US campaign in Afghanistan has failed, troops should leave': Russian envoy

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - The US campaign in Afghanistan has failed and Washington needs to withdraw its troops, says the Russian president’s special envoy to Afghanistan. He added that Kabul has grown into a “global incubator of international terrorism.” The US has spent more than $780 billion in Afghanistan since 2001, according to the National Priorities Project (NPP), with the research tank saying that “every hour, ...

( 2017-08-16 23:31:05 )

IHRC calls on African Union intervention in Sheikh Zakzaky case

Shaikh al-Zakzaky and his wife have been held in detention by the state since December 2015 along with 167 members of the IMN following their arrest during a savage military assault against the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) in December 2015. Both were shot during the attack in Zaria in which at least 1000 IMN supporters, including three sons of the couple, were killed and many properties and religious spaces belonging to the IMN and its ...

( 2017-08-16 23:30:38 )

Wahhabism at Saudi Arabian foreign policy's service

The Wahhabi clergy persistently ratify the royalty’s decisions and at the same time issue fatwas, religious verdicts, to endorse the regime’s political stances, making the Wahhabism's influence in the political structure more than a simple official role of a religious institution in the oil-rich Arab state. Beside the domestic policy, the foreign policy in recent years has been subject to the penetration of the strong Wahhabism, ...

( 2017-08-16 23:29:53 )

Al Saud regime destroys ancient part of Awamiyah town

Secretariat of mainly Shiite-populated Eastern Province’s said on Tuesday al-Musawara neighborhood, the old district of 400-year-old Awamiyah town, has been fully demolished in preparation for the commencement of removal work.Local reports claim that some 60 bulldozers were engaged in the operations.Awamiyah, having a population of 30,000 people, has been surrounded by siege barricades put up by the Saudi security services since ...

( 2017-08-16 23:28:59 )

No to referendum presently” campaign driven by understanding consequences

Politicians and lawmakers from different Kurdish factions launched the campaign “No To Referendum Presently” on the same day.“We’ll announce officially launching the campaign ‘No To Referendum Presently’, he was quoted as saying, adding that “the decision of referendum at present time won’t serve the higher interest of Kurds”.The Gorran party lawmaker further stated “The referendum is ...

( 2017-08-14 18:13:25 )

Liberation of Aleppo ruined U.S. calculations in region

In his recent trip to Mashahad, Imam Khamenei paid a visit to the family of the martyred holy shrine defender, Javad Jahani. In this meeting an account of which is being published for the first time by the official website of Imam Khamenei, His Eminence referred to the liberalization of Aleppo, saying, "The case of Aleppo, was so important that it completely changed and ruined all calculations of the US, Saudi Arabia, and others in Syria, as a ...

( 2017-08-14 18:10:58 )

Statement of ABWA on heinous genocide, abduction in Afghanistan

Read the statement as follows:In the Name of Almighty God, the Demolisher of TyrantsTwo painful incidents occurred in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan with a five-day interval, leaving a stain of shame on the forehead of perpetrators.On August 1st, two suicide bombers attacked worshipers in the Shiite mosque “Javadia” in the southern city of Herat, first shooting at the worshipers and then detonating themselves inside the mosque. ...

( 2017-08-14 18:08:21 )

Continuation of occupation projects in Southern Yemen

Observers say the operation was a response from the United Arab Emirates to Hadi and Saudi Arabia after their car bomb exploded yesterday in Abeen at an Emirati camp. In Lahj, a citizen was assassinated by militias belonging to traitor Hadi. In Al-Muhara, the first assassination was carried out in the province yesterday, angering the capital of the province, an indication of the introduction of this province, the chaos and assassinations comes ...

( 2017-08-10 14:16:03 )

Saudi Arabia occupying two Bahraini islands, oilfield

Al-Sharq newspaper said in an article entitled "Bahrain is a Saudi protectorate" that Riyadh "insisted on defining the border with Bahrain according to its interests, taking advantage of the weakness of the regime in Manama as a result of the ongoing political unrest in that country. In the 1980s Riyadh put its hand on two islands, although the citizens of Bahrain were freely visiting the islands, but they cannot now travel to the two islands ...

( 2017-08-10 14:15:33 )

Painful tragedy of innocent Shias massacre in Afghanistan/ ISIS, Taliban martyr 60, kidnap 47 girls

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Reports say the death toll from a Taliban attack on a remote Shia village in northern Afghanistan has risen to 60.The civilians, including women and children, were massacred during an attack on the Mirza Olang Village in the northern Sar-e Pol Province overnight Sunday. A number of Afghan security forces were also among the dead.Fierce fighting began in the area on Thursday when militants, reportedly ...

