Saudi Arabia has offered to deploy ground forces in support of the US-led coalitions fight against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria apparently with American support. Such a move will undoubtedly make the conflict even more nightmarish. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has stated: The United States government was very supportive and very positive ...

A senior official in the United Arab Emirates says the Persian Gulf state is ready to send troops to Syria to join a US-led campaign allegedlyfighting Takfiri Daesh group. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargashsaid at a press conference in Abu Dhabi that"this has been our position throughout" as the UAE has been frustrated at ...

The Syrian General Staff has provided information revealing Western coalition strikes against Syrian troop positions in Deir ez-Zor on December 6, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. Syrian General Staff information shows strikes against Syrian troop positions in Deir ez-Zor on December 6 were carried out by western coalition, according to ...

The leader ofIslamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been seriously wounded in an air strike in western Iraq, sources have told the Guardian. A source inIraqwith connections to the terror group revealed that Baghdadi suffered serious injuries during an attack by the US-led coalition in March. The source said Baghdadis wounds were at first life-...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad asserts that US-led airstrikes against the ISIL group have not only not pushed back the Takfiri terrorists, but on the contrary, they have increased in number in the region. The ISIL terrorists have "expanded since the beginning of the strikes," Assad said in an interview with Charlie Rose broadcast Sunday on CBS's ...

[caption id="attachment_155422" align="alignright" width="209"] CIA director John Brennan: We work closely with the Iraqi government. The Iranians work closely with the Iraqi government as well. Photograph: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] The director of the CIA came the closest of any US official so far to acknowledging cooperation between ...

[caption id="attachment_44954" align="alignright" width="180"] Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey[/caption] Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey said that combination of Iraqi and Iranian military forces, dominated by Iranian-trained Shia militias, will likely succeed in their ongoing campaign ...

[caption id="attachment_154648" align="alignright" width="231"] This file photo shows thick smoke rising following an airstrike by the US-led coalition in the town of Kobani in Syria. AP[/caption] About 30 people have been killed in airstrikes by US-led coalition targeting a Syrian oil refinery held by the ISIL Takfiri militants. According to ...

[caption id="attachment_130604" align="alignright" width="189"] Former Iran nuclear negotiator, Seyed Hossein Mousavian[/caption] Irans former nuclear negotiator says a nuclear deal between Iran and the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany) could pave the way for possible cooperation in the fight against ...

[caption id="attachment_43238" align="alignright" width="189"] chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey[/caption] WASHINGTON: Iran's role in an Iraqi military offensive to recaptureTikritcould be positive as long as it does not fuel sectarian divisions in the country, theU.S.military's top officer said Tuesday. General ...

[caption id="attachment_152320" align="alignright" width="164"] U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reacts during a media briefing at the U.S. Embassy in London, February 21, 2015. CREDIT: REUTERS/NEIL HALL (BRITAIN - TAGS: POLITICS)[/caption] US Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States and Iran both have a "mutual interest" in defeating ...

[caption id="attachment_152544" align="alignright" width="178"] French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve speaks at the Ministerial meeting on Foreign Fighters during in Washington Feb. 19, 2015. (Reuters)[/caption] French authorities confiscated the passports of six individuals to prevent them from travelling to join the Islamic State of Iraq ...

[caption id="attachment_152530" align="alignright" width="192"] French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (AFP)[/caption] France has deployed its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf to join the so-calledUS-led military campaign against the ISIL terrorists in Iraq. The integration of the Charles de Gaulle in the operation......

[caption id="attachment_149223" align="alignright" width="220"] Iraqi forces re-group during a military operation in Diyala Province on Jan 24, 2015. AFP[/caption] MANSOURIYA, Iraq Shiite militias backed by Iran are increasingly taking the lead in Iraqs fight against the Islamic State, threatening to undermine U.S. strategies intended to bolster the ...

Syrias Special Forces troops are strung out across a pinnacle of hills here just north east of Lattakia on one of the countrys most dangerous front lines, under daily missile attack from reinforced rebel forces now supported by ISIS. The officers, all of whom are paratroopers, speak of new tactics and upgraded weapons used against them since ISIS ...

[caption id="attachment_150581" align="alignright" width="236"] Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq[/caption] A senior Iraqi official says the so-called US-led coalition against the ISIL Takfiri group is not doing enough in the face of militants, calling for increased firepower to combat the terrorists. The coalition "should be more serious,...

[caption id="attachment_150523" align="alignright" width="212"] Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) giving an interview to the BBC in the capital Damascus on February 8, 2015 which was released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on February 10, 2015.[/caption] Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has ruled out Syrias joining the US-led coalition carrying ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Iranian deputy foreign minister said Tehran believes that the US is insincere in its fight against terrorist groups despite Washington requests for Iran's assistance in confronting terrorists. The US has asked for Iran's asssistance in the fight against terrorist groups, however, we believe the US lacks sincerity (in the fight ...

[caption id="attachment_142177" align="alignright" width="164"] The file photo shows the ISIL Takfiri militants in Iraq.[/caption] Sir, All Iranians, and indeed most of our friends in the west, are concerned by the emergence of Isis. Like both the Taliban and al-Qaeda, Isis was established with the support of outside players. However, Isis adds a ...

Tehran, Jan 24, IRNA Head of Strategic Center of the Armed Forces Headquarters Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said the anti-Daesh international coalition has already failed. He said that the coalition which was formed by 60 countries to confront the terrorist group has already fallen short of gaining anything at all. He said those who engineered ...