Washington, United States – AFP The United States announced Tuesday it had brought back two dozen Western citizens, half of them Americans, from Islamic State prison camps in northeastern Syria where tens of thousands have languished. The repatriation is the largest ever of US citizens and comes as rights groups warn of dire conditions i...
Baghdad, Iraq – AFP Rockets were fired late Sunday from northern Iraq at a military base in Syria housing a US-led coalition, according to Iraqi security forces. In response, the Iraqi forces launched a major search operation in northern Nineveh province and found the vehicle used in the attack, they said in a statement. It […]
ANKARA (AA) – At least one member of the Hashd al-Shaabi militia group was killed and eight others were injured on Saturday in an explosion that targeted its headquarters in the Babil province in central Iraq. In a statement, the Iraqi Security Media Cell said one member of the Hashd al-Shaabi group was killed, while […]
LONDON (AA) — The Swedish Migration Court has confirmed that an Iraqi man who staged a series of public Quran burnings last year will be deported, local media reported Wednesday. Immigration authorities refused to extend Salwan Momika’s residence permit last October, but the order for his departure was delayed for security reasons, accor...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iraq has said that any attempt to turn the country into a battleground for warring states to settle scores would not be allowed. This came during a phone call between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein to discuss Washington’s latest attacks on military and civilian sites [&he...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has condemned the US strikes on Iraq and Syria, and requested a UN Security Council meeting to discuss the issue. The US has “once again demonstrated its aggressive essence and disregard for international law,” said Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson. According to her, the attack led to the de...
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.” […...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraq will summon the US chargé d’affaires to hand him an official note of protest over the airstrikes on the country, local media reported. “In protest against the American aggression that targeted Iraqi military and civilian sites, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will summon the Charge d’Affaires of the United...
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 ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Kremlin has said it does not welcome “any actions” that will destabilize the Middle East, as Washington vowed to “respond” to a drone attack near the Syrian-Jordanian border that killed three US soldiers. “We do not welcome any actions that lead to destabilization of the situation in the region, which lead […]...
