KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan has announced that its borders with Iran and Afghanistan will be closed to “ensure full security” during general elections on Thursday. “To ensure full security during the general elections to be held in Pakistan on Feb. 8, border crossings with Afghanistan and Iran, would remain closed both for ca...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel has attacked more than 50 Hezbollah targets in Syria and 3,400 in Lebanon since its war on Gaza began in October, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said Saturday. “Since the beginning of the war, we have attacked, from the ground and air, more than 50 such targets of Hezbollah spread […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iran has condemned the US military attacks in Iraq and Syria. In a statement, Nasser Kanaani, the spokesperson of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, said the strikes were in “violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Iraq and Syria as well as international law, and a blatant breach of the UN Charter.” […...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AA) — US strikes in eastern Syria killed several civilians and regime soldiers, state-run news agency SANA reported on Saturday. “The American occupation forces launched a blatant air attack on a number of sites and towns in the eastern region of Syria and near the Syrian-Iraqi borders,” SANA quoted a statement by ...
ANKARA (AA) – Iran has vowed to decisively respond to any attack on its territories or interests, following Washington’s threats to respond to the deadly attack on a US base near the Jordanian-Syrian border. A statement, issued by Iran’s permanent mission to the UN, warned that Tehran would respond decisively to any attack on its [...
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran has dismissed allegations of its involvement in the killing of three US soldiers in the border region between Syria and Jordan on Sunday, saying it “does not interfere” in the decisions of regional groups. In a statement Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said “resistance groups” in the West Asian region...
DAMASCUS (AA) – Several Iranian military advisers were killed in an Israeli attack south of the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday, according to Syria’s state-run news agency SANA. SANA, citing a military source, said the Israeli attack targeted a number of sites south of Damascus. Several Syrian civilians were also killed in the attack, ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan on Saturday evening confirmed the killing of a number of its citizens in a terrorist attack in southeastern Iran. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said they were in touch with Iranian authorities and had asked Tehran to immediately investigate the incident and hold to account those involved in this “he...
TEHRAN (AA) – At least nine foreign nationals were killed by unidentified assailants in southeastern Iran, according to an Iranian media report. The semi-official Mehr News Agency on Saturday reported that “unidentified” armed men killed nine non-Iranians in the city of Saravan in the Sistan-Baluchestan province. “Accor...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has vowed to retaliate for the killing of its military advisers in an Israeli airstrike in the Syrian capital Damascus. Addressing a weekly press conference in Tehran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said the “crimes” of Israel against Iran have “never gone without answer.” Five Islamic Revolutionary Guards C...
