Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has said that the American regime is the godfather of Daesh. In a tweet on Friday, Kanaani said that there was no doubt the US is the creator of ISIS. He went on to say that But for those who deliberately closed their eyes to the truth, the statement of Robert F. Kennedy, the nephew of John F....

Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote in a Twitter message on Sunday evening that the only ones who benefitted from the US assassination of Lieutenant-General Qasem Soleimani was Daesh (ISIS) terrorists. "A year ago today, Enemy #1 of extremist terrorists was cowardly assassinated by the terrorist-in-chief, Zarif tweeted "As our region ...

ISNA Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman, Seyyed Abbas Mousavi posted a tweet on the anniversary of a terror attack on Irans Parliament and the mausoleum of revolutionary founder Ruhollah Khomeini in 2017. Three years ago today, US-backed ISIS carried out the botched terror attack on Flag of Irans Parliament to retaliate the successes of 'Resistance ...

MNA Hashd al-Shaabi forces foiled ISIS attack on the strategic region of Naft Khaneh in the eastern province of Diyala near Irans border. Iraqi Hashd al-Shaabi forces thwarted an attempt by a number of ISIS elements to infiltrate the Naft Khaneh region in the northern province of Diyala on Monday. The Iraqi force said in a statement that a unit ...

MNA |Yuram Abdullah Weiler: Turning logic and rationality on its head, the psychopathic US assassin-in-chief has made the absurd claim that he was the one who defeated Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) in its entirety. This is while it was none other than the whiny wimp in the White House himself who ordered the gangland style, terror execution of the Iranian ...

The Guardian | Hassan Hassan: Despite losing its caliphate and its leader, recent attacks show the militant group has begun to recover amid international disunity Over the last two months, Islamic State has carried out a series of large-scale and coordinated attacks in parts of Syria and Iraq. The spike in attacks has renewed fears about the groups ...

RT | George Szamuely: President Donald Trump, if he is re-elected in November and no longer fearing desertion of his anti-interventionist supporters, may well shed his remaining inhibitions against embarking on new military adventures. A Trump second term, particularly if it is hamstrung by Democrats controlling both houses of Congress, is likely ...

The Guardian | Jason Burke: Groups such as Isis plan to exploit pandemic, but even it has acknowledged danger posed by virus Islamic extremists hope to exploit the Covid-19 pandemic to launch new attacks, motivate followers and reinforce their credentials as alternative rulers of swaths of unstable countries across the Middle East, Asia and Africa....

IRNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region Masrour Barzani expressed concerns over revival of ISIS in Iraq and Afghanistan. During the meeting which was held on the sidelines of Munich Security Conference, both sides discussed issues related to Iraq, Syria, regional security and fighting terrorism....

AP - The head of Irans nuclear program said Monday the U.S. killing of a high-ranking Iranian general has weakened the fight against the Islamic State extremist group in the region. Ali Akbar Salehi told a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna that last months drone strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani showed the U.S. administration ...

RT | Danielle Ryan: During self-congratulatory remarks about his deal of the century to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict, Donald Trump threw in another boast; he claimed US forces defeated 100 percent of the Islamic State caliphate. Have they? Thanks to the courage of US forces, the ISIS territorial caliphate 100 percent not 95 percent, not ...

AP | BASSEM MROUE: The Islamic State groups self-styled caliphate across parts of Iraq and Syria seemed largely defeated last year, with the loss of its territory, the killing of its founder in a U.S. raid and an unprecedented crackdown on its social media propaganda machine. But tensions between the United States and Iran and the resulting clash ...

Iran Review | Gary Sick: Near the very end of his speech after the Iranian missile barrage, President Trump made the following remark: ISIS is a natural enemy of Iran. The destruction of ISIS is good for Iran, and we should work together on this and other shared priorities. Why is this worth mentioning? First, it is true. But more important, ...

IRNA - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the US is behaving like ISIS when threatening to devastate Iran's cultural heritage of thousands-year-old civilization. Zarif made the remarks in a statement in the wake of a ban on his visa to take part in the UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting in New York. The statement was read by Iran's envoy ...

TASS - According to his statement, the killing of the commander will lead to an escalation of military-political tensions in the Middle East, negatively affecting the global security system The Russian Defense Ministry has highlighted the contribution of Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a US strike ...

RT - Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden who, back in the good old Obama administration days, lobbied for the arming of moderate rebels in Syria slammed Trump for downgrading the US military to an oilfield occupation force. Leaving troops behind like [Trumps] doing now he says that what he wants to do is were going to occupy the oil fields ...

Euronews | Frida Ghitis: A deadly U.S.-led raidin northwestern Syria has killed the worlds most wanted terrorist, Islamic State founder and leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who reportedly detonated a suicide vest. On Twitter and during an eye-popping Sunday morning press conference, President Donald Trump practically crowed. No doubt the president ...

The Guardian | Martin Chulov: It is unclear whether Turkey has the will or capacity to take over detention camps In early 2015, as Islamic State trampled over armies of the Middle East and menaced the west, the US turned to the Kurds for help. It was a familiar call, having been repeated over the decades whenever Washington needed a friend in the ...

IRNA - Iran says it will stand by Syria in its economic war as Tehran stood by the Arab country in the war against the ISIS terrorists. 'The Islamic Republic of Iran will stand next to Syria till the end even under the problems and issues that have been caused because of the US sanctions and pressures,' Amir Khojasteh, head of Iran-Syria parliamentary ...

Khamenei.ir - Ahead of the National Day of the Army, commanders and senior officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Army as well as a group of commanders and staff members of the Ground Forces met with the Leader of the Islamic RevolutionAyatollah Khameneithis afternoon April 17, 2019. While meeting with the commanders of the Islamic Republic ...