Turkish media have reported over 35’000 arrests made over alleged links to dissent Fethullah Gulen, accused of orchestrating a failed military coup in the country.
Sunni professor from Faraghi city referred to the inhuman and anti-religious function of Takfiri groups saying that they are all rejected in view of the Sunni community.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has dismissed as “politically-motivated” a recent report by the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic.
An Israeli rights group, recently criticizing settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank in the UN, has vowed to maintain its anti-occupation activities despite Tel Aviv threats.
Secretary General of the World Forum for Proximity of the Islamic Schools of Thought urged religious clerics and elites to delineate the philosophy of Arba’een rally.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has called Turkey and Saudi Arabia to avoid meddling in the domestic affairs of Baghdad while it is amid fight against ISIL terrorists.
Senior official from Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) has announced outbreak of person to person fight in Mosul streets as residents have risen against terrorists who have occupied the region since 2014.