Hujjat al-Islam Saeedi, a highly respected teach of the Islamic seminary, in a sitting with Lebanese officials in the Holy Shrine of Lady Ma’sumah (s), spoke about the threats facing the Islamic world currently and the relationship between the Islamic Republic and the Islamic resistance in Lebanon. The respected scholar ...
Read More »Hujjat al-Islam Panahian: Gaza is the front line of the Islamic world at the moment
In a gathering discussing the current situation of the Islamic world, Hujjat al-Islam Panahian spoke about the issue of Palestine, its importance and our responsibility towards the people of Gaza. The respected teacher of the Islamic seminary stated: “The issue relating to the Israeli occupiers and the oppressed Palestinians is ...
Read More »Australian teen behind Iraq suicide blast
An 18-year-old Australian man was behind a deadly suicide bomb attack in Iraq last week, authorities said Monday, with Attorney-General George Brandis calling it a “disturbing development.” The blast last Thursday near a mosque in Baghdad left several dead, including the teenager, who left Melbourne for the region last year. ...
Read More »Baghdad suicide bomber kills seven
A suicide bombing in southern Baghdad killed seven people and wounded 18 others on Saturday morning, police and a local hospital source said. The bomb exploded at a police checkpoint in the Abu Dsheer district, south of the capital, the sources said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for ...
Read More »18 charged with ISIL affiliation, terrorism in Lebanon
A military judge in Lebanon has charged 28 terror suspects with belonging to the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group and planning terrorist operations in the country. The 28 terror suspects, seven of whom were apprehended in security raids on hotels in Beirut, were charged ...
Read More »The role of oil and gas in the Syrian conflict
With the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and al-Nusra Front in control of several oil fields in Syria, the two radical Islamist groups entered the “oil exporters’ club,” with Western enablement. This, in addition to the closely anticipated hydrocarbon discoveries in Syria’s territorial waters and other pertinent developments, ...
Read More »Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appears in public leading Jummah prayers in Mosul
The leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-appointed Caliph, has appeared in public leading the jummah prayers at Mosul’s Great Al-Nuri Mosque. Speaking from the mimbar (pulpit) al-Baghdadi urged Muslims from around the world to make hijra to the “Islamic state” which was announced on Sunday 29 June, first day of ...
Read More »Bomb ISIS or we’ll ask Iran to do it, top Iraqi politician warns US
One of Iraq’s most senior politicians has warned that the country could ask Iran to carry out air strikes against the jihadist group, Isis – if the United States continues to refuse to do so. Speaking exclusively to The Huffington Post UK, Dr Haider Al-Abadi, a member of the Iraqi ...
Read More »Iran will do everything to protect holy shrines in Iraq: Rouhani
President Hassan Rouhani says Iran would do whatever it takes to protect revered Shia Muslim holy sites in Iraq against ISIL terrorists fighting the Baghdad government. “Dear Karbala, Dear Najaf, Dear Kadhimiyah and Dear Samarra, we warn the great powers and their lackeys and the terrorists, the great Iranian people ...
Read More »Who is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the notorious leader of ISIL
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) – an al-Qaeda offshoot — has been careful to reveal little about himself and his whereabouts. There are only two authenticated photos of him, and unlike al-Qaeda leaders such as Osama Bin Laden and ...
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