Syrian government military troops have liberated more areas in the northwestern province of Idlib from the grip of foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants, as they are tightening the noose around the extremists operating in the region. Syria’s official news agency, SANA, reported that government troops established control over the villages of al-Hraki ...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic welcomes Japan’s decision not to join a US-led naval mission purportedly aimed at protecting shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf. Speaking to reporters in Tehran on Saturday upon his arrival from a five-day trip to Malaysia and ...