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Saudi military aircraft have carried out a string of airstrikes against the Sana’a International Airport and al-Dailami airbase in the Yemeni capital city as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its atrocious aerial bombardment campaign against its impoverished southern neighbor. AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Saudi military aircraft have carried out a ...

US forces have established a new military base in Iraq’s western province of Anbar near the border with neighboring Syria in defiance of widespread calls to end its military presence in the Middle East region. “American troops have built the military base in the al-Maliha area near the town of ...

US journalist, Robin Wright (L), speaks while seated with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, during a session of the Doha Forum in the Qatari capital on December 15, 2018. (Photo by AFP)     Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has strongly dismissed the possibility of holding negotiations with ...

Israeli soldiers have wounded at least 22 Palestinians in an attack on demonstrators that had gathered along Gaza’s territorial waters to stage a new protest against the Israeli occupation. The injuries took place on Monday afternoon, when hundreds of Palestinians participated in the 20th weekly naval march in the northern Gaza ...

Turkish warplanes have struck PKK targets in northern Iraq, ignoring protests from Baghdad which says Turkey’s repeated airstrikes violate Iraqi sovereignty and endanger civilians. The air raid on Saturday came a day after Baghdad summoned Turkey’s ambassador over an airstrike which killed eight people in northern Iraq. Turkey said the operations “will continue ...

The UN-brokered ceasefire in Yemen’s Hudaydah and its surroundings will start on Tuesday, a United Nations official said. Most Visited Top Stories UN: Truce in Yemen’s Hudaydah to Start Tuesday TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The UN-brokered ceasefire in Yemen’s Hudaydah and its surroundings will start on Tuesday, a United Nations official ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union would not have any impact on its role in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Any discussion on Brexit is an internal issue of the UK ...

“If we leave these consultations having made progress — progress in building confidence and finding a framework — we can hold a new round of talks” in the coming months, the spokesman and chief negotiator for the movement said on Sunday. Speaking on the sidelines of the talks that are ...

All Palestinian territories occupied by the Zionist regime of Israel are within the target range of Hezbollah’s missiles, the movement’s second-in-command Sheikh Naim Qassem said. In an interview with al-Vefagh newspaper, Sheikh Qassem said in case of outbreak of a war, all areas occupied by the Zionist regime, including its ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi says Tehran clearly and totally supports the United Nations’ mission to pursue a political solution to the ongoing crisis in Yemen. According to the English website of Iranian foreign ministry, Ghasemi made the remarks in response to Iranian ISNA ...