Islamabad, Pakistan – – AFP Pakistan and Iran’s cross-border air raids this week targeting militants on each other’s soil mark an unprecedented flare-up at a time when the region is already a tinderbox of tensions, analysts say. “This kind of attack has never been done by either side,” said Karachi Universit...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistani and Iranian foreign ministers on Friday spoke over the phone and discussed the latest situation after the two neighbors launched airstrikes against “terrorists” in each other’s territory. According to Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry, Jalil Abbas Jilani told his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahi...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has offered its role to de-escalate tensions between Pakistan and Iran, after the two neighbors launched airstrikes against “terrorists” in each other’s territory. “Iran and Pakistan are close neighbors and friendly countries to China, holding significant influence,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said. “Chin...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States on Wednesday condemned recent Iranian strikes in Pakistan, Iraq and Syria, which Tehran has claimed were carried out against “anti-Iranian terrorist groups.” “So we do condemn those strikes. We’ve seen Iran violate the sovereign borders of three of its neighbors in...
ISLAMABAD/ISTANBUL (AA) – Pakistan on Thursday said it struck “terrorist hideouts” in Iran, less than two days after Tehran launched airstrikes which Islamabad called an “unprovoked” violation of its airspace. “This morning Pakistan undertook a series of highly coordinated and specifically targeted precision...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan’s foreign minister has told his Iranian counterpart that Tehran’s airstrikes inside his country caused serious damage to bilateral ties between the two countries. Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani received a telephone call from Hossein Amir-Abdollahian after Islamabad recalled its ambassador from Tehran. I...
BEIJING – AFP China has urged Pakistan and Iran to show restraint, after Islamabad said Tehran had carried out an air strike on its territory that killed two children. Mao Ning, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, said: “China has always advocated that relations between countries should be handled in accordance with the basic no...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan on Wednesday recalled its ambassador from Tehran following Iranian airstrikes in southwestern Balochistan province. “Last night’s unprovoked and blatant breach of Pakistan’s sovereignty by Iran is a violation of international law and the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,” said F...
ERBIL, Iraq (AA) – Iraq’s Erbil Governor Omed Khosnaw said on Tuesday that missile strikes carried out by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are “inhuman terrorist” attacks. Governor Khosnaw said in a statement: “An inhuman terrorist attack has been carried out against Erbil.” Separately, the Kurdi...
Baghdad, Iraq – AFP Iraq summoned Iran’s envoy in Baghdad and recalled its ambassador from Tehran on Tuesday in a sharp rebuke to its ally over deadly missile strikes on its autonomous Kurdish region. Iraq challenged Iran’s claim that the strikes targeted Israel’s intelligence services in response to recent Israeli assa...
