Units of the Syrian army eliminated terrorists’ positions and weapons in many areas across the country, inflicting heavy losses upon the terrorist organizations in personnel and equipment, state-run SANA news agency reported Sunday.
In Hama/Idleb, hideouts and vehicles of terrorists from the so-called “Jaish al-Fateh” were destroyed in army airstrikes in Abu al-Duhour, Kinsafra, Iblin, Qaqour, Frika, Ariha, al-Mansoura, ...
The people of Egypt are gradually waking up to the reality that it is one thing to drive a dictator out, even one that has been around for as long as Hosni Mubarak — 30 years — and quite a different matter to change the political system and the culture of entitlement that has grown within it. There are many constituencies that have unfairly benefitted under the old system; they are not likely to give up their privileged positions so easily, ...
Germany's domestic intelligence agency says the number of extremists heading to Syria and Iraq continues to grow, raising concerns over trained fighters returning who could carry out attacks in Europe. The agency said Wednesday its latest evidence shows 790 people so far have made the trip from Germany to link up with militant groups in the Mideast, up from 750 in October, and about one-third had returned. Agency head Hans-Georg Maassen says ...
According to The Guardian, however, the Pentagon put civilian deaths in strikes on ISIS way lower than outside groups. Such a conclusion was made due to the latest data published by Airwars monitoring group. Airwars estimated that 3,164 civilians had been killed by the US-led coalition's indiscriminate air strikes since the beginning of the 'counter-terrorism' operation in Syria and Iraq. Earlier, Airwars reported that only in March this year, ...
Under strict order of the Saudi Royal court, a judge saw fit to condemn a young, an innocent man to death by beheading, to later parade his mutilated body so that the people will cower before the might of their king.
A 16-years old boy was taken away from the safety of his home for he dared exercise those rights which are not only inalienable but inherent to human nature. Ali was born on December, 25th, 1995 – a date which should resonate ...
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force staged the second day of massive military exercises in southeastern Iran.As part of the drills codenamed Payambar-e Azam (The Great Prophet) on Wednesday, the IRGC Ground Force's Special Forces, under ground and air support, managed to recapture a military post in the area from the hypothetical enemy.The IRGC choppers also targeted and hit positions of the hypothetical enemy during the war ...
The session was held in the presence of Parviz Eghbali, the work's illustrator, Ehsan Abbasloo, critic, and Saeid Razaghi, illustration expert, yesterday (February 25, 2012) at the House of the Literati.In his opening speech, Eghbali said that the book was debuted 8 years ago, two years after his began preparing the book. "I did what I could to create a work worthy of the Ashura event," Eghbali said. He went on to say that the book is not ...
Four commanders from the radical group of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) were killed in northwestern Iraq as a result of airstrikes by the coalition’s warplanes and ground operations by the Iraqi army, local sources reported on Saturday. Media activist J.Z. reported that the ISIS insurgent commanders Shaker Wahib, Kaddouri Hamid Farraj, Louay al-Kubaisi, and Abu Hajer at-Tounisi were killed by the coalition’s airstrikes and Iraqi ...
Thanking the CreatorIf one of your parents or relatives gives you a present, surely you will be happy and thank them for it. Any one who does good to us deserves our gratitude and should be thanked for his goodness and favour.We are given many favours from our parents who bring us up and who spend nights awake for our sake; from our teachers, who educate us and impart good manners, from our friends who give us their help. We thank these people ...
Kurdish forces of the Peshmerga found three mass graves of Yezidi victims in the northern countryside of Shingal area, north Iraq, following the withdrawal of the ISIS militants. A source from the Peshmerga command said that the recently found mass graves contained more than 70 corpses of Yezidi victims, including women and children, “who have been buried by ISiS militants after being summarily executed in northern Shingal”. ...
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday pardoned and commuted prison terms of 930 inmates sentenced by various Iranian courts. The Ayatollah also accepted change in punishment of several of those prisoners. The Leader made the decision on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the large feast when the Muslims celebrate end of fasting month of Ramadan. The decision was also in response to a request by Judiciary Chief ...
Mohammad Reza Forqani told a press conference that 41 countries will participate at the highest level: 35 heads of state, five first vice presidents or vice presidents, and a parliament speaker.
21 countries will send their foreign ministers, 5 countries their president’s special envoys, two countries at the level of minister other than foreign minister, he added.
Other countries will also be represented at the level of deputy minister, ...
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has issued a set of guidelines on environmental policies, in a letter to the heads of the three branches of the Iranian government, in relation to implementation of article 110 of Iran’s constitution. In his letter, the Leader sets out the central planks of Iran’s environmental policies, which includes the formation of a national environmental ...
(Bayt Agency) - Hundreds of Shia Muslims in Myanmar observed Ashoura, one of the religion’s holiest days on Friday. Ashoura is the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, which commemorates the martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussein, in a 7th century battle. In Yangon, Myanmar, hundreds observed Ashuoura at religious places. Mourners offered prayers during the procession, ritually whipped their bodies with chains ...
Bahraini regime forces have fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the detention of a leading Shia opposition leader.
The protesters in the eastern village of Ma'ameer gathered on Wednesday to show their dissatisfaction with a court decision to postpone the trial of Sheikh Ali Salman to next month and keep him in prison.
They chanted slogans in support of Salman before being faced with violent regime forces.
Salman, the ...
On 26 July 2012, hundreds of peaceful Saudi Shiite protesters marched in Qatif to demand the release of prominent cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr who was arrested earlier this month, and other detainees. The demonstrators carried posters of Shiite detainees, including Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. The security forces and anti-riot police tried to disperse the protestors. They attacked the demonstrators and opened fire on them using live rounds wounded at ...
Egypt’s Minister of endowments (Awqaf) rebuked the bombing of a Shiite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia on Friday, Youm7 reported.Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa stressed that the terrorists everywhere adopt the same ideology based on the murder and devastation. They target the peaceful people in a clear violation to the religious teaching.He added, “We need to unify ourselves to combat terrorism and to eliminate the ...
In his Sunday speech, Nasrallah said the resistance front has gained many victories through the sacrifices made by its courageous fighters, adding that the movement will continue despite the martyrdom of its commanders in the battlefield against terrorists.
Touching on the tensions in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian lands and the new wave of Israeli violence there, the Hezbollah chief called on all sides to stand by the oppressed ...
Mohammed al-Tajer is one of Bahrain’s best-known defense lawyers. He was the leading defense attorney defending 25 opposition activists who were tried between October 2010 and February 2011 on charges of plotting to overthrow the government using “terrorism” and other means.
Today, April 25, marks ten days since Mohammed al-Tajer was arrested at his house in Bahrain’s capital, Manama. On the night of April 15, according to his wife, ...
As if the adult media’s vitriol wasn’t enough, the seven-million strong American Muslim community, is now being faced by the alarming publication of a series of ‘children's books’, containing misleading and inflammatory rhetoric about the Islamic faith. The 10-book series - entitled the "World of Islam," – is published by Mason Crest Publishing in collaboration with the Philadelphia-based pro-Israel and pro-war Foreign Policy Research ...
