In August 2016 and during Hezbollah celebration which marked the tenth anniversary of July victory, the Resistance leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah stressed the importance of defeating the terrorist groups in Syria’s Aleppo, maintaining that the victory in the northern city is game-changing. Scores of analysts wondered why Hezbollah selects Aleppo, ...
Read More »Ayatollah Araki: Shirazis get support from Britain and Saudi
The Secretary General of World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought sat down with Mehr News Political Service where, in a lengthy interview he discussed Britain and Saudi Arabia’s support for Ayatollah Sadiq Shirazi’s notorious circle. An effective method employed by the imperialist intelligence services to weaken Islam – ...
Read More »Abadi slams US congress bill to split Iraq
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has denounced a controversial US Congress bill aimed at dividing the Arab country into three states. In a phone conversation with US Vice President Joe Biden, Abadi expressed concern over the bill, a statement by the premier’s office said. The prime minister told Biden that ...
Read More »Iraq Kurds capture northeast town from ISIS
Iraqi Kurdish forces and allied militiamen retook the town of Sulaiman Bek from militants on Monday, removing a key stronghold they have held for over 11 weeks, officials said. “Sulaiman Bek is under the control of the combined forces,” but there is still danger from bombs the militants may have ...
Read More »Iraqi forces break ISIS siege of Amerli
Iraqi forces on Sunday broke through to the town of Amerli, which was besieged by ISIS, where thousands of people have been trapped for over two months with dwindling food and water. “Our forces entered Amerli and broke the siege,” security spokesman Lieutenant General Qassem Atta told AFP. Iraqi security ...
Read More »Police fire teargas, rubber bullets to disperse PTI, PAT marchers 7 killed: Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at thousands of protesters led by Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chief Dr Tahirul Qadri and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan as they marched toward the Prime Minister House in the federal capital. At least 7 people have been killed and 70 ...
Read More »Detroit Shia and Sunni Muslim leaders denounce ISIS as ‘crazy criminals’
Muslim leaders gathered Monday on the steps of Dearborn City Hall to strongly condemn ISIS, saying the militant group in Iraq and Syria doesn’t represent Islam or Muslims. ISIS members are “crazy criminals who are abusing our religion,” said Imam Mohammed Elahi of the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn ...
Read More »Mosque fires in Germany trigger concerns of Islamophobia
A Turkish delegation comprised of officials from Turkish Parliament’s Human Rights Committee and head of Turks Abroad and Related Communities directorate of the Turkish Prime Ministry started a two-day visit to Germany yesterday to inquire about the extent of attacks and suspicion of arson. Their first visit was to Berlin’s ...
Read More »US trained ISIS at secret Jordan base
Members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIS, were trained in 2012 by U.S. instructors working at a secret base in Jordan, according to informed Jordanian officials. The officials said dozens of ISIS members were trained at the time as part of covert aid to the ...
Read More »Over dozen killed in twin bomb blasts in Baghdad
More than a dozen people have been killed in twin bomb blasts in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. At least fifteen people lost their lives in the bomb explosions in a busy commercial district in northern Baghdad on Monday. More than twenty other Iraqi people were also injured in the deadly ...
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