In August 2016 and during Hezbollah celebration which marked the tenth anniversary of July victory, the Resistance leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah stressed the importance of defeating the terrorist groups in Syria’s Aleppo, maintaining that the victory in the northern city is game-changing. Scores of analysts wondered why Hezbollah selects Aleppo, ...
Read More »At least 21 killed in ISIL bombing in Saudi Arabia’s Qatif
At least 21 people have lost their lives and 97 others sustained injuries in a bomb attack carried out by the Takfiri ISIL terrorist group against a Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. The figures were announced by Saudi Health Minister Khalid al-Faleh on Friday following the attack, which ...
Read More »Try Israeli soldiers for war crimes: Palestinian FM
The Palestinian government has called on the United Nations and foreign states with citizens serving in the Israeli army to investigate and try them for war crimes committed during Israel’s latest onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki sent a letter to UN Secretary General Ban ...
Read More »Israel bans Human Rights Workers from Gaza
Since beginning its assault on the Gaza Strip on July 8th, Israeli officials have prevented human rights observers and experts employed by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch from entering Gaza to conduct independent investigations. Both groups are known worldwide for their work in exposing human rights abuses, and both ...
Read More »UN Secretary-General’s remarks to press in Najaf, Iraq
The following are the remarks of United Nation’s Secretary General Ban Ki Moon after meeting Ayatollah Sistani in Najaf earlier today. Assalam Alaikum. Ramadan Kareem. I am extremely honored to have met His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani today for the first time. He is a man of the deepest wisdom ...
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the recent declaration of an Islamic State (Khilafah) has laid to waste President Obama’s claim that the U.S. (having withdrawn military forces from Iraq in 2011) left behind “a sovereign, stable and self-reliant ...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 »Ayatollah Jawadi: UN Secretary General lacks willpower
In comments made on Thursday afternoon, eminent Shia scholar, Ayatollah Jawadi Amuli made reference to the United Nations’ withdrawal of an invitation to the Islamic Republic for the Geneva talks on Syria. Ayatollah Jawadi Amuli, in a meeting with Hujjat Al-Islam Sayyed Mehdi Khamushi, head of Sazman-e-Tablighat said the retraction of the ...
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