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Palestine

Palestinians Set Delayed Local Elections for May 13

The Palestinian Authority said Tuesday that local elections delayed last October after a spat between political factions will now take place in the West Bank and Gaza on May 13. Hamas movement which controls the Gaza Strip has been at odds with president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah party over the organization ...

January 31, 2017

Zionist entity

Zionist Entity Delays Vote on Bill Legalizing Wildcat Settlements

Israeli parliament has postponed a vote that would allow it to appropriate hundreds of hectares of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, the parliament’s website said Tuesday. The Knesset, or parliament, on Monday began to consider the bill ahead of second and third parliamentary readings due to take place ...

January 31, 2017

Syria

Russian Long-range Bombers Destroy ISIL Targets in Syria’s Deir Ezzor

Russian long-range bombers have destroyed two ISIL command centers, along with weapons and ammunition depots in Syria’s Deir Ezzor province – the latest in a series of strikes against the ‘jihadists’ in the area, the Russian Defense Ministry has announced. “On January 30, six Tu-22M3 long-range bombers of the Russian ...

January 31, 2017

Iran

Zarif Hopes US Not Using Iran Defense Program Pretext to Create New Tensions

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday warned the United States new administration against creating new tensions with Tehran over ballistic missile tests. “We hope that Iran’s defense program is not used by the new US administration… as a pretext to create new tensions,” Zarif said in a televised ...

January 31, 2017

Iran

Iran Establishes Taskforce to Deal with Trump Travel Ban

Iran said a committee has been established to deal with the affairs of Iranians outside the country following a recent US travel ban. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi stated on Monday that suitable reciprocal actions and measures have been taken in the face of Washington’s new stance. On January 27, President ...

January 31, 2017

Iran

French FM in Iran: I Come as Defender of Nuclear Deal

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Paris is committed to defend the nuclear deal known as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action reached between Iran and G5+1(US, UK, France, Russia, China plus Germany), amid concerns that one of those countries, namely the United States, may act to breach it. Upon arrival ...

January 31, 2017

Zionist entity

Israeli Report: Ammonia Threat More Perilous Due to Growing Hezbolllah Capabilities

Talks about potential threats posed by ammonia are back to top in the Zionist entity. A new report says that such threats are growing more perilous due to advances in Hezbollah munitions. Israeli daily, Haaretz, warned that an attack on the ship that brings ammonia to the Zionist entity on ...

January 31, 2017

Iran

Celebrations Kick Off in Iran to Mark Islamic Revolution Anniversary

Ten-Day Dawn celebrations begin in Iran marking the run-up to the 38th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which put an end to the monarchy of the US-backed Pahlavi regime in the country. The festivities started all over Iran at 9:33 a.m. local time (0603 GMT), symbolically marking the precise ...

January 31, 2017

Yemen

Coalition Admits Two Saudis Killed in Warship Attack off Yemen

Yemeni army and popular committees attacked a Saudi vessel in the Red Sea west of Hodeida on Monday. Yemeni al-Massirah channel quoted military sources as saying that Yemeni forces fired a guided missile at al-Madinah warship in waters near the port city Hodeida, 150 km southwest of the capital Sanaa. The ...

January 31, 2017

Syria

Syria FM Calls on Refugees to Return Home

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Muallem called on the country’s refugees to return home, official media reported, without directly commenting on a US travel ban targeting them. Muallem “renewed the invitation of the government to Syrian refugees living in neighboring countries to return to their country,” SANA news agency said on ...

January 30, 2017