( 2017-08-10 14:14:00 )

Professor Ansarian,s speech is to start in Shiraz

As professor Ansarian has had numerous speeches regarding the moral issues before in the very city, this time his lectures will last for nine ...

( 2017-08-08 18:31:00 )

Militants brutally kill up to 50 Afghan civilians in northern province Shia village

Insurgents have attacked a village in the northern Afghan province of Sar-e Pul, killing as many as 50 people, including women and children, according to officials.The militants attacked a security outpost in the Mirza Olang area of Sayaad district overnight, torching 30 houses, Zabihullah Amani, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said on Sunday.He said fighting was still going on but as many as 50 people, including children, women and ...

( 2017-08-07 20:47:13 )

Bahraini Shiite cleric released after spending 1 year in jail

Activists said that Sheikh Ali Naji was released and is heading towards his father's house in Al-Himla. The authorities accused Sheikh Naji of taking part in the open Diraz protest that started on June 20, 2016 in protest against the decision that revoked the citizenship of the Shiite majority spiritual leader Sheikh Isa Qassim. The authorities forcibly dispersed Diraz protest on May 23, 2017 which left 5 killed, dozens injured and about 300 ...

( 2017-08-07 20:46:11 )

Bahraini government closes Diraz main entrance

The regime forces had killed five citizens, wounded dozens, and arrested around 300 people on May 23, 2017, during their crackdown on the ongoing sit-in held outside Sheikh Qassim's house.

The Bahraini authorities have placed more cement barriers around the Diraz area, which has been besieged by government forces for about a year.

( 2017-08-05 17:28:31 )

Saudi Arabia Birthplace of Takfirism: Grand Ayatollah Makarem

Speaking at a ceremony to mark the birth anniversary of 8th Shia Imam, Alī ibn Mūsā ar-Riḍā, in Mashhad on Friday, Senior Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi asserted, "Gnostics tend to regularly evaluate their own conscience in order to reach higher levels of mysticism. We also need to review our life choices and past deeds in order to purify our soul and reach felicity."The Shia source of emulation then touched on ...

( 2017-08-05 17:28:06 )

Brutal crime of Saudi warplanes in Yemen's Sa'ada; martyrdom of nine women, kids

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - At least nine civilians have been martyred as Saudi warplanes carried out fresh air strikes against a northwestern province. Yemen’s al-Masirah television network said on Friday that as many as seven bodies had been retrieved following the air raid against residential buildings in al-Safra District of Sa’ada Province.All martyrs are women or children including a 2 and a 3 year-old kid. There are 3 ...

( 2017-08-05 17:27:33 )

Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah hails victory of resistance fighters in Arsal

In a speech on Friday evening, Nasrallah said that the Syrian leadership did not object to facilitating the exchange agreement and was very positive, noting that the Syrian leadership shouldered a huge burden and took it off the shoulders of the Lebanese people by agreeing to have militants and their families return to Syria.“It is our moral duty to thank President Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian forces on the ground which cooperated ...

( 2017-08-05 17:27:09 )

Raqqa liberation beginning of end for ISIS in Syria

Located in northeast Syria with 1,900 square kilometers of size, Raqqa was seized by ISIS terrorist group in winter 2013 and vast swaths of it have remained under its control to date.Geographically, the city is located on the northeast banks of the Euphrates River and is a significant farming area of Syria. The city is supplied with water and power by the Tabqa Dam.Three Syrian provinces of Aleppo, Al-Hasakah, and Deir ez-Zor meet in Raqqa. The ...

( 2017-08-03 18:54:52 )

Boko Haram decapitates loggers in restive Borno, Nigeria

The decapitated bodies of the three loggers were found by the roadside,” on Monday, said local vigilante Ibrahim Liman in Maiduguri, the state capital. “Decapitation is a Boko Haram hallmark,” he added. Boko Haram terrorists have increasingly targeted loggers in their armed campaign, accusing them of spying and passing information to the military and the local militia fighting them, Liman said. The latest victims were seized ...

( 2017-08-03 18:53:36 )

Suicide bomber attacks NATO convoy in Kandahar, Aghanistan

Several casualties are feared in the attack that destroyed at least two NATO vehicles in the outskirts of Kandahar city, said Zia Durrani, spokesman for the Afghan police in the region.The NATO-led Resolute Support Mission confirmed the suicide attack in a statement, adding that it was gathering information to assess the situation on ground.Qari Yosuf Ahmadi, spokesman for the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, claimed responsibility for the ...

( 2017-08-03 18:53:01 )