A Saudi minister held talks with an Iranian delegation about the possibility of Iranian pilgrims rejoining the annual hajj despite ruptured ties between the two countries, state media reported late Thursday. Iran and Saudi Arabia have had no diplomatic ties since early last year. The kingdom’s minister in charge of ...
Elite Iraqi forces on Friday entered a west Mosul neighborhood for the first time since the start four months ago of an operation to retake the city, a commander said. Sami al-Aridhi, a lieutenant general in the Counter-Terrorism Service, said his men had retaken a military base and a village ...
