Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his country’s ultimate goal is to restore state authority over Kurdish-controlled northeastern regions in the wake of an abrupt US troop withdrawal and a Turkish ...
Read More »Lebanese PM Hariri submits his resignation amid ongoing anti-govt. protests
Embattled Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has submitted his resignation as people remain on the streets across Lebanon for the thirteenth day of anti-government demonstrations against the country’s economic crisis. ...
Read More »Russia casts doubt on US operation to kill Baghdadi
The Ministry of Defence in Moscow has expressed doubts about US President Donald Trump’s announcement on Sunday that Daesh leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was killed in a “daring night-time raid” ...
Read More »ISIS leader Baghdadi killed in Syria
Iraqi state television has aired footage of what it said was a raid in Syria that reportedly killed Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Baghdadi was reportedly targeted in the early ...
Read More »Huge processions held in Karbala as millions mark Arba’een
Huge processions have been held in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala as millions of mourners commemorated Arba’een, the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the ...
Read More »Nasrallah says opposed to government resignation, won’t let anyone burn Lebanon
Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has expressed opposition to calls for the resignation of Lebanon’s government, vowing not to allow anyone to “burn” Lebanon ...
Read More »Allama Raja Nasir asks government to facilitate azadari processions
Allama Raja Nasir asks government to facilitate azadari processions instead of impeding them. Raja Nasir asks government He lamented that the former government’s SOP remained in force even during PTI’s ...
Read More »Head of Lebanese pro-US party orders ministers to resign from cabinet
A Lebanese political party with links to the United States and Saudi Arabia has ordered its ministers to resign from the government of Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri amid growing protests on ...
Read More »Iran denies tanker attacked in Red Sea keeps leaking
Iran’s state-run operator of oil tankers has rejected media reports suggesting a ship that was attacked last week in the Red Sea and off the coast of Saudi Arabia keeps ...
Read More »Syrian army troops take full control of Manbij
Syrian army troops have established full control over Manbij, a city in the northern province of Aleppo, and its nearby settlements, amid Turkey’s cross-border invasion in northeastern Syria and an ...
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