Hezbollah condemns beheading US journalist by ISIS terrorists
Beirut, Aug 21, IRNA – Lebanese Hezbollah has condemned the horrible act of ISIS terrorists in beheading the American journalist James Foley.…
Iraq Crisis
Iran says wants progress in nuclear talks before action on Islamic State
(Reuters) – Iran is ready to do something to help tackle Islamic State insurgents in Iraq but first wants progress in negotiations with world…
Christian figures rap ISIL crimes against minorities in Iraq
Top Levantine Christian figures have condemned crimes committed by the ISIL Takfiri group against Christians and other minorities in Iraq, Press TV…
In raid to save Foley and other hostages, U.S. found none
EDGARTOWN, Mass. — A secret nighttime military mission authorized by President Obama to rescue Americans held captive in Syria failed early this…
Iran helping Iraqis, Kurds in ISIL fight: Deputy FM
Iran has advised Iraq in its fight against ISIL Takfiri terrorists and has provided the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region with similar help, says…
France seeks international meeting to tackle Islamic State
(Reuters) – France said on Wednesday it wanted to bring together Arab states, Iran and the main world powers to coordinate a…
Obama says attacks on Iraq militants unaltered by killing
President Barack Obama said the beheading of a U.S. journalist by Islamic radicals won’t deter him from a bombing campaign aimed at halting their…
Islamic extremist video shows beheading of U.S. reporter
Islamic militants released a video showing the beheading of a man they said was kidnapped U.S. journalist James Foley and threatened to…
Iraq’s Zebari urges global support against ISIL terrorists
Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has called on the international community to back his country’s ongoing offensive against ISIL Takfiri terrorists. Zebari…
Rouhani: Iran to continue aids to Palestinians, Iraqis, Syrians
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani renewed Tehran’s support for the oppressed people of the world, specially Iraqis, Palestinians and Syrians, and…
US targets ISIL in Iraq for to safeguard own interests: Analyst
A political analyst says the US bombards targets of the ISIL militants in Iraq for the sake of its own interests not…
Obama says U.S. to keep up airstrikes to halt militants
President Barack Obama said the U.S. will continue “limited” airstrikes against Islamic State militants, which have stopped their advance on the city of Erbil…
Iran minister: Afghan drug trade funding ISIL
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Opium cultivation in Afghanistan is being supported by certain terrorist groups, Iran’s interior minister said, adding that the Islamic…
‘ISIS is enemy No. 1 of Islam,’ says Saudi grand mufti
Militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and al-Qaeda were blasted by Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh…
UN announces emergency aid for 500,000 in northern Iraq
Geneva (AFP) – The UN refugee agency said Tuesday it was poised to mount a massive aid operation for 500,000 Iraqis driven…
Public offers support for Obama’s Iraq intervention
Despite rising criticism of his foreign policy — even from his former secretary of state — President Barack Obama’s decision last week…
Iraqi forces launche offensive to retake Tikrit
Iraqi government forces have launched a major operation to retake the troubled northern city of Tikrit from Takfiri terrorists. Iraqi officials said…
Iran not in need of US, UK help on Iraq: Official
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran’s deputy-FM for Arab and African Affairs has said Islamic Republic does not need any cooperation with…
UN says over 600,000 Iraqis displaced
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Amidst an expanding displacement crisis in Iraq, several United Nations humanitarian organizations are scaling up efforts to…
Iranians donate $13.5mn to repair Iraq shrines
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran’s deputy head for Reconstruction Organization of Holy Shrines of Iraq has said that Iranians have donated…
ISIL has kidnapped 3,000 women, girls: Amnesty International
Takfiri ISIL militants have kidnapped up to 3,000 women and girls from the Izadi community in northern Iraq over the past two…
Zarif urges regional countries to help shipment of emergency supplies to Iraq, Syria, Gaza
Tehran, August 17, IRNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that all countries in the region are required to…
Iran’s ambassador to Baghdad meets Iraq’s Jaafari
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Ambassador to Iraq Hassan Danaeifar and the head of National Iraqi Alliance, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, in a meeting in…
Iraq’s largest dam new focus of expanding U.S. airstrikes
The U.S. targeted Sunni militants’ positions near Iraq’s largest dam in a sign of the expanding reach of airstrikes designed to push back…
Interior ministry spokesman sees ISIL no threat to Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Interior Ministry Spokesman Hossein Ali Amiri reiterated full control over the country’s borders, and said the terrorists active in…
Iran backs Iraq’s unity, territorial integrity: Afkham
Iran has welcomed the transition of power in Iraq as a good opportunity for its western neighbor, saying Tehran supports unity and…
ISIL leader Al-Baqdadi leaves Iraq for Syria
TEHRAN (FNA)- The leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group, Abu Bakr Al-Baqdadi, has left Iraq’s…
U.S. said to carry out airstrikes in north Iraq
The U.S. carried out airstrikes on Islamic State targets in northern Iraq to protect Yezidis and prevent damage to a critical dam, according to…
Iranian leader’s top aide hails Maliki’s support for Abadi as sign of unity
TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader’s top Adviser for International Affairs Ali Akbar Velayati lauded Nouri al-Maliki, the outgoing Iraqi prime minister, for his…
Iran sides with Iraq against terrorism
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A senior Iranian diplomat said that Tehran strongly supports Iraq’s new government in its campaign against terrorism. “The Islamic…
ISIL massacres 100 Izadi Kurds in northern Iraq, Kurdish sources say
Iraq’s Kurdish officials say ISIL Takfiri militants have massacred around 100 members of the Izadi minority in a village in the north…
Iraqis welcome change of PM but challenges loom
BAGHDAD (AP) — Nouri al-Maliki’s decision to step down as Iraq’s prime minister raised hopes Friday for a new government that can…
Iraq’s top cleric voices support for newly designated premier
Iraq’s top Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has urged lawmakers to cooperate with the country’s newly designated Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to…
Iranian official lauds coordination among Iraqi politicians
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) praised the Iraqi leaders for their concerted action on easing the…
US, UN hail Iraq’s Maliki for stepping down
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The United States and the United Nations commended Iraq’s outgoing Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for stepping down to preserve…
Iraq’s Al-Maliki gives up post to rival
BAGHDAD (AP) — Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq’s prime minister for the past eight years, relinquished the post to his nominated replacement late Thursday,…
In Iraq, an opening for the Saudis
The appointment of Haidar al-Abadi as prime minister of Iraq gives Saudi Arabia an opportunity to end its futile and counterproductive ostracism…
Iraqi Dawa party endorses Abadi as new premier
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Dawa Party has announced its commitment to the country’s Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi. The Dawa Party made…
Militants’ siege on mountain in Iraq is over, Pentagon says
WASHINGTON — Defense Department officials said late Wednesday that United States airstrikes and Kurdish fighters had broken the Islamic militants’ siege of…