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Iraqi cleric Sayyed Muqtada al-Sadr has vowed to “shake the ground” under the feet of the ISlamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists.Sadr, whose movement long battled US occupation forces in Iraq, also voiced opposition Wednesday to American military advisers meeting with Iraqi commanders.“We will shake the ground …

Al Arabiya News is reporting that Saudi preacher Mohammad al-Arifi has been banned from entering the United Kingdom. “We can confirm Mohammad al-Arifi has been excluded from the United Kingdom,” a Home Office spokesperson said in a statement to Al Arabiya News. “The UK Government makes no apologies for refusing …

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday rejected recent media reports that Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force General Qassem Soleimani is in Iraq to help the country in its war on terrorists, stressing that no Iranian military official is in the country. “No military …

Iran can still reach the second round of the World Cup by beating already relegated Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday, but it needs to do what it hasn’t done so far in the tournament — score goals. Iran has faced criticism for its dour defensive tactics after a 0-0 draw against Nigeria …

A spokesman for the Office of the Adjutant General of the Iraqi armed forces has said that his country has returned 130 military aircraft to Iraq, which were held in Iran for more than 20 years. General Qassim Atta explained in a televised press statement that the Iranian authorities have …

Israel launched airstrikes against Syria yet again (22 June 2014), hitting at least nine military targets and killing several Syrian soldiers. These strikes were supposedly in response to a cross border rocket attack that left an Israeli teenager dead at the Golan Heights border. The reality of the matter however, …

Baghdad has not agreed to grant immunity from local prosecution to US forces that are being deployed to Iraq, which is fighting against Takfiri militants, reports say. According to Iraqi local media reports, a government source on Tuesday rejected the claims after reports from the Pentagon said Iraq had assured …

A Sunni Muslim group called “Ahl al-Sunnah”, consisted of eight Sunni tribes in the Iraqi southern province of Basra, has registered to fight against radical militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). Al-Alam correspondent in Basra reported on Tuesday that fighters from eight Sunni tribes registered …

The deadly unrest in Iraq has killed more than 1,000 people were between June 5 and 22 according to UN figures, as extremist militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Levant attacked large swaths of northern and western Iraq. At least 1,075 people were killed and 658 injured …

Iraqi security forces have retaken control of two border crossings in their latest battles against Takfiri militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Troops recaptured the Trebil border crossing with Jordan and al-Waleed crossing on the border with Syria on Monday. Also, Iraqi warplanes launched …