7 things to consider before sending troops to Syria
Saudi Arabia has offered to deploy ground forces in support of the US-led coalition’s fight against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria…
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UAE says ready to send troops to Syria under US leadership
A senior official in the United Arab Emirates says the Persian Gulf state is ready to send troops to Syria to join…
Syrian high command confirms Western coalition attacking government forces
The Syrian General Staff has provided information revealing Western coalition strikes against Syrian troop positions in Deir ez-Zor on December 6, according…
Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ‘seriously wounded in air strike’
The leader of Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been seriously wounded in an air strike in western Iraq, sources have told the…
Assad: US-led airstrikes on ISIL terrorists have failed
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad asserts that US-led airstrikes against the ISIL group have not only not pushed back the Takfiri terrorists, but…
CIA director suggests Iraq functions as interlocutor in US-Iran fight against ISIS
The director of the CIA came the closest of any US official so far to acknowledging cooperation between the US and Iran…
‘No doubt’ Iran-Iraq joint forces will retake Tikrit from ISIL – Pentagon
Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey said that combination of Iraqi and Iranian military forces, dominated by…
US-led coalition airstrikes hit Syria oil refinery, kill 30
About 30 people have been killed in airstrikes by US-led coalition targeting a Syrian oil refinery held by the ISIL Takfiri militants.…
Nuclear deal ‘could lead to U.S.-Iran cooperation’ on ISIL: ex-negotiator
Iran’s former nuclear negotiator says a nuclear deal between Iran and the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security…
Iran’s role in Iraq could be positive: US general
WASHINGTON: Iran’s role in an Iraqi military offensive to recapture Tikrit could be positive as long as it does not fuel sectarian divisions in…
US, Iran both want to defeat ISIL: Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States and Iran both have a “mutual interest” in defeating the ISIL terrorist…
France bans six from travel to join ISIS
French authorities confiscated the passports of six individuals to prevent them from travelling to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria…
France deploys aircraft carrier to join fight against ISIL in Iraq
France has deployed its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf to join the so-called US-led military campaign against the ISIL…
Iraq’s pro-Iranian Shiite militias lead the war against the Islamic State
MANSOURIYA, Iraq — Shiite militias backed by Iran are increasingly taking the lead in Iraq’s fight against the Islamic State, threatening to undermine…
Hard proof that ISIS received American missiles and arms
Syria’s Special Forces troops are strung out across a pinnacle of hills here just north east of Lattakia on one of the…
US-led coalition lacks resolve against ISIL: Iraqi official
A senior Iraqi official says the so-called US-led coalition against the ISIL Takfiri group is not doing enough in the face of…
Assad rules out cooperation with US-led campaign against ISIL
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has ruled out Syria’s joining the US-led coalition carrying airstrikes against what are said to be ISIL positions…
Iran sees US ‘insincere’ in fight against terrorism
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian deputy foreign minister said Tehran believes that the US is insincere in its fight against terrorist groups…
Iran will do what it can to help stop this extremist group
Sir, All Iranians, and indeed most of our friends in the west, are concerned by the emergence of Isis. Like both the…
Vahidi: Anti-Daesh international coalition failed
Tehran, Jan 24, IRNA – Head of Strategic Center of the Armed Forces Headquarters Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said the anti-Daesh international…
Iraqi PM says West and Iran both helping against ISIS
Iraq’s prime minister said on Friday the West had increased support to his country to help it fight Islamic State, and Iran…
Dy FM: Americans sending messages on Syria, ISIS terrorism to Tehran
Tehran, Jan17, IRNA – Nowadays Americans send direct and indirect messages on pretext of anti-terrorism campaign and resolving the Syrian crisis to…
Western coalition lacks resolve to fight ISIL: IRGC commander
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said the so-called anti-ISIL coalition has failed to strike…
Iraq says US-led coalition not doing enough against ISIL
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iraqi parliament speaker told President Barack Obama’s envoy that the US-led coalition battling the Islamic State of Iraq and…
French MPs okay extension of military campaign against Islamic State
The French parliament has unanimously approved the extension of the country’s military intervention in Iraq, which is being directed against Islamic State…
Cypriot FM praises Iran’s anti-ISIL efforts
TEHRAN (FNA)- Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides lauded Iran’s efforts in campaign against the ISIL terrorist group, and voiced his country’s willingness…
Iran sceptical of US anti-ISIL rhetoric: Scholar
Tehran, Jan 8, IRNA – Iranians remain profoundly sceptical of US intentions and professed determination to degrade and destroy ISIL, suggests Seyed…
Ammar Hakim blasts western coalition’s hypocritical policy on ISIL
TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Ammar al-Hakim lashed out at the western countries and their regional allies…
Iraqi MP asks Baghdad to sue Washington over ISIL help
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An Iraqi lawmaker asked Baghdad to sue the United States over its assistance to the terrorists of Islamic State…
US pretends to be fighting against ISIL: Iran official
A senior Iranian diplomat says the United States pretends to be fighting the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group as a trick to advance its…
US-led coalition helping ISIL in Syria: Russian official
The US-led coalition purportedly fighting against the ISIL Takfiri group in Syria has invigorated the Takfiri militants, a Russian official says. Since…
Iranian speaker: US-led anti-ISIL coalition political gesture
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani underlined that the so-called anti-ISIL coalition led by the US has proved futile in fighting…
Jordan shouldn’t enter US war in Iraq, Syria: MPs
Jordanian parliament members have warned Amman against any potential military cooperation with the US ground forces in the Middle East. The lawmakers…
Larijani: US treatment of terrorism distrustful
Baghdad, Dec 25, IRNA – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said here on Thursday that the way the US is treating the…
Iranian speaker describes US-led anti-ISIL coalition as useless
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani in a meeting with Iraqi President Fouad Massoum in Baghdad underlined that the so-called anti-ISIL…
‘ISIL shoots down US-led coalition warplane over Syria’
A Syrian opposition group says the ISIL Takfiri militants have shot down a US-led coalition warplane over northern Syria. The so-called Syrian…
US-led battle against ISIL charade: Larijani
Iran’s parliament (Majlis) speaker Ali Larijani says the US-led coalition’s battle against the ISIL Takfiri militants is nothing more than a charade.…
US-led coalition paying lip service to fighting ISIL: Iran’s Larijani
Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani has cast doubt on the sincerity of the US-led coalition in fighting ISIL, saying those behind…
US not serious in fighting ISIL: Iran official
A senior Iranian official says the United States is not serious in fighting the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group. Amid continued US-led airstrikes…
Iran, Russia must be engaged to defeat ISIL : EU
The European Union’s foreign policy chief says the 28-Nation bloc must engage Iran and Russia to defeat the ISIL Takfiri terrorists and…