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Israeli forces have once again opened fire on Palestinians taking part in protests near the border between the besieged Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied territories, leaving at least 28 people wounded. The Gaza Health Ministry said the 28 people were hit with live ammunition in Gaza on Friday. Ashraf al-Qedra, ...

Local Editor The US-led international coalition committed a new massacre in al-Shafaa village in Syria’s Deir Ezzor Province, claiming the lives of more than 30 civilians under the pretext of fighting Daesh [the Arabic acronym for terrorist ‘ISIS/ISIL’ group]. Local sources told SANA reporter that the US-led international coalition warplanes ...

Two Ghadir-class submarines capable of launching subsurface-to-surface missiles, torpedoes and mines have joined Iran’s naval fleet. The submarines were unveiled during a ceremony at the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on Thursday. Iran’s Navy commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi attended the ceremony which was held on the occasion ...

TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) – The first working day of the 11th round of Syria peace talks in the Astana format kicked off in the Kazakh capital on Wednesday, with representatives of three guarantor states and Syrian opposition group in attendance. After a six-month recess, the guarantor countries of Turkey, ...

The United Nations has warned that operations at the strategic Yemeni port of Hudaydah have plunged by nearly 50 percent over the past two weeks, making it difficult for local residents to afford their basic commodities in the wake of the recent wave of violence there. The World Food Programme ...

Amnesty International has called on the Israeli ministry of military affairs to suspend the license of a cyber firm which was reportedly in talks with Saudi Arabia to sell super-stealth spyware to the country and amid revelations that the company’s software had been used in “a series of egregious human rights violations.”  Amnesty ...

The head of a powerful Shia group in Iraq says Shia paramilitaries in the Arab country should have a formal role in securing the border with Syria and defend the Iraqi people against terror outfits, particularly the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group. Qais al-Khazali, the leader the Asaib Ahl al-Haq group, ...

Iranian Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mansour Gholami, Palestinian Ambassador to Iran Salah al-Zawawi, and Secretary General of Iranian National Commission for UNESCO Hojatollah Ayoubi will be among the speakers at the event. The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is a UN-organized observance. Every year events ...

Local Editor Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi says sanctions will fail to stop the country’s progress in different fields. “In spite of sanctions, Iran’s achievements in various fields, particularly in the defense and missile industry sectors as well as the nuclear industry have ...

Yemeni officials announced that a massive Saudi push against al-Hudaydah on the west coast of Yemen was repelled, with a number of Sudanese mercenaries killed or captured.   Based on reports, fighting reached residential streets on Sunday, with locals and Ansarullh revolutionaries mounting fierce resistance to the invaders. Meanwhile, medics and military sources reported that more ...