Iraqi government forces, backed by fighters from allied Popular Mobilization units, have fully liberated a district in the conflict-ridden western province of Anbar from the Takfiri Daesh terrorists.
An Iranian electoral official says the Guardian Council, the country’s top supervising body, has cleared another 1,500 hopefuls to run in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Sheikh Sa’adal-Faghi, an official with Egypt’s Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Ministry expressed condolences over the death of prominent Quran reciter Raqib Mustafa Qalwash.
A Human Rights Watch (HRW) researcher says Saudi Arabia is at war with rights activists, blasting the West for remaining “notoriously” tight-lipped over Riyadh’s abuses.
Iran plans to recover tens of billions of dollars it is owed by India and other buyers of its oil in euros and is billing new crude sales in euros, too, looking to reduce its dependence on the US dollar following last month’s sanctions relief, media reports said.
The Palestinian Authority has inaugurated its first diplomatic mission in the Western Hemisphere in Brazil as diplomatic tensions escalate between Israel and the South American state.
Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of the Expediency Council, in an Instagram post on Fri. warned against Saudi Arabia’s intention to deploy ground troops to Syria, saying the region is on the brink of a major war.
The tiny Persian Gulf state of Bahrain says it is ready to deploy ground forces to Syria under the Saudi leadership as foreign-backed militants are losing ground in the face of the Syrian army advances.
Manager of Iran’s seminaries in a meeting with the visiting board from the Vatican referred to the common issues of Islam and Christianity and announced the readiness of the Islamic center to expand ties with the Christian hub.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran and Britain will resume issuing visas for the two countries’ citizens “within the next few weeks.”
Senior Lebanese cleric criticized Saudi Arabia for interfering in Lebanon’s presidential election rejecting allegations on opposition of Hezbollah against the election.