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...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain’s foreign minister has said that Spanish troops will leave Iraq whenever the government in Baghdad wants. Speaking from Baghdad after a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein, Jose Manuel Albares said Spain is “ready to stand” with Iraq in military missions against Daesh/ISIS and to support Iraq’s sove...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iraq will consider US air strikes on the headquarters of the pro-government Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) “acts of aggression,” a military spokesman said on Wednesday. “In a clear determination to harm security and stability in Iraq, the United States has resumed carrying out airstrikes a...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Hundreds of mourners gathered Monday in Tehran for the funerals of Revolutionary Guards killed in Syria, in what Iran called an Israeli strike. It was the latest incident adding to regional tensions and fears of wider conflagration during Israel’s war on Gaza. The strike in Damascus on Saturday killed five member...
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...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye will take additional steps if one of the government parties in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region fails to change its supportive attitude towards PKK members, the Turkish foreign minister has said. “We will not hesitate to take further measures if the PUK does not change its supportive attitude towards the PKK des...
WASHINGTON (AA) – No US personnel or facilities were targeted in missile attacks by Iran, according to the White House. “We have seen the reports, and we tracked the missiles, which impacted in northern Iraq and northern Syria. No US personnel or facilities were targeted,” National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson told Anado...
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...
ANKARA (AA) – As many as 77 PKK members have been “neutralized” in airstrikes conducted in northern Iraq and Syria, Türkiye’s national defense minister said on Monday. “A total of 78 targets, including caves, shelters, hideouts, and oil facilities assessed to be used by separatist terrorist organization and believed to contain terrorists...