Militants hand over medium, heavy weapons in southwestern Syria
Press TV – Foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants have handed over a considerable amount of their medium and heavy munitions to government forces in…
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Militants begin leaving south Damascus under govt. evacuation deal
Press TV – Takfiri militants have started evacuating three districts south of the Syrian capital, Damascus, which they agreed to hand back to…
Takfiri terrorism does not belong to Islam: Hezbollah chief
Press TV- The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says Takfiri militants perpetrating heinous crimes across the Middle East and…
Syrian army destroys militants’ tunnel in Aleppo
The Syrian army has detected and destroyed a tunnel used by the foreign-backed Takfiri militants in the northwestern city of Aleppo. According…
Syria president holds West responsible for Paris attacks
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says recent terrorist attacks in France were the repercussion of Western support for “terrorism”. “We need to remind…
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…
Syria army thwarts ISIL raid on Hasakah
The Syrian army has prevented an attempt by ISIL Takfiri militants to enter a city in northeastern al-Hasakah Province. According to a…
Young British girls joining ISIL in Syria as sex slaves
TEHRAN (FNA)- Supporters of the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group in Britain are coaxing British girls as young as 14 into becoming sex…
Video shows Israel army treating injured Takfiri militants
A newly released video shows Israeli soldiers providing the wounded Syrian Takfiri militants with medical assistance. The footage, which was issued by…
UN must play real role in Syria crisis: Iran diplomat
A senior Iranian diplomat has stressed the importance of adopting a realistic approach to the developments in Syria, saying the United Nations…
Iran daily: Tehran’s conference for “World Against Violence and Extremism”
Pursuing an initiative promised by President Rouhani at the United Nations in September 2013, Iran is hosting the first conference of the…
Iran parl. speaker hails Syria resistance against plots
Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani has praised Syria’s perseverance and resistance against plots hatched by foreign countries. “The continuation of this…
Takfiris handiwork of US, UK, Israeli: Iran general
Takfiri groups are the creature of the United States, the United Kingdom and Israel, a senior Iranian military official says. “Takfiri groups…
ISIL abducts 40 truck drivers, businessmen in Iraq
ISIL Takfiri militants have kidnapped some 40 truck drivers and businessmen along the highway connecting Iraq’s western province of Anbar to Salahuddin…
First Peshmerga contingent to head for Kobani
The first contingent of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government forces, known as Peshmerga, will head for Syria’s strategic city of Kobani. According to…
Iran daily: High-level regime delegation visits Syria’s Assad — sign of growing concern?
Iran has sent a high-level delegation, led by top official Ali Shamkhani, to Damascus for talks with Syria’s President Assad. Shamkhani has…
Muslims must unite to counter Israel: Iran official
A senior Iranian official has singled out the Israeli regime as the main threat to the world, urging Muslim countries to band…
Iran to continue supporting Syria fight on ISIL: Shamkhani
A senior Iranian official says the Islamic Republic will continue to support the Syrian government in its fight against the foreign-backed Takfiri…
Syria on track towards peace, unity: Iran official
A senior Iranian official says Syria is moving towards peace and national reconciliation more than three years into the foreign-sponsored turmoil plaguing…
Iran news round up June 30, 2014
A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by the AEI Critical Threats Project’s Iran…
UNICEF, HRW urge ISIL to free Syrian schoolchildren
TEHRAN (FNA)- The UN children’s agency and Human Rights Watch (HRW) called for the release of more than 100 Kurdish schoolboy and…
MP terms Takfiri current root cause of Muslim world’s problems
DAMASCUS (Tasnim) – A prominent Iranian lawmaker described Takfiri (terrorist) groups as the root cause of entire problems and deficiencies facing the…
No more excuse for US to aid Takfiris: Iran official
The head of an Iranian delegation observing presidential election in Syria says the vote strips the US of any pretext to support…
No boots on ground in Syria, IRGC cmdr
Nasim– Major General Mohammad Pakpoor, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ ground forces, stressed that there is not an Iranian in Uninform in…
Iran news round up March 14, 2014
A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by the AEI Critical Threats Project’s Iran…
Velayati: Islamic Awakening against extremism, Takfiri moves
Tehran, March 10, IRNA – Secretary-General of the World Assembly of Islamic Awakening Ali Akbar Velayati stressed the need for the unity…
Iran’s Envoy, Former Lebanese PM discuss threat of extremism
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Ambassador to Beirut Qazanfar Roknabadi and former Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora voiced concern over the presence of Takfiri groups…
Global terrorism and Saudi Arabia: Bandar’s terror network
TEHRAN (FNA)- Saudi Arabia has all the vices and none of the virtues of an oil rich state like Venezuela. The country…
Takfiris, agents of arrogant powers in crimes: Cleric
Tehran interim Friday Prayers Leader says Wahhabi-minded Takfiri groups are the agents of arrogant powers. “Today, the Muslim world faces the enmity…
Iran Daily: A meeting with Syria’s Assad regime
High-level Iranian officials, including Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, hosted a delegation from Syria in Tehran on Tuesday. The meeting with the…
Boroujerdi: regional powers have understood their mistakes on Syria
Tehran, Dec 29, IRNA – Chairman of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said on Sunday that the western governments which…
Syria slams US, calls it one-eyed pirate
Syria has criticized the United States as a “one-eyed pirate” after Washington slammed Damascus for the airstrikes on the northern city of…
Lavrov: West starting to realize its support for terrorists in Syria
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said western politicians have started to realize that the overthrowing of Assad’s government might only…
Erdogan orders detention of Turkey-based Takfiris fighting in Syria
TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered the country’s security forces to arrest the al-Qaeda-linked Takfiri terrorists who fight against…
Iran slams certain regional states for backing extremist groups
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham said extremist groups and their regional supporters have no objective but creating rift among…
Takfiris seek to distort image of Islam: Iran MP
A senior Iranian lawmaker says Takfiri terrorist groups seek to undermine Muslim states and distort the image of Islam through conducting terrorist…
Official urges Iran-EU fight against extremism in Syria
An Iranian official has urged cooperation between Iran and the EU to fight the rise of extremism in Syria, which “constitutes a…
Takfiris threaten Islam – and the world
Islam is a religion of moderation and inclusion. Today, it is threatened by a Takfiri ideology of extremism, fueled by fanatics with…
Syria: Orthodox bishop asks Christians to take up arms
TEHRAN (FNA)- A Greek Orthodox Syrian bishop invited young Christians to take up arms to defend “the homeland” and the Christian presence…
Interior Minister: Syria’s victory over Takfiri thought inevitable
TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrian Interior Minister Major General Mohammad al-Shaar said the efforts of the internal security forces, side by side with the…