Middle East

عربي Fr Es

Leb. Communication Grp
Al Manar TV

About Contact Archive

Saturday - November 8, 2025

Iran

Iran Unveils New Homegrown Armored Vehicles

Iran’s defense ministry unveiled on Tuesday new types of local-made advanced armored and tactical vehicles. During a ceremony attended by Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami, the domestically made Aras-2 Tactical Vehicle and Ra’d (Thunder) Armored Personnel Carrier, were unveiled. Speaking at the ceremony, Brigadier General Hatami hailed the ...

August 13, 2019

Iran

Iran Voices Readiness to Offer Medical Assistance to Sheikh Zakzaky

Iran on Tuesday reiterated offer to provide any kind of medical assistance to Nigerian Muslim Cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Zakzaky. On Monday, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) left Nigeria, along with his wife, for medical treatment in India. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said Iran is ...

August 13, 2019

Iraq

Iraq Says Israeli Role in Persian Gulf Naval Force ‘Unacceptable’

Iraq has rejected as ‘unacceptable’ any Israeli participation in a naval force sought by the US in Strait of Hormuz. Iraq “rejects any participation of forces of the Zionist entity in any military force to secure passage of ships in the Arabian Gulf”, Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali al-Hakim wrote on ...

August 13, 2019

Iran

Tehran Says Seized Iranian Tanker to Be Released

Iran said on Tuesday that Britain might free its oil tanker Grace 1 soon, after some documents were exchanged that would help the seized ship’s release. “Britain is interested in releasing Iran’s oil tanker Grace 1 … following the exchange of some documents, we hope the release will take place ...

August 13, 2019

Iran

Zarif: US, Allies Making Region ‘Tinderbox’ through Arms Sales

Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned against an arms race in the Middle East, saying recent US weapons sales have turned the Gulf region into a “tinderbox ready to blow up”. In an interview with Al Jazeera on Monday, Zarif said more warships in the Gulf ...

August 13, 2019

Iran

Zarif Says Economic Terrorism Boosts Insecurity in Region

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described as effective economic terrorism against Iranian nations, saying it has increased insecurity in the region. Speaking in a meeting with Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Zarif underlined Iran’s views in developing relations with all neighbors. He also reminded Iran-Qatar relations as ...

August 12, 2019

Iran

US Resorting to Threadbare Policies to Foment Tensions in Region: Iran’s Jahangiri

Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri slammed the United States for resorting to “threadbare policy” of fomenting tensions in the Persian Gulf in order to justify its presence in the region. “The US is still resorting to its deceitful strategy of creating instability and insecurity [in the Persian Gulf] to increase ...

August 12, 2019

Iraq

Iraq’s Popular Forces Foil Terrorist Scheme in Southern Kirkuk

The Iraqi Popular Forces (Hasd Shaabi) frustrated a terrorist scheme planned to target the civilians in southern Kirkuk during Eid Al-Adha days. A security source said that the Hasd Shaabi forces, in cooperation with the federal police, managed to destroy tunnels in context of a large anti-terrorist campaign in Kirkuk ...

August 12, 2019

Iraq

Gulf States Alone Can Secure Ships Path: Iraq’s FM

The Iraqi foreign minister Mohammad Ali Al-Hakim stressed his country’s rejection of any Israeli participation in the military force aimed at securing the ships path in the Persian Gulf. Al-Hakim considered that the Gulf countries alone can secure the ships path in the area, stressing that there is no need ...

August 12, 2019

World

Turkey to Receive Second Batch of Russia’s S-400 Systems in August-September

Turkey will receive elements of the second batch of Russia’s S-400 air defence systems in August-September, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Monday. “Work on choosing the deployment site and on installing S-400 air defence systems continues. This refers to the delivery of the second batch in August-September”, Akar said, ...

August 12, 2019