Alwaght– The US announcement of drawdown of its forces in Iraq has grabbed great importance on the Iraqi political stage as the country has declared cleansing its territories from ISIS and ending the terrorist group’s self-proclaimed caliphate, eliminating the pretext under which the US-led coalition sent forces to Iraq. However, ...
Read More »Why Bahraini Regime Jails Moderate Opposition Leader, Revokes His Citizenship?
Alwaght– Seven years after eruption of the popular uprising against the ruling Al Khalifa monarchy in Bahrain, the West-backed regime continues to press ahead with various ways to crack down on the protestors. On Monday, the Supreme Court of Bahrain finalized the rulings against the Shiite cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim. ...
Read More »Wahhabi Ideology behind Saudi Crimes against Shiites: Russian Analyst
described Saudi Arabia’s continued crackdown on the Shiite population in the Arab country as being ideologically motivated and said, “the Wahhabi ideology of sectarian supremacism” is behind the Saudi crimes against its own people. “The Wahhabi ideology of sectarian supremacism is the driving force behind the crimes that Saudi Arabia ...
Read More »Outgoing Yemen Envoy: How Did He Perform in Three Years?
Alwaght– The United Nations special envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed has informed the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that he decided not to continue his mission after end of his mandate in late January 2018. Stephane Dujarric de la Rivière, the spokesperson for the UN secretary-general confirmed the decision, ...
Read More »Saudi Regime to Hire Mercenaries from Latin America as Defeat Looms in Yemen War
Alwaght– Over the past three years of brutal aggression against neighboring Yemen, Saudi Arabia has resorted to various ways to defeat Yemeni revolutionaries. Actions ranging from ground offensives, use of mercenary fighters from a set of third-party countries such as Sudan and Senegal, and even hiring the Blackwater private security ...
Read More »Pakistani Scholars’ Fatwa Not to Curb Terror, Extremism: Analyst
Alwaght– Last week, some 1,800 Pakistani religious scholars, representing different schools of thoughts, issued a fatwa (religious decree) that declared suicide attacks, armed insurgency against a state and use of force in the name of imposing Shariah law (Islamic law) are forbidden in Islam. Commenting on the anti-terror fatwa, titled Paigham-e-Pakistan, ...
Read More »US Recognition of Al-Quds as Israeli Capital Futile: Iran’s Leader
Alwaght- Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday the US is overstepping its bounds in recognizing al-Quds (Jerusalem) as Israeli regime’s so called capital and planning to move its embassy there, adding that the measures are in vain. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks during a ...
Read More »Iran’s Week-Long Riots: What Did Foreign Sides Say, Do?
Alwaght– The scattered riots in Iran in the past few days received massive coverage by the global media, and especially the Western media made the Iranian home developments their top headlines. Along with the wide-ranging coverage, the various countries’ officials and politicians reacted to the events. Some foreign sides voiced ...
Read More »Nigerian forces attack protesters calling for top Shia cleric’s release
Nigerian government forces have attacked protesters calling for the release of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, killing at least one person. The protester was killed on Sunday in the northwestern state of Kaduna amid widespread demonstrations which were held in over 50 separate ...
Read More »US, Israel, Saudi Arabia Incited Violent Protests in Iran: Hezbollah Leader
Alwaght- The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement says the United States, the Israeli regime and Saudi Arabia incited violent protests in Iran. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah made the remarks on Wednesday in an interview with Lebanon-based Arabic-language al-Mayadeen news network and stressed that the unrest was sparked by economic factors that ...
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