sputnik – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has commented on the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and on the possible operation…
Saudis violate Hudaydah truce 21 times in 24 hours: Yemen army
Press TV – Yemen’s army, which is allied with the Houthi movement, says Saudi Arabia and its allies have conducted 21 airstrikes on Hudaydah…
Hudaydah residents receive first aid packages since recent truce deal
Press TV – Residents of the besieged port city of Hudaydah have received their first aid packages since a truce deal was…
MBS said to be plotting Camp David-style handshake with Netanyahu
Middle East Eye – Task force dealing with Khashoggi fallout working on ‘game-changing’ photo with Israeli PM that would cast prince as…
Truce agreement victory for Yemeni nation: Abdulsalam
Press TV – Yemen’s Houthi movement says a ceasefire agreed between the warring sides in Yemen is a victory for the war-torn country as it will…
UN chief: Yemen’s Houthis, ex-govt. agree to ceasefire in Hudaydah
Press TV – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the Yemeni warring parties have reached an agreement on a ceasefire in the Red…
Imran Khan’s Pakistan stands up to US like a sovereign nation: Analys
Press TV – Under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan Pakistan has stood up to the United States from its position…
PGCC with excesses of MBS doomed to trash heap of history: Askari
MNA – Professor Hossein Askari, an expert on Saudi Arabia who also teaches international business at the George Washington University, believes that…
US senate advances measure to end support for Saudi war on Yemen
Tasnim – In a rare break with President Donald Trump, the US Senate voted to move ahead with a resolution to end…
US erects ‘observation posts’ on Syria-Turkey border despite Ankara’s dissent
Press TV – The US military says it has established “observation posts” in northern Syria with the purported aim of preventing clashes…
Iraqi jetfighters kill 44 Daesh terrorists in Syria
IRNA – In an air strike conducted by Iraqi war planes, 44 Daesh (ISIS) terrorists were killed in Syria. Iraqi army media…
UN: 250,000 Syrian refugees could return to homeland next year
Press TV – The United Nations’ refugee agency says up to 250,000 Syrian refugees could return to Syria as most of once…
UN proposes Yemen’s warring parties pull out of key port: sources
Reuters – The United Nations proposed at initial talks between Yemen’s warring parties on Tuesday that they withdraw from the contested port…
Qatar’s economy ‘stronger than before’, central bank governor says
Press TV – The governor of the Qatar Central Bank says the country’s economy has shown resilience in the face of an ongoing diplomatic…
Foreign minister says Turkey in talks with UN about Khashoggi murder investigation
Press TV – Turkey says it is in talks with the United Nations regarding an investigation into the gruesome murder of dissident…
Syria’s position in Arab League needs to be restored, Russia says
Press TV – Head of the Russian National Defense Management Center, Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev, says Syria should rejoin the Arab League…
Sorry tale: Yemen war is about murdering civilians, criminalizing democracy
FNA – A new report by the UN refugee agency says on average some 123 civilians get killed in Yemen per week.…
Yemen warring sides not there yet on key issues: UN envoy
Press TV- UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths says the country’s warring parties have not yet reached any agreement on the major…
Israeli forces fatally shoot Palestinian in southern West Bank
Press TV – Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian man, alleging that he attempted to ram his car into the regime’s policemen…
24 injured as hundreds demonstrate in Gaza against Israeli blockade
Press TV – At least 24 Palestinians have been injured as hundreds of people staged a demonstration near the Gaza Strip’s northern…
Houthi, former Yemeni govt. delegations agree to prisoner swap
Press TV – Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement and the country’s former Saudi-backed government say they have reached an agreement to carry out a mass…
Riyadh Summit: Saudi tactic, Qatari counter-tactic
Alwaght – The 39th summit of the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council started in Riyadh on Sunday, putting an end to speculations about…
US needs ‘puppet’ like Saudi Arabia to achieve global domination: Analyst
Press TV – Saudi Arabia has is a regional “puppet” of the United States, an American analyst says, arguing that Washington needs…
Iraqi PMF praises Iran, Hezbollah role in defeating Daesh
IRNA – Deputy Commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis appreciated Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah for their role…