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 […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iraq has condemned a drone attack on US forces near the Jordan-Syria border. The US Central Command (CENTOM) has said that three service members were killed and 28 injured in an attack on the Al-Tanf US military base. An Iraqi group calling itself the Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed responsibility for the […]
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...
