The US military claims that its airstrikes have killed 52 members of the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militant group in southern Somalia. The US Africa Command said the fatalities took place in Somalia's Middle Juba region, where the militants had launched a car bombing attack on a Somali military base near Jilib, located to the southwest of the capital Mogadishu. Pictures taken at the scene...

Hundreds of thousands of people have joined a massive demonstration in India to rally support for the ouster of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the upcoming general elections. Organizers said more than a million people flocked to Kolkata from rural Bengal for the rally which was held by 23 regional groups, including the main opposition Congress party. Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) beat Congress and regional parties in...

Hundreds of “Yellow Vest” demonstrators have convened in the French capital, Paris, and several other cities for the tenth consecutive weekend of anti-government protests despite a national debate launched this week by President Emmanuel Macron aimed at relieving the discontent. In the capital on Saturday, demonstrators gathered at the Champs Elysees and the Invalides esplanade, home to Napoleon’s tomb, near the Assemblee...

Iran's Foreign Ministry has lashed out at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for making meddlesome remarks against Venezuela, saying the Islamic Republic supports the "legal" government of the Latin American country. "The Islamic Republic of Iran supports Venezuela’s legal government as well as its nation in the face of Washington's illegal interference," Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on...

The Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) resumed their flights to Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport this week, online observers reported. According to the observer Manu Gomez (Twitter: @GDarkconcrad), a Syrian Air Force IL-76T YK-ATB cargo plane resumed their heavy freighter flights from Damascus to Tehran for the first time since the Israeli Air Force bombed the Syrian capital. The Israeli Air Force previously struck the...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on EU countries to share their capabilities in order to build weapons systems independent of the United States. Speaking to her Christian Democrats party in the northern city of Rostock, Merkel said Europe had many more systems than the US which has threatened to "go its own way" under President Donald Trump. Merkel called on EU members...

In the meeting, held in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf on Sunday, Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi was informed of the health condition of the top Bahraini cleric after his recent medical operation in the UK. The two clerics also exchanged views about the latest developments in Bahrain, and the Al Khalifa regime’s continued crackdown on the people of the Persian Gulf country. Sheikh...

  Zionist regime’s Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz arrived in Cairo on Sunday to attend a natural gas conference in a rare visit to Egypt by an Israeli official, airport sources said. The visit has been widely opposed by Egyptians who, like most Arabs, are largely opposed to the normalization of ties with Israel given the regime’s atrocities against the Palestinian nation. Steinitz’s visit...

The Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) resumed their flights to Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport this week, online observers reported. According to the observer Manu Gomez (Twitter: @GDarkconcrad), a Syrian Air Force IL-76T YK-ATB cargo plane resumed their heavy freighter flights from Damascus to Tehran for the first time since the Israeli Air Force bombed the Syrian capital. The Israeli Air Force previously struck the...

Iraqi pro-government fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have carried out a counter-terrorism operation in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr, killing and injuring dozens of terrorists from the Daesh Takfiri group in the process. The commander of the volunteer forces – better known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Sha’abi – in western Anbar, Qassim Mosleh, said 35 Daesh extremists...

  Arab Economic and Social Development Summit Spokesperson, Rafic Shlala, said in a statement Saturday that bilateral meetings are underway at the Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut among the delegates partaking in the Summit to agree on the final wording and the required amendments to the work agenda items, especially those related to the displaced Syrians, in a bid to facilitate the...

The Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) resumed their flights to Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport this week, online observers reported. According to the observer Manu Gomez (Twitter: @GDarkconcrad), a Syrian Air Force IL-76T YK-ATB cargo plane resumed their heavy freighter flights from Damascus to Tehran for the first time since the Israeli Air Force bombed the Syrian capital. The Israeli Air Force previously struck the...

The Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) resumed their flights to Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport this week, online observers reported. According to the observer Manu Gomez (Twitter: @GDarkconcrad), a Syrian Air Force IL-76T YK-ATB cargo plane resumed their heavy freighter flights from Damascus to Tehran for the first time since the Israeli Air Force bombed the Syrian capital. The Israeli Air Force previously struck the...

A member of Ansarullah’s politburo, Ali al-Qahoum warned that Yemen’s revolutionary group won’t keep mum over the latest escalation by the Saudi-led coalition against the Arab impoverished country. In a tweet posted on his account, al-Qahoum said: “The aggression powers are escalating and preparing for intensified airstrikes on the capital Sanaa and other areas.” “This escalation is mastered by the US and...

Iranian people in different cities and towns flocked to streets on Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of the massive pro-government rallies that put an end to the post-election unrests in 2009. On December 30, 2009, pro-government rallies were staged by millions of Iranians after a group of opposition supporters - including those who took part in the post-election unrests in June...

As an ongoing shutdown of the US government over President Donald Trump’s border wall approaches its fifth week, analysts are warning that the cost of keeping federal agencies closed down will soon surpass the $5.7 billion that Trump has requested for his controversial barrier. The shutdown, which began on December 22, had cost the US economy $3.6 billion by January 11,...

Hundreds of “Yellow Vest” demonstrators have convened in the French capital, Paris, and several other cities for the tenth consecutive weekend of anti-government protests despite a national debate launched this week by President Emmanuel Macron aimed at relieving the discontent. In the capital on Saturday, demonstrators gathered at the Champs Elysees and the Invalides esplanade, home to Napoleon’s tomb, near the Assemblee...

EXC.VIDEO: Sunni Cleric: Imam Ayatollah Khamanei orders donation for Sunni Madrasas, I saw tolerance and indulgence in Iran,people donate fore Sunni Madrasas!

http://www.islamicinvitationturkey.com/video/videoplayback.webm A new video that was released by the Yemen Hezbollah's Al-Masirah TV channel on Saturday showed several Saudi soldiers abandoning their lines near the Yemeni border after facing a heavy assault. According to Al-Masirah, the Saudi Army came under attack by the Houthi forces in the Al-Dood Mountains region of the Jizan Province. The Houthi forces manage to overwhelm the Saudi Army troops...