19 August 2018 16:43
More than two million Muslims from around the globe have converged in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia to start this year’s Hajj pilgrimage. The annual Hajj pilgrimage started on Sunday. The gathering in one place of Muslims from across the globe is seen as a means of sending across the message of Muslim unity to the entire world. “It’s the...
18 August 2018 16:20
Qatar has accused Saudi Arabia of barring its citizens from this year’s haj, something Riyadh denies, saying a diplomatic dispute is not stopping Qataris from making the pilgrimage to Mecca. Muslim pilgrims attend Friday prayer at the Grand mosque ahead of annual Haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia August 17, 2018. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra Although 1,200 Qataris are eligible...
8 August 2018 5:51
Hundreds of civilians returned to their villages in Quneitra countryside after the entire province have become under the Syrian government control. Jabata al-Khashab, Ufaniyah and Taranja; three former strongholds for jihadi militants, are now almost entirely safe after the Syrian Army took over the area two weeks ago. However, the Syrian authorities warned civilians of IEDs and explosives previously planted by militants. Al-Qaeda-linked...
2 August 2018 19:15
Minister of Interior Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on Thursday that US never dares confront Iran, because it knows very well that if it starts war, it will not be able to end it. Speaking at a working group meeting on resistance economy in West Azarbaijan province, the minister said that the US statesmen are willing to confront Iran in three military,...
2 August 2018 16:34
The Syrian army discovered and seized a large volume of weapons and military equipment, including Israeli drones and US missiles, as well as Saudi medical aid during cleansing operations in Hawz al-Yarmouk region in Southwestern Dara'a. The army units found a large cache of ISIL weapons and ammunition and several Israeli drones during the purging operations in the Abedin township in...
27 July 2018 17:02
Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) has put its forces on alert in Idlib after it came under increasing attacks by rival terrorist groups. Field sources in Idlib province reported on Thursday that Tahrir al-Sham has put on alert its members in the two towns of Ma'arat Misrin and Idlib as well as Jabal al-Zawiyeh region...
26 July 2018 17:07
The military wing of Hamas resistance movement vowed revenge on Thursday after Israeli strikes killed three fighters in the Zionist aggression against the besieged strip. “We announce the raising of the preparedness level to the highest and alert all of our soldiers and forces in every location,” said a statement from the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas. “The enemy shall...
26 July 2018 16:27
Yemeni fighters targeted another Saudi warship off the country’s Western coast in less than 24 hours in retaliation for the Riyadh regime’s deadly military campaign on the impoverished nation. The Naval Force of the Yemeni Army and Popular Committees destroyed a Saudi-led coalition war-boat off Al-Duraihimei coast, just hours after it had targeted the Saudi military’s Dammam battleship off the country’s Western coast. The...
26 July 2018 16:07
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the US should forget about the possibility of holding one-sided negotiations with the Islamic Republic "under the shadow of threats." “The Iranian nation has never and will never hesitate a moment to defend the people’s rights and Iran’s territorial integrity and independence in the face of excessive demands, domination and pressures,” Qassemi said on...
24 July 2018 15:37
Russia and Iran have discussed energy cooperation between the two countries and through OPEC as part of their efforts to blunt the impact of Western sanctions. According to Russia’s Energy Ministry, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh and Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak met in Moscow and discussed the possibility of Russian oil companies taking part in projects in Iran. President Vladimir Putin...
