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Around 20 people were martyred or injured on Monday in an attack carried out by Turkish-backed terrorist groups on Aleppo’s northern countryside. SANA news agency reported that 9 civilians were martyred and 10 others were injured in the attack on Tal Rifaat town. “Local and media sources said terrorists affiliated …

In a blatant interference in Lebanon’s domestic affairs, the US Secretary Mike Pompeo said that the protesters want Hezbollah out of their country, describing it as a violent and repressive force. Pompeo said on Monday that Iran is “common factor” behind the protests taking place in the Middle East region, …

Yemeni revolutionary forces managed to down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition that was flying in the skies over the Hiran district of Hajjah province Saturday evening. Spokesman of the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced that the Yemeni forces shot down an …

Iranian Parliament speaker Ali Larijani said Sunday Iran has always had the political will for solving issues with the United States, but stressed that Washington should know that policy of maximum pressure has failed. In a press conference with domestic and foreign media correspondents in Tehran, Larijani answered a CBS …

Iraq’s parliament approved the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdis cabinet on Sunday, after two months of violent unrest. Parliament opened its session on Sunday afternoon and within minutes had approved Abdel Mahdi’s resignation, which according to the constitution renders him and the entire cabinet a “caretaker government.” The …

Iran’s Navy has announced the mass production of the indigenously-designed and submarine-launched “Jask” cruise missile along with unveiling a handful of other military projects and technological achievements. Navy chief Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi announced the mass production of the Jask missile while visiting a Navy exhibition showcasing a number of …

Yemeni war media center published on Saturday scenes of the Saudi Apache helicopter which was downed by the Yemeni air defense earlier on Friday in Assir. The video shows the Apache helicopter, which was flying in the Yemeni airspace, accurately hit with a surface-to-air missile. The helicopter was then seen …

Several people injured in a stabbing in London were in a serious condition, the city’s mayor Sadiq Khan said, after police confirmed Friday they were treating it as a “terrorist incident”. “It has been confirmed that a number of people were injured, some seriously,” Khan told reporters. One man who …

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said he would submit to the parliament an official letter requesting his resignation. Abdul Mahdi said that he listened to the statement of the religious authority which cited the hard socio-economic conditions in Iraq, adding that his decision aims at paving way for the …

Iranian security forces have arrested eight people linked to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the recent riots over gasoline price hikes. A number of elements that were seeking to collect information on the riots and transfer it to foreign countries were identified and arrested before they could carry …