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Palestine

IOF Demolishes Palestinian Home in WB

Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday demolished the home of a Palestinian who fatally stabbed three Israelis. Occupation military the demolition in the village of Kobar in the occupied West Bank. Residents said that army vehicles and bulldozers entered the area north of Ramallah around 3:00 am (0000 GMT) and surrounded ...

August 16, 2017

Iran

Tehran Slams US Claim on ‘Dangerous’ Flying Maneuvers by Iranian Drone in Gulf

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) refuted Tuesday the US statement about an Iranian drone’s “dangerously” close encounter with a US aircraft carrier. On Monday, the US Navy said in a statement that an Iranian drone had flown “dangerously” close to the US aircraft carrier Nimitz in the Persian Gulf ...

August 15, 2017

Iraq

Iraqi Jets Pound ISIL Posts in Tal Afar ahead of Ground Assault

Iraqi warplanes carried out air strikes Tuesday against ISIL positions in Tal Afar in preparation for a ground assault to retake the town near the Syrian border, the military said. Tal Afar is the main remaining ISIL stronghold in northern Iraq, after the capture by Iraqi forces in July of ...

August 15, 2017

Syria

Syrian Minister to Al-Manar Website: Lebanese Dissociation Policy “Unrealistic, Illogical”

“Syria won’t be defeated, our people won’t be broken,” Syrian Information Minister Mohammad Ramez Tourjman told Al-Manar Website. As he was overlooking preparations for Damascus International Fair, the minister stressed on the important role of media in covering the Syrian conflict. In this context, Tourjman said that the axis of ...

August 15, 2017

Iran

Rouhani Threatens to Quit Nuclear Deal If US Keeps Adding Sanctions

President Hassan Rouhani threatened on Tuesday that Iran could abandon its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers within hours if the United States keeps on imposing new sanctions. In a speech to parliament, he also hit out at US counterpart Donald Trump saying that he had shown the world that ...

August 15, 2017

Yemen

Yemen Cholera Cases Soar Past Half-Million: WHO

Cholera is believed to have affected more than 500,000 people and killed nearly 2,000 since late April, the World Health Organization said Monday. A full 503,484 suspected cases and 1,975 deaths are attributable to the outbreak that erupted last than four months ago in the war-ravaged country, a WHO overview ...

August 14, 2017

Syria

Syrian Army Controls Strategic Hills in Hama

Syrian army on Sunday controlled a number of strategic hills in Hama and engaged in clashes with ISIL terrorists in Deir Ezzor. SANA news agency said the Syrian army, in cooperation with popular defense groups, established full control over a number of strategic hills in the surroundings of Salba village ...

August 13, 2017

Yemen

Zarif, UN Envoy Discuss Yemen Crisis

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the UN special envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed held a meeting in Tehran on the Yemen crisis. During the Saturday talks, Zarif and Ould Cheikh Ahmed discussed the latest developments in Yemen. They particularly underlined the need to end the humanitarian ...

August 13, 2017

Saudi Arabia

HRW: Saudi Forces Seal off Eastern Shiite Town

Saudi Arabia’s security forces have sealed off a Shiite-majority town in the east of kingdom, Human Rights Watch said Sunday, following months of unrest and clashes with police. Saudi authorities last week said they seized control of a district of Awamiyah, a town in the eastern Qatif region where regime ...

August 13, 2017

Iran

Iran Parliament Increases Missile Funds in Response to US Sanctions

Iran’s parliament voted Sunday to allocate $520 million to develop its missile program to fight Washington’s “adventurism” and sanctions, and to boost the foreign operations of the country’s Revolutionary Guards. “The Americans should know that this was our first action,” said speaker Ali Larijani, after announcing an overwhelming majority vote ...

August 13, 2017