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UN counts on support of Iran, Russia, and Turkey for Syria peace process: Envoy
Jul 08, 2021 10:06United Nations special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen has praised the role being played by Iran, Russia and Turkey in efforts to resolve the Syria crisis, saying he counts on the trio’s continued support for the world body’s political process to achieve that goal.
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Major US military bases come under attack in western Iraq, eastern Syria
Jul 07, 2021 08:02Two major US bases in western Iraq and on the other side of the border in eastern Syria have come under simultaneous attacks, with the attack on the Iraq-based outpost reportedly wounding many American personnel members.
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Saudi Arabia behind attacks on electricity transmission lines in Iraq, anti-terror group says
Jul 07, 2021 06:16Iraq’s Kata’ib Hezbollah resistance group has held Saudi Arabia’s spy service responsible for terrorist attacks targeting high voltage electricity transmission lines across the country.
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Several al-Qaeda commanders slain as Yemeni forces mount offensive to push terrorists out of Bayda
Jul 04, 2021 09:43Several senior commanders of the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) terrorist group have been killed in an offensive launched by Yemeni army forces and Popular Committees in the central Yemeni province of al-Bayda.
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Russian UN envoy slams ‘cross-border aid’ in Syria as full violation of intl. law
Jul 02, 2021 00:43Russia’s envoy to the United Nations has strongly dismissed efforts by the US to transfer “humanitarian aid” to Syria by keeping the existing border crossing open and reopening another one from Iraq to the war-torn West Asian country.
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Over 100 organizations urge Biden to end US program of ‘lethal strikes’ abroad
Jul 01, 2021 09:20Scores of organizations from the United States and around the world have called on US President Joe Biden to end the US program of lethal strikes outside recognized battlefields, including the use of drones, days after Biden ordered airstrikes against the positions of Iraqi resistance groups along the Iraqi-Syrian border that killed four Iraqi fighters.
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Nujaba urges all military institutions to support resistance in push to restore Iraq’s sovereignty
Jun 29, 2021 11:55Iraq’s Harakat al-Nujaba movement, which is part of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) or Hashd al-Sha’abi, has called on all Iraqi institutions to throw their weight behind the resistance to restore the country’s sovereignty.
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US forces, allied SDF militants injured in rocket attack on Syria oil filed: Report
Jun 29, 2021 11:51A rocket attack on a US-occupied Syrian oil filed has reportedly wounded several American forces and allied militants from the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of mainly Kurdish forces fighting against Damascus.
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UN envoy: Lifting sanctions necessary to improve humanitarian situation in Syria
Jun 24, 2021 12:50Syria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Bassam Sabbagh has stressed that the improvement of the humanitarian situation in Syria requires the immediate lifting of unilateral coercive measures imposed by the US.
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Nigeria’s Boko Haram confirms death of notorious ringleader
Jun 17, 2021 07:04The Nigeria-based Boko Haram terrorist group has confirmed the death of its notorious ringleader, Abubakar Shekau, who was recently reported to have killed himself following clashes with rival terrorists similarly allied to Daesh.