Yemeni army forces, allies shoot down another Saudi-led reconnaissance drone
Press TV – Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from the Popular Committees, have intercepted and targeted an unmanned aerial vehicle…
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Qatari emir turns down Saudi invitation to join GCC summit in Riyadh
Press TV – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has turned down an invitation by Saudi Arabia to attend the…
Over 3,600 Yemeni kids killed, 800 paralyzed in Saudi war on Yemen
Tasnim – After 1,700 days of a Saudi-led war on impoverished Yemen, more than 3,600 children have been killed, 800 paralyzed and…
In shift, State’s Hook says Yemen’s Houthis independent from Iran
Al-Monitor | Laura Rozen: In a shift that analysts said reflects progress in Saudi talks with Yemen’s Houthi rebels to end the…
Pakistan’s PM stresses to expedite setting up border markets with Iran
IRNA — Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan directed the ministry of commerce to expedite the process of setting up border markets…
Iran reiterates support for peaceful solutions to Yemen crisis
FNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined his country’s support for peaceful solutions and talks to resolve the crisis in…
Iraqis hold mass rally in Baghdad to back religious authority
Press TV – Iraqis have taken to the streets of the capital, Baghdad, in a show of support for the country’s religious…
Azeri president visits Iranian companies in BakuTel
IRNA – President of Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev accompanied by Iranian minister of communications and information technology visited Iran’s pavilion in…
Iraq is facing a familiar problem
Bloomberg | Bobby Ghosh: Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has been here before. Fifteen years ago, after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq had…
Iran consulate in Iraq burns a 3rd time, amid premier talks
AP — Anti-government protesters burned an Iranian consulate in southern Iraq for a third time on Tuesday, as the country’s political leaders…
Iraq, rocked by protests, enters new phase of uncertainty after premier’s resignation
The Wall Street Journal | Isabel Coles and Ghassan Adnan: Protesters say they will settle for no less than sweeping away the…
Iran’s support for Hamas not reciprocal: Hamas senior official
MNA – A member of Hamas’ political bureau Khalil al-Hayya said that during its ten years of support for Hamas, Iran has…
Iraqi parliament approves PM’s resignation as anti-gov’t protests continue
Xinhua — The Iraqi parliament on Sunday approved the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, as demonstrations continue in the country,…
Protesters burn Al-Hakim’s shrine entrance in Iraq’s Najaf – Reports
Sputnik – Previously, demonstrators set a local Iranian consulate on fire, with the staff fleeing the building through a back door, while…
Saudi-backed militants’ shelling kills 6 civilians in Yemen’s Sa’ada, Hudaydah
Tasnim – Six civilians were killed and several others sustained serious injuries after Saudi-backed militants fired mortar shells at residential areas in…
Yemeni forces fully capable to strike vital targets in Israeli-occupied territories: Army spox
Press TV – The spokesman for Yemen’s Armed Forces says Yemeni army troops and allied fighters from Popular Committees are fully prepared to deliver a…
Russia slams Israel’s Syria strikes as ‘very wrong’
Press TV – Russia has denounced Israel’s latest aerial assaults on Syria as a “wrong” move that will exacerbate tensions. Russian Deputy…
Nakhichevan seeking to increase transit capacities with Iran
IRNA – Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic’s border crossings officials announced in a meeting with Iran’s Consul General Ahmad Hosseini that they are trying…
Over 1 million health consultations provided in Yemen in 2019: UN
Tasnim – Since the beginning of the year, the UN Migration Agency has carried out over one million health consultations for displaced…
India bans Islamic, Iranian TV channels in Kashmir
MNA – India’s Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has asked cable operators from the Kashmir Valley to block the airing of all television…
US blames Iran for Gaza flare-up, urges Arab military alliance
Press TV – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that Iran is behind the latest bout of violence triggered by…
Iraq closes southern border with Iran to travellers – security source, diplomat
Reuters – Iraq closed its southern Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran to travellers from both countries on Saturday, an Iraqi security source…
Saudi Arabia intensifying talks with Yemen’s Houthis: Sources
Tasnim – Saudi Arabia is intensifying informal talks with the Houthi Ansarullah movement to reach a ceasefire agreement in Yemen, sources familiar…
War ends only when terrorism annihilated: Syrian president
Press TV – President Bashar al-Assad has hailed Iran’s unwavering support for his country’s fight against enemies’ plots to fuel insecurity and instability…
Supreme Shia authority’s strategy to lead Iraq out of crisis
MNA | Mohammad Ghaderi: The latest statement issued by Iraq’s supreme Shiite authority, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Hosseini Sistani, on the current developments in…
Gaza Flare-up Day Two: Fresh Israeli airstrikes prompt rockt fire
Press TV – Four more Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip as the Israeli military renews its air raids against the…
Israel kills Islamic Jihad cmdr., prompts retaliatory rocket fire from Gaza
Press TV – Israel has killed a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip,…
US would attack foes & friends to protect its hegemony and doesn’t shy away from using terrorists as proxies – Assad to RT
RT – Syria became a testing ground for the US as it refines its tools to safeguard global hegemony, President Bashar Assad…
Did US action in Syria really trigger ‘brain death’ of NATO?
Euronews | Rachael Kennedy: Emmanuel Macron raised eyebrows across Europe after suggesting the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is experiencing “brain death” in the…
Japan deplores Israel’s new settlement plans in occupied Palestinian land
MNA – Japan has strongly deplored the continued settlement activities by the Israeli regime in occupied Palestinian territories as in violation of…
Riyadh Agreement: Can Saudi-brokered ‘peace deal’ really help end Yemen war?
Euronews | Helena Skinner: Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and southern separatists signed an agreement on Tuesday to end a power struggle in the…
Roadmap by religious authority for Iraq’s political future
Iranian Diplomacy – Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s last statement on Friday about recent developments in Iraq sends several messages. The grand ayatollah warned…
Karbala tribal leaders apologize to Iran over consulate attack
Press TV – Heads of tribes in Karbala have apologized to the Iranian nation and government over a recent attack against the Islamic…
China – not Iran – is the real reason US troops will never leave Iraq
RT | Darius Shahtahmasebi: Recent developments suggest that the US and its allies have become increasingly wary of China’s expanding influence inside Iraq,…
Iraqi army bans gatherings outside Baghdad’s Tahrir square as anti-govt. protests continue
Press TV- The Iraqi army has warned that its forces will move in to break up any gathering outside Baghdad’s Tahrir Square,…
Thousands of Lebanese rally in support of President Aoun amid anti-government protests
Press TV – Thousands of people in Lebanon have held a rally in support of President Michel Aoun, after more than two…
Iraqi police: 3 protesters killed in Iran Consulate attack
AP — Iraqi security officials say three protesters were killed and 19 were wounded during an attack the previous night on the…
US freezes military aid to Lebanon
The Wall Street Journal | Jessica Donati: The Trump administration has suspended security assistance to Lebanon, congressional officials said Friday, including more…
‘No friends but the mountains’: US Syria pullout follows years of Kurdish struggle
Euronews | Vivi Vitalone with NBC News World News: The Kurdish expression “No friends but the mountains” has become more painfully true in recent…
Iraqi PM urges safety of protesters as unrest continues
Press TV – The situation in Iraq remains tense. Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi has gathered the country’s security chiefs for a meeting,…