“The interests of independent countries lie in increasing cooperation in different sectors and the obstacles certain powers are throwing up against such cooperation must be countered,” the Leader said.Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran holds a positive and constructive view of South Africa, adding: “The relations between Iran and South Africa are very warm and the two countries’ mutual cooperation at global assemblies is very ...
The ISIS terrorist group has dramatically increased its presence in Afghanistan and is preparing to expand into other Central Asian countries and Russia, a senior Russian diplomat warned. The presence of ISIS in Afghanistan, is a significant security threat, said Zamir Kabulov, the head of the Asia and Middle East department of the Russian foreign ministry, who also serves as special envoy of the Russian president to Afghanistan. “There ...
Sudanese President Omar Bashir said that terrorism is an international issue, which has no particular religion or nationality. Extra-regional countries could contribute in East Africa's fight against terrorism, Sudanese President Omar Bashir said. "We can not rule out that some non-Arab states wishing to secure their interests in the region would take part in maintaining peace and security," he said, answering a question on potential Russia's ...
- At least 53 people have been killed and 60 others injured after heavy rain across north-west Pakistan and areas of Kashmir caused landslides and the roofs of dozens of homes to collapse, officials said.The deaths were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and in the Neelam valley in Pakistan-administered Kashmir after heavy downpours that began Saturday night.The number known to have died rose to 45 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a provincial ...
he leader in al-Hashd al-Shaabi Jabbar al-Mamouri announced on Monday, that the so-called ISIS kidnapped 30 youths from Hawija District and took them to an unknown destination, while pointed out that most of the kidnapped people are relatives of the security forces’ members. “ISIS kidnapped 30 youths from Hawija District and the nearby villages during the last 24 hours and took them to an unknown destination,” Mamouri said. ...
Head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, Masoud Soltanifar stressed his country’s readiness to participate in the process of restoring and rehabilitating the archeological and cultural sites that were demolished by the terrorists in Syria, Particularly those in Palmyra. Iranian News Agency quoted Soltanifar as saying in a letter he sent Monday to Director-General of the United Nations Educational, ...
Twelve Egyptian workers were reportedly kidnapped by the ISIS terrorists in Libya, according to the privately owned Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper on Tuesday. The ISIS threatened to kill 15 hostages, including 12 Egyptians and three Tunisian workers. The demands for their release are not yet clear, although they were permitted to contact their families, the son of one the Egyptian hostages, lawyer Ramy Magdy said. Magdy added that he notified ...
At least 120 civilians were killed or injured on Tuesday in an airstrike carried out by Saudi-led coalition aircraft on a crowded popular market north of Yemen's capital Sanaa, medics and a local source said. "More than 60 civilians were killed and other 60 wounded when the Saudi-led fighter jets launched two airstrikes on Al-Khamees market in Mastaba district in Hajja province," a medic said. "The airstrikes took place during the rush hour ...
A suicide attack at a court compound killed at least eight people in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, officials said, the latest in a series of attacks in areas around the volatile Mohmand tribal area. Senior police official Sohail Khalid told Reuters that three police personnel were among at least eight people killed, and 27 others were wounded in the blast. Saeed Wazir, another police official, said that the attacker targeted the court ...
The ISIS has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack at a police checkpoint in Iraq, killing at least 60 people and wounding dozens more. Responsibility was claimed in a posting on the website of the Amaq news agency, which supports the terrorist organisation. "A operation with a truck bomb hit the Babylon Ruins checkpoint at the entrance of the city of Hilla, killing and wounding dozens," a statement on the website said. The attacker ...
The opposition revolutionary forces in Bahrain condemned listing Lebanon's Hezbollah on terrorism blacklists of Gulf States, considering that this decision "undoubtedly reveals the treason of these states and the allegiance of their totalitarian family-ruled regimes to the Zionist entity."In their statement issued on Thursday (March 3, 2016), the revolutionary forces "February 14 Youth Coalition, Amal Society, Bahrain Freedom Movement, Haq ...
Turkish authorities have arrested 16 people, including 12 foreigners, on suspicion of links to ISIS extremist group, local media reported, citing sources in security services. The arrested individuals were trying to cross into Syria when they were detained by the authorities. There was no information provided considering the nationalities of the foreign suspects. ISIS terrorist group is considered to be one of the main threats to the global ...
At least 14 people have been killed and dozens more wounded after Al-Shabab fighters set off a car bomb at the gate of a popular park and near a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, officials said. Ahmed Abdullahi, a police major, said three attackers were shot dead by police following Friday's attack. "The area is secured," he said. The explosion went off at the entrance of the Somali Youth League hotel, known as SYL. This was followed by heavy ...
- Afghanistan has moved through a long way of challenges to form its national unity government. Finally a mechanism was introduced, appointing Ashraf Ghani as the president of the country, as Abdullah Abdullah was set to serve as the chief executive of Afghanistan’s national unity cabinet. The question that presents itself is that how have been the ties of the Afghan unity government with the neighboring Iran since the beginning until ...
ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdad has reportedly appointed a female Saudi fighter to head up a new battalion in northeastern Syria, according to an activist. Nada al-Qahtani, who joined the group in 2013, used to lead the Khansa battalion in the militants’ de facto capital of Raqqa, located in Syria. She will now lead a new branch of the all-female fighting unit in Hasakeh, the activist said. Baghdadi – who has not been seen in public ...
30 Palestinian female prisoners, including nine minors, suffer from overcrowding in HaSharon prison as their numbers have notably increased.Representative of female prisoners Lina Jarbouni said that some of them are forced to sleep on the floor dueapale to the lack of beds in the prison. She pointed out that a number of the female prisoners are in acute need for medical care as they suffer gunshot injuries.Yasmin Zaru, from al-Khalil, is ...
A suicide bomber targeting a police commander has killed at least 13 people, including nine civilians, in Afghanistan's northern Parwan province. The attack on Monday happened near a clinic and a bazaar, General Zaman Mamozai, the provincial police chief, said. Four local police were among those killed, and another 19 people, including 17 civilians, were wounded, he said. The police commander who was targeted in the attack was among those ...
Millions of Muslims have flocked to Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Reza (Peace be upon him), the eighth Shia Imam.Pictures coming out of the holy city show pilgrims mourning in Imam Reza’s shrine and surrounding streets. Nearly 140-thousand people from all walks of life have braved the elements to go to Mashhad on foot to take part in the ceremony. The pilgrims are mainly Iranians. ...
The seventh Moharram procession in Gilgit turned into a beautiful reminder of the region’s historical harmony which has been shattered during the past four decades.
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A large number of Sunni youth and elders from Yadgar Mohalla, under the leadership of Masajid Board members including Raja Nisar Wali, joined the traditional 7th Moharram mourning procession organized by Shia organizations today, in a ...