ISTANBUL (AA) – Several Arab countries have condemned the car-ramming attack that killed and injured dozens in New Orleans on Wednesday. A white F-150 pickup truck plowed through the heart of the French Quarter of New Orleans, killing at least 15 people and injuring more than 30 others. The FBI identified the attacker as Shamsud-Din [&he...
ANKARA (AA) – Iraq has said that it is sending back Syrian army soldiers of the ousted Assad regime to their country. Interior Ministry spokesman Miqdad Miri said that the process of returning the Syrian soldiers to their country will be carried out after coordination with Syrian authorities. According to media reports, over 3,000 Syrian [&hel...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al-Sudani has stressed the importance of preventing aggression or assaults on Syrian territory, warning that such actions would jeopardize regional security and stability. Al-Sudani made the statement during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Baghdad, according to th...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The foreign ministers of Iraq, Iran, and Syria gathered in Baghdad to discuss the ongoing Syrian crisis. The meeting included Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, and Syrian Foreign Minister Bassam Sabbagh. According to Iraq’s official news agency INA, the talks took place a...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said Tuesday that rocket and drone attacks on its areas were launched from Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. A military statement said warplanes intercepted a drone and two rockets fired from Lebanese territory, which triggered sirens in Metula and Kfar Giladi settlements in northern Israel. The army said a combat dron...
BAGHDAD (AA) – The Iraqi military, with the support of US-led coalition forces, has killed 16 ISIS fighters, including high-ranking figures, during the military operation that began last week in the western Anbar desert, officials say. According to a statement issued by the Joint Operations Command on X, Iraqi National Intelligence Organizatio...
Newly released photos have exposed the US Marines 2005 massacre of 24 Iraqi civilians, including children. For nearly two decades, the US military kept these images hidden. The New Yorker Magazine’s persistent efforts led to their release through a legal battle. The trial of eight Marines for the massacre resulted in minimal consequences...
BERLIN (AA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised new measures to prevent irregular migration but ruled out suspending asylum rights, amid calls from opposition parties for a drastic overhaul of migration policy. “The individual right to asylum will remain in place. This is in our constitution, and nobody can get my support to cha...
Annapolis, United States – AFP The United States will not tolerate attacks on American troops in the Middle East, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday, after rocket fire in Iraq wounded seven US personnel. The Monday attack was the third in just over three weeks on Ain al-Assad base in western Iraq, which hosts American […]
In most parts of the world, Muslims marked the day of Ashura on Tuesday. Ashura falls on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram. It commemorates the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of Prophet Muhammad, in Karbala, Iraq, in 680 of the Common Era. Ashura symbolizes his stand against a tyrant, and […]
