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European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini (Photo by Reuters) The European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has once again expressed the 28-nation bloc’s disapproval of the Israeli regime’s claim of “sovereignty” to Syria’s Golan Heights and other Tel Aviv-occupied territories. Speaking at the plenary session of the European ...

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (C-L) looks on as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (C-R) speaks during a bilateral meeting in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on April 16, 2019. (Photo by Fars news agency) President Bashar al-Assad of Syria has censured the US for blacklisting Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The head of Iran’s Judiciary, Hojatoleslam Ebrahim Raeisi, called on the Foreign Ministry and Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) to take reciprocal actions against the US in case of its possible move to blacklist the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC). Addressing a meeting of high-ranking officials of ...

The Syrian air defense system has responded to multiple missiles fired by Israeli jets on the northwestern city of Aleppo, intercepting the majority of them according to Syrian media. AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): The Syrian air defense system has responded to multiple missiles fired by Israeli jets on the northwestern city ...

Hezbollah warns that the United States could next choose to recognize Israel’s “sovereignty” over the Tel Aviv-occupied West Bank unless the Arab world springs to action. The Lebanese resistance movement’s Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah issued the caution during a speech on Tuesday. “When the entire world allows [US President Donald] ...

The Iranian foreign minister called on Muslim nations to maintain their unity, warning that US President Donald Trump’s “lawless” recognition of Syria’s occupied Golan and Washington and Tel Aviv’s handshake offers are aimed at stealing the land of Arab nations. “Trump’s lawless announcement on “Occupied Syrian Golan” after last year’s ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi reminded that the US unilateral sanctions against his country are the biggest case of human rights violations affecting the daily-life of his fellow nationals, and dismissed the State Department’s annual human rights report as politically motivated and biased. “By imposing its unilateral, ...

A Saudi-sponsored militiaman loyal to Yemen’s former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi fires a B-10 recoilless rifle on June 7, 2018, near the city of al-Jah in Hudaydah province. (Photo by AFP) Dozens of Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to Yemen’s former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi have lost their lives when Yemeni ...

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful test in an unknown location in this undated handout provided by the US Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. (Photo via Reuters) The Pentagon has for the first time deployed its most advanced missile system in Israel, ...

File photo of a gathering of the UN Human Rights Council The United Nations human rights experts have voiced alarm at Saudi Arabia’s application of its so-called anti-terrorism laws to target activists. The experts raised the warning during a panel event titled “Saudi Arabia – Time for Accountability,” held on ...