Syrian fuel queues grow, report cites Iranian credit freeze
Reuters – Syria has suffered oil shortages since an Iranian credit line was halted six months ago and not one oil tanker…
Regional Affairs
Trump vetoes congressional resolution to end US role in Yemen war
Sputnik – President Donald Trump in a letter to the Senate said he is rejecting a measure passed by Congress to end…
EU rejects Israeli claim to Golan, other occupied territory
Press TV – The European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has once again expressed the 28-nation bloc’s disapproval of the Israeli…
Oman’s flexibility to Tel Aviv: Goals, consequences?
Alwaght – The Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi in a speech delivered to the World Economic Forum for the Middle East…
At least 6 civilians killed in terrorist rocket attack on Syria’s Aleppo
Press TV – At least six civilians have lost their lives after a barrage of rockets fired by terrorists hit some neighborhoods of…
Iraqi FM: Golan is Syrian territory
IRNA – Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad Ali al-Hakim said on Sunday that his country rejects the US president’s allegations on the occupied…
Syria’s air defenses intercept Israeli missiles fired at Hama military base
Press TV – Damascus says its air defenses have intercepted some of the Israeli missiles fired at a Syrian military base near…
Deadly blast hits Pakistan’s Quetta
Tasnim – At least 16 people have been killed and another 30 wounded as an explosion ripped through a market in the…
Taliban says it fired deadly missile at largest US air base in Afghanistan
MNA – In a tweet, Taliban spokesman Zabihollah Mujahid said that the Afghan armed group launched a missile at Bagram Air Base,…
IPU condemns US recognition of Golan Heights as part of Israel
IRNA – The President of the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) Gabriela Cuevas Barron issued a statement condemning a recent move by the…
At least 9 people killed in car bomb attacks in Syria’s Raqqah
Press TV – At least nine civilians, including children, have been killed and a number of others wounded after two explosives-laden vehicles…
Trump’s recognition of Golan Heights as Israeli flouts intl. law: Aoun
Press TV – Lebanese President Michel Aoun has strongly condemned US President Donald Trump’s recognition of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights as…
Saudi welcomes US blacklisting of Iran Revolutionary Guards
Reuters – Saudi Arabia welcomes the U.S. decision to designate Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a foreign terrorist organization, Saudi state…
Saudi Arabia has not demonstrated nuclear transparency: Heinonen
Iranian Diplomacy | Javad Heirannia: Olli Heinonen, the former deputy director general for safeguards at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), says…
New Saudi airstrikes kill 13 civilians, including schoolchildren, in Yemen
Press TV – More than a dozen civilians, most of them schoolchildren, have been killed in the latest round of airstrikes by Saudi…
Saudi reopens consulate in Iraq amid warming Iran ties
Press TV – Saudi Arabia has reopened its consulate in Iraq as Riyadh seeks closer ties with Baghdad amid Iran’s growing relations…
Iraq closes border crossing with Iran due to floods: sources
Reuters – Iraq on Saturday closed its Sheeb border crossing with Iran to travelers and trade until further notice, Iraqi security sources…
Israeli forces injure 80 Gazans
Press TV – Israeli forces have attacked Palestinians taking part in an anti-occupation protest along the edge of the besieged Gaza Strip,…
Bad time to nuclearize Saudis: US Senators warn Trump
Press TV – bipartisan group of American lawmakers have raised concerns about Washington’s nuclear dealings with Saudi Arabia despite Crown Prince Mohammed…
Trump’s Golan decision, nuke deal with Saudi aimed at forming anti-Iran alliance: Analyst
Tasnim – An American political scientist said the Trump administration’s secret plan to nuclearize Saudi Arabia and its recognition of Israel’s ‘sovereignty’…
US Golan decision to antagonize Muslim world: Pak analyst
IRNA – A senior Pakistani analyst strongly condemned the US recognition of the Golan Heights as Zionist regime’s territory, and said that…
Taliban not to participate in next Peace Jirga, group spokesman tells MNA
MNA – In an interview with Mehr News Agency, Taliban spokesman Zabihollah Mujahid said group will not take part in the next…
Speaker: Trump decision on Golan threatening Lebanon
IRNA – Speaker of the parliament of Lebanon Nabih Berri said US President’s choice for Golan Heights is threatening Lebanon and solving…
Israel’s killing of Gazans may amount to war crimes: UN
Press TV – A UN fact-finding mission says Israeli forces committed rights violations during their crackdown against Palestinian protesters in the Gaza…
MbS absent from key meetings, stripped of some financial powers: Report
Press TV – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has reportedly been stripped of some his powers and has not attended a…
US military now preparing to leave as many as 1,000 troops in Syria
The Wall Street Journal | Dion Nissenbaum and Nancy A. Youssef: The U.S. military is crafting plans to keep nearly 1,000 forces…
Syria underlines liberation of all occupied areas
IRNA – Syria’s defense minister on Monday stressed liberation of all areas occupied by terrorist groups. Syria has already not started the…
Iraqi MP highlights need to hold joint military drills with Iran, Syria
MNA – Hanin Qaddo, a member of Iraqi parliament, said that it is necessary for Iraq, Iran, and Syria to hold a…
Grospic: Int’l Coalition has supported terrorism, its presence in Syria is illegitimate
SANA – Head of the Czech Parliamentary Group for Friendship with Syria Stanislav Grospic affirmed that what is called “International Coalition” led…
Iran, EU to hold 5th round of talks on Yemen
MNA – The 5th round of talks between Iran and the European Union on the latest development in Yemen is slated to…
How likely is ISIS reorganization?
Alwaght – The ISIS terrorist group is these days in its shakiest position. Syrian Kurdish forces are intensifying their attacks on the…
Int’l Union of Muslim Scholars calls for resistance against Israel crimes
IRNA – The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) urged Muslim nations to take all possible measures to stop the Zionist crimes…
Saudi women activists face ‘bogus’ charges: Rights group
Press TV – UK-based rights group Amnesty International says Saudi Arabia has leveled “bogus” charges against some 10 women rights activists. “Some of the women were charged…
Yemenis downed 19 Saudi Apache copters during war: Army spokesman
Press TV – Yemen’s army says the country’s air defense has managed to shoot down 19 Saudi Apache helicopters since the outbreak…
Lebanese Hezbollah slams terror attacks on New Zealand
IRNA – The Lebanese Hezbollah in a statement vehemently condemned the recent terrorist attacks on two mosques in New Zealand that have…
Gaza rockets land in Tel Aviv after evading Israel’s Iron Dome missile system
Press TV – At least two rockets launched from the besieged Gaza Strip have landed in the Israeli capital Tel Aviv, bypassing…
Senate votes to end US aid in Saudi fight in Yemen
The Wall Street Journal – The Senate approved a measure on Wednesday that would end U.S. military assistance for the Saudi-led war…
House of Saud rift: Three possible scenarios
Alwaght – According to the media reports, rift between the Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and his son Mohammed has intensified recently.…
Twenty-two civilians killed, including children, in north Yemen: U.N.
Reuters – Air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition killed at least 22 civilians, including women and children, this week in a village…
Rouhani sets off on historic visit to Iraq in major blow to Trump
Press TV – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is in Baghdad on a trip aimed at solidifying strategic ties despite US efforts to…