Palestinians unite to reject deal of century: Hamas
Tasnim– A senior member of the political bureau of Hamas said Palestinians have united to reject the so-called “deal of the century”…
Regional Affairs
Israel calls Hezbollah ‘strategic threat’ to provoke world against it: Nasrallah
Press TV – The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says Israeli authorities have described his group as “a strategic…
16 Palestinians hurt in clashes with Israeli forces at Gaza border
Press TV – Israeli troops have shot and wounded more than a dozen Palestinians during anti-occupation protests near the fence between the…
Yemenis hold funeral for victims of deadly Saudi air raids on Sana’a
Press TV – Yemeni people have held a mass funeral for victims of last week’s Saudi airstrikes on the capital Sana’a, venting…
Three-day Gaza war: Outcomes, consequences
Alwaght – The wars always play as the key for transformation and change in the center-periphery equations of the international order, either…
Russia may have designs on Iran’s trade with Syria
Al-Monitor | Igor A. Matveev: When Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov paid a visit recently to Damascus to meet with Syrian…
Saudi Arabia to execute three prominent scholars after Ramadan: Report
Press TV – Saudi officials are reportedly set to sentence three imprisoned dissident scholars to death and execute them shortly after the…
US, Israel to blame for regional tensions: Hezbollah
Tasnim – Hezbollah’s second-in-command Sheikh Naim Qassem said the US and Israel are both responsible for the escalation of tensions in the…
Yemenis launch retaliatory drone attack on Saudi arms deport at Najran airport
Press TV – Yemeni armed forces, led by the Houthi Ansarullah movement, have launched a drone strike on an arms depot at…
Saudi jets kill, injure 15 civilians in Yemen’s Hajjah
Tasnim – Saudi warplanes carried out fresh strikes against residential areas in Yemen’s northwestern province of Hajjah, killing and injuring 15 people.…
Once again, Iraq caught up in tensions between US and Iran
AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BASSEM MROUE: When U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat down with Iraqi officials in Baghdad last week…
Qatar not invited to emergency Arab summits in Saudi Arabia
MNA – Qatar has not been invited to two regional summits called to discuss attacks on Saudi oil assets. Saudi King Salman…
Iraqi Shia figures warn US-Iran war could ‘burn’ Iraq
AP — Leading Iraqi Shia figures warned Monday against attempts to pull their country into a war between the U.S. and Iran,…
Yemen army inflicts losses on Saudi-backed militants
Tasnim – At least 12 Saudi-backed mercenaries were killed and injured after Yemeni troops and fighters from Popular Committees targeted their positions…
US announces start of GCC’s ‘enhanced security patrols’ in Persian Gulf
Press TV – The United States says countries of the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council have started patrolling in the region amid the…
Huge explosion reported near US embassy in Baghdad
Sputnik – An explosion has reportedly taken place near the Green Zone close to the embassy area on Sunday. Rockets landed in…
World is failing children in Yemen
FNA – According to the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the time is now for the international community to take…
Iraq oil minister calls Exxon Mobil’s evacuation of foreign staff ‘unacceptable’
Reuters – Exxon Mobil’s decision to evacuate its foreign staff from the West Qurna 1 oilfield in southern Iraq on Saturday was…
Saudi Arabia to convene Arab leaders in emergency summits
MNA – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has invited Persian Gulf and Arab leaders to convene emergency summits, according to the Kingdom’s foreign…
Exxon Mobil evacuates foreign staff from Iraqi oilfield: sources
Reuters – Exxon Mobil has evacuated all of its foreign staff from Iraq’s West Qurna 1 oilfield and is flying them out…
Germany to resume training troops in north Iraq amid US-Iran tensions – Reports
Sputnik – Germany will resume training Iraqi and Kurdish soldiers in northern Iraq, the German Defence Ministry was reported as saying on…
UK raises threat level to personnel in Iraq due to Iran risk – Sky news
Reuters – Britain has raised the threat level for military forces and diplomats in Iraq because of a heightened security risk from…
Syrian army downs Israeli regime’s drone: report
MNA – According to a report, Syrian air defense units have downed an Israeli regime’s drone near Damascus on Friday night. Remains…
Palestinians mark 71st anniversary of Nakba Day worldwide
Tasnim – Palestinians marked the 71st anniversary of Nakba Day, with demonstrations and marches across the world. Thousands gathered in Ramallah to…
6 civilians killed in Saudi strikes on Yemen’s capital
Press TV – At least six civilians, including children, have been killed and dozens of others wounded in multiple airstrikes by a…
Yemeni retaliatory drone raids on Saudi Arabia had no links to Iran: Ansarullah
Press TV – A senior member of the Houthi Ansarullah movement says Yemen’s recent retaliatory drone strikes on a vital oil pipeline…
Fujairah explosions, from denial to security scandal
Tehran Times | Ramin Hossein Abadian: While Abu Dhabi initially denied the Fujairah explosions on Sunday, the country had to reveal the…
Saudi Arabia says oil facilities near Riyadh attacked
Reuters – Saudi Arabia said explosive-laden drones had struck oil pumping stations in the Riyadh region on Tuesday in what it called…
Yemeni drones launch retaliatory raids against vital Saudi facilities: Al-Masirah
Press TV – Seven drones run by Yemeni armed forces have reportedly carried out attacks against vital Saudi facilities in response to…
Shias in Saudi Arabia: Victims of US-backed state terror
Alwaght – On Saturday, Saudi security forces in another crime against the country’s Shiite minority killed at least 8 people in Tarot…
US issues security alert on Iraq amid regional tensions
AP — The U.S. Embassy in Iraq is advising U.S. citizens against traveling to the country amid what it called “heightened tensions,”…
Two Saudi vessels seriously damaged in attack near UAE, minister says
Press TV – Saudi Arabia’s energy minister says two Saudi oil tankers were targeted in a “sabotage attack” on Sunday off the…
Idlib operation: Bells ring for end of terrorism in Syria
Alwaght – The operation to take back the Syrian province of Idlib from militant and terrorist groups continues with heavy fire as…
What’s behind Ansarullah’s withdrawal from three major ports?
Alwaght – The Yemeni conflict developments continue as on the one hand the United Nations envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths has stepped…
Massive explosions reportedly rock Fujairah port in UAE, oil tankers on fire
Sputnik – Several heavy explosions occurred early on Sunday in the port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, a number of…
Saudi security forces attack Al Qatif, martyr 8: report
MNA – Saudi security forces have reportedly invaded the Shia-populated areas in eastern province of Al Qatif, martyring several people. Tehran-based Arabic-language…
Houthis begin unilateral withdrawal from Hudaydah ports
Press TV – Yemen’s Houthi forces have started unilateral withdrawal from Saleef and Ras Isa ports in Hudaydah province under a United Nations-sponsored peace…
OIC calls for Israel’s withdrawal from Golan Heights
MNA – Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in a letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for the…
Why is Georgia conservative about hosting US base?
Alwaght – The US activities in Central Asia and the Caucasus has a long record, dating back to the Cold War and…
Iraq close to signing $53 billion deal with Exxon, PetroChina; denies Iran link
Reuters – Iraq is close to signing a $53 billion, 30-year energy agreement with Exxon Mobil and PetroChina, Prime Minister Adel Abdul…