Middle East

عربي Fr Es

Leb. Communication Grp
Al Manar TV

About Contact Archive

Monday - March 17, 2025

Iraq

Iraqi PM Demands Suspension of Kurdish Independence Referendum

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has formally demanded suspension of the upcoming Kurdish independence referendum amid the central government’s strong opposition to the planned vote. The demand came after Iraq’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the deferral of the September 25 referendum to examine whether such a poll would be ...

September 18, 2017

Syria

Syrian Army Continues Advancing in Deir Ezzor, Establishing Control over New Positions

The Syrian Army units, in cooperation with the allied forces, continued to advance on all fighting axes against ISIL terrorist organization and established control over new points on the outskirts of Deir Ezzor city and its countryside. SANA reporter in Deir Ezzor said that after the army units established control ...

September 18, 2017

Turkey

Turkey Puts on Trial 31 Staff from pro-Gulen Daily

Thirty-one former employees of a now shuttered Turkish newspaper that had backed the US-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen went on trial Monday charged with links to the failed 2016 coup. Those on trial include writers and executives from the Zaman daily and its English-language sister publication Today’s Zaman, which were ...

September 18, 2017

Yemen

Yemeni Army, Popular Committees Crush Number of Saudi-led Mercenaries in Al-Jawf

The Yemeni army and popular committees launched on Monday a massive attack against the posts of the Saudi-led mercenaries in several directorates in al-Jawf province, killing a large number of them, including commanders and destroying two of their vehicles. Yemen has been since March 2015 under a brutal aggression by ...

September 18, 2017

Iraq

Iraq Supreme Court Orders Suspension of Kurdistan Referendum

Iraq’s supreme court on Monday ordered the suspension of a September 25 referendum on the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan, to examine whether such a poll would be constitutional. “The supreme court has issued the order to suspend organizing the referendum set for September 25… until it examines the complaints it ...

September 18, 2017

Iran

Shamkhani Warns: Iran to End Military Accords with Kurdistan in Case of Split

Head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said all military agreements with semi-autonomous Kurdistan region will be terminated if the region goes ahead with the decision to split from Baghdad. Shamkhani made the remarks on Sunday as Iraqi Kurdish legislators of the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region approved ...

September 18, 2017

Turkey

Turkey Reinforces Troops on Border with Syria

Turkey sent 80 military vehicles including tanks to its southern border with Syria, the state-run Anadolu news agency said on Sunday. Citing an unnamed military source, Anadolu said the deployment was part of reinforcements for troops stationed along the border. The vehicles were sent to the southeastern province of Hatay, ...

September 18, 2017

Iran

“Iran Won’t Initiate to Violate JCPOA, But Any Violation Will Be Met with Due Response”

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his country will never choose to initiate violating the nuclear deal, but stressed that any violator of Iranian people’s rights would receive “a due and proportionate response.” The Iranian president said whether the current US administration is happy or concerned, Iran’s nuclear agreement will remain ...

September 18, 2017

Syria

Syrian Army Strikes Last Gathering of ISIL near al-Jafra village in Deir Ezzor, Secures Airport Completely

The Syrian Army units in cooperation with the allied and supporting forces continued the military operations of chasing down ISIL terrorists in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, destroying the last gathering of them at the surrounding area of al-Jafra village. A military source told SANA that the operations managed ...

September 17, 2017

Iraq

Iraq VP Warns against Second ‘Israel’ in Kurdistan

An Iraqi vice president warned Sunday that Baghdad would not tolerate the creation of “a second Israel” after the Zionist entity became the only country to support a planned Kurdish independence referendum in northern Iraq. The leaders of autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan must “call off the (September 25) referendum that is ...

September 17, 2017