Ronaldo said: “I do not exchange my shirt with Assassins” This was a phrase used by the Portuguese star Cristiano at a meeting after a friendly playoff between Israel and Portugal before the World Cup. After the match, an Israeli player removing his shirt offered it to Ronaldo, who refused because he ...
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 »Autopsy reveals Palestinian teen burned alive
Initial autopsy findings from the charred body of a Palestinian teenager from East Jerusalem who was kidnapped and killed by suspected Israeli settlers showed that he was burned alive, the Palestinian attorney-general is reported as saying. “The direct cause of death was burns as a result of fire and its ...
Read More »Forgotten Obligations: The UN Security Council’s role in combatting terrorism in Iraq
Based on territorial gains in Syria and Iraq by the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS), the recent declaration of an Islamic State (Khilafah) has laid to waste President Obama’s claim that the U.S. (having withdrawn military forces from Iraq in 2011) left behind “a sovereign, stable and self-reliant ...
Read More »US warship downed Iran airliner, killed 290, July 3rd 1988
On the 3rd of July 1988, 290 people were killed in a US missile cruiser’s attack on an Iranian passenger plane. Carrying 274 passengers and 16 crew members, the Airbus A-300 (IR655) had just taken off from the southern Iranian coastal city of Bandar Abbas and was climbing inside an internationally ...
Read More »UK aimed to train 100,000 militants to fight in Syria
Britain had plans to train and equip about 100,000 militants in Syria to help topple the government of President Bashar al-Assad, a report reveals. Britain’s state-run BBC reported on Thursday that the secret initiative was put forward in 2012 by then military chief General Sir David Richards, who proposed vetting ...
Read More »Iran, most improved country in world: US center
Iran’s breakthrough nuclear deal with six world powers has promoted the Islamic Republic to the top of the list of the most improved nations in the world, a US-based research institute says. “The election of moderate Hassan Rouhani as president, [and] a historic deal with the West over its nuclear ...
Read More »Ayatollah Hamedani: Fasting protects the relationship with the divine host
Ayatollah Noori Hamedani, welcomed the blessed month of Ramadhan and spoke about the message of this holy month. He stated: “Every month carries with it a message which is in relation to whatever takes place in that month. For the blessed month of Ramadhan this message is the invitation from ...
Read More »Israel detained 3,000 Palestinian children since 2010
Israeli forces arrested nearly 3,000 Palestinian children from the beginning of 2010 to mid-2014, the majority of them between the ages of 12 and 15 years old, Addustour newspaper published a new report saying yesterday. The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN)’s report documented dozens of video recorded testimonies of children arrested ...
Read More »Israeli settlers kidnap, burn and kill Palestinian boy in Jerusalem
Israeli settlers kidnapped, burnt and killed a Palestinian child in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday at dawn, international media reported. The child was identified as Mohammed Abu Khudair, 16. He was reportedly kidnapped by Israeli settlers driving a grey Hyundai car. Abu Khudair’s uncle told reporters that his nephew was ...
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