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Iraqi court sentences four Takfiri Daesh terrorists to life imprisonment
Sep 02, 2018 14:04Iraqi judicial officials have handed down life terms to four people over membership in the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and involvement in acts of terror across the war-ravaged Arab country.
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Iraqi security forces kill senior Daesh leader in Salahuddin
Sep 02, 2018 04:00Iraqi security forces have killed a high-ranking commander of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the country’s north-central province of Salahuddin as government troops, backed by allied fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units, are seeking to purge the war-ravaged Arab country of remnants of the extremist outfit.
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Russia says Syrian army has every right to chase militants out of Idlib
Aug 31, 2018 14:23As the Syrian armed forces are preparing to launch a full-scale offensive to retake the northern province of Idlib, Russia says the Syrian troops have the full right to go after and hunt the terrorists out of the last stronghold of militants.
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Saudi Arabia to turn Qatar into island by digging new canal
Aug 31, 2018 14:22A high-ranking Saudi official says his country is seriously considering constructing a canal that would turn tiny neighbor Qatar into an island, amid the ongoing Saudi-led diplomatic and trade boycott against the energy-rich Persian Gulf kingdom.
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Iraq: Abadi sacks Hashd al-Sha'abi head
Aug 31, 2018 08:34Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has dismissed his national security adviser Falih Alfayyadh from all his positions over what the premier’s office called involvement in political and partisan work.
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Syrian children kidnapped to be used in false chemical attack in Idlib: Report
Aug 30, 2018 14:13Foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists have reportedly abducted nearly two dozen children from the city of Jisr al-Shughur in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib to use them in a fake chemical attack and then put the blame on Syrian forces.
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US soldier pleads guilty to helping Daesh, to receive 25-year term
Aug 30, 2018 09:12A soldier based in Hawaii has pleaded guilty to helping the Daesh terrorist group, admitting that he planned to join the terror outfit and attack a US base in Hawaii.
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Terrorists kill 11 in Iraq’s Nineveh, Kirkuk provinces
Aug 30, 2018 07:22At least 11 people have been killed and several others sustained injuries in two separate terrorist attacks in Iraq’s Nineveh and Kirkuk provinces.
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Iran spares no effort to defend Syria's integrity, stability: Defense chief
Aug 26, 2018 09:26Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami has warned of extra-regional countries' plots to sow discord in Syria, vowing the Islamic Republic's full support for the war-ravaged country in a bid to preserve its territorial integrity and improve its stability.
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UN invites Iran, Russia, Turkey to Syria talks in Geneva next month
Aug 25, 2018 00:36United Nations Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura has invited Iran, Russia and Turkey to talks due to be held in Geneva next month on forming Syria's Constitutional Committee, a UN spokeswoman says.