Jordanian King Abdullah II Bin Al-Hussein, while addressing the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, called on the international community to combat “Islamophobia,” deeming it a threat that fuels terrorism along with jihadi ideology.
Iran-allied Shiite Houthi rebels fighting against the Saudi- and Emirati-backed government in Yemen have repeatedly committed atrocities that may amount to “war crimes” including torture and enforced disappearances, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Tuesday.
Both U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday they have no plans to meet at the U.N. General Assembly, refuting speculation that a summit meeting between the two might occur.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a telephone conversation on Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which he blamed the Syrians for last week’s downing of a Russian spy plane after an IAF strike in Latakia, despite Russia’s conclusions that Israel bears responsibility for the incident.
TEHRAN, Iran — A semi-official news agency in Iran believed to be close to the country’s hard-line Revolutionary Guard has published a video threatening the capitals of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates with missile attacks.
About 70 percent of girls in Yemen are forced to marry before they reach the age of 18 as “a coping strategy” against the “worsening” humanitarian crisis in the country driven by hunger and disease, a United Nations official declared on Monday.
Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels over the weekend said they would cooperate with Turkey’s efforts to avert clashes in Syria’s Idlib province between opposition forces and troops loyal to dictator Bashar al-Assad, but stressed that they would not surrender their weapons or territory.
A month of fighting between two of the many heavily-armed gangs fighting for control of Libya killed at least 115 people and wounded 383 more, according to a statement from the Libyan Health Ministry on Sunday. Thousands of families have been displaced, children are at risk, and the conflict threatens to spiral even further out of control.
A group of Hamas leaders met with an Egyptian security delegation in the Gaza Strip to discuss Cairo’s efforts to advance Palestinian reconciliation Saturday.
U.S. NATO ally Turkey’s indictment against American pastor Andrew Brunson deems “Christianization” as his terrorism-related crime, the preacher’s daughter declared during a religious liberty panel discussion at the 2018 Values Voter Summit on Friday.
Iran held its latest in a string of threats and military muscle stretches in the Persian Gulf on Friday, as an assortment of jet fighters conducted a “show of strength” aerial drill, to be followed by a naval exercise on Saturday.
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s official IRNA news agency says the country’s air force is carrying out a drill near the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, the passageway for nearly a third of all oil traded by sea.
The leader of Iran’s narco-terrorist proxy Hezbollah, an ally of dictator Bashar al-Assad, said this week his group would remain in Syria “until further notice.”
Gholamhossein Karbaschi, a key supporter of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, grew noticeably less supportive on Wednesday when he called on Rouhani to “resign like a hero or wake up from his heavy slumber and talk to the people transparently.”
Iranian Kurdish insurgents reportedly vowed this week to intensify their fight against Iran in response to the missile attacks against Kurdish positions in Iraqi Kurdistan claimed by the hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) this month.
Some experts believe the agreement between Turkey and Russia to establish a demilitarized zone in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province will delay rather than prevent a battle for control of the region, the Washington Post (WaPo) reported this week.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reportedly praised the agreement to establish a demilitarized zone in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib between Turkey and dictator Bashar al-Assad’s ally Russia as “a step toward peace” on Wednesday.
Iraq needs up to $100 billion to rebuild the city of Mosul alone following the devastation at the hands of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition against the jihadi group told reporters on Tuesday.
The United Nations General Assembly opened on Tuesday with a bit of American political controversy, as the White House appeared to back away from U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s proposal for a Security Council session to “address Iran’s violations of international law.”
Turkey needs to deploy more troops to Syria’s Idlib province as part of its deal with dictator Bashar al-Assad’s ally Russia to establish a demilitarized zone in the region to separate rebel-held and regime-controlled areas, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu declared on Tuesday.
Airstrikes “likely” launched by Israel on Monday targeted ammunition depots of a state company for technical industries in the Syrian coastal province of Latakia that serves the army loyal to dictator Bashar al-Assad, an ally of Iran, several news outlets report, citing Syrian media.
CAIRO — Egypt says archaeologists have discovered a statue of a lion’s body and a human head in the southern city of Aswan.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein on Sunday night paid condolence visits to the relatives of Ari Fuld, an American Israeli man who was killed in a terror attack earlier in the day, shortly before his funeral.
While speaking Sunday on “Fox & Friends,” former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee weighed in on the report former Secretary of State John Kerry held private meetings with Iranian officials in an attempt to save the Iran nuclear deal. Huckabee said could “make
Jerusalem – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday his country is taking action to stop its foes from acquiring sophisticated arms, hours after Damascus said Israeli missiles targeted its airport.
An Israeli missile attack targeted the Syrian capital’s airport late Saturday, activating air defenses which shot down a number of the projectiles, state news agency SANA reported.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his security council on Friday to discuss the impending invasion of Syria’s Idlib province.
A Syrian rebel commander revealed on Thursday his coalition is conducting large-scale military exercises alongside U.S. Marines in the backdrop of the expected invasion of Idlib, the nation’s last rebel stronghold.
Around 12,000 Palestinians participated in weekly demonstrations along the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel Friday evening. The army said rioters burned tires and hurled rocks at Israeli soldiers, who responded according to open-fire regulations.
During a press briefing on Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized former Secretary of State John Kerry for Kerry’s diplomatic engagement with Iran, stating, “Actively undermining US policy, as a former secretary of state, is literally unheard of.” Pompeo
A commander in the Iranian Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) dismissed the potential of war with the United States in remarks Friday, claiming that America would never incite a war because its leaders are too aware they would lose against the beleaguered Iranian military.
Contents: Saudis in Yemen cut the supply routes from Hodeidah seaport to Sanaa; Turkey, desperate to stop Syrian Idlib offensive, is supplying weapons to rebels
Three Palestinians were spotted crawling towards the Gaza border fence in the early hours of Friday morning before they threw a pipe bomb at soldiers patrolling the area, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
A representative for one of the two Iranian Kurdish parties operating in Iraq who the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) bombed this week urged the United States on Wednesday to intervene and support their right to exist freely.
A report published Thursday suggests Turkey is moving reinforcements into Syria’s Idlib province as it tries to forestall a major offensive by dictator Bashar Assad and his Russian and Iranian allies.
