TEHRAN (AA) – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday the biggest concern of the Islamic world at the moment is “crimes against Palestinians.” Leading a high-level delegation, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani arrived in Tehran on an unannounced visit in the wee hours of Monday morning. The visit came a day after Sudani ...
Tokyo, Japan — AFP Any escalation of military activities will be “catastrophic” for people in the Gaza Strip, the UN high commissioner for refugees has said. More than 4,200 Palestinians have been killed across the Gaza Strip in relentless Israeli bombardments since October 7 when Palestinian resistance movement Hamas launche...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The downing of a Turkish drone in Syria has in no way affected the ongoing anti-terrorism operation there, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Friday. “Following the terrorist attack that took place on October 1, 2023, our Armed Forces and Intelligence Organization carried out comprehensive operations against PKK/YPG ter...
ERBIL, Iraq (AA) – At least 100 people died and 150 were injured in a fire at a wedding celebration in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province, according to reports early Wednesday. The Iraqi News Agency (INA) said the fire, which broke out at Al Haytham Wedding Hall in Al-Hamdaniya district, was caused by fireworks, candles and […]
Baghdad, Iraq – – AFP A senior military official in Baghdad said Tuesday that a drone which killed three Kurdish counterterrorism officers had originated in Turkey, and condemned the violation of Iraq’s sovereignty. Three members of the counterterrorism forces of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region were killed and three wo...
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AA) – The Iraqi government said Tuesday it had disarmed and relocated armed groups opposed to Iran from northern Iraq’s Kurdish region. In a statement, Iraq’s Higher Committee said the offices of the anti-Iran groups were evacuated and that they were disarmed and relocated to areas away from the border. It said the […]...
NEW YORK (AA) – Türkiye will have an opportunity to “build a new world” with steps taken on Iraq’s Development Road Project linking southern Iraq to its neighbor Türkiye, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday. Speaking at the Concordia summit in New York, where he is taking part in UN General Assembly meetings, President [&h...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran said Saturday its security forces had arrested a cell of “counter-revolutionaries” who entered the country from northern Iraq’s Kurdish region. The cell “affiliated with counter-revolutionary groups” planned to “foment chaos and prepare media propaganda,” Mehdi Ramezani, deputy gover...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein is expected to visit Tehran on Wednesday as a September 19 deadline for Baghdad to disarm Kurdish armed groups looms. Bilateral relations and regional and international issues will be discussed during the visit, with the focus primarily on a recent security agreement between the two sides...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 16 people, mostly Iranian pilgrims, were killed in a road accident in northern Iraq, health authorities said on Saturday. Thirteen other people were seriously injured in the accident, Khaled Burhan, director of health services in Salaheddin province, told the state news agency INA. He said the accident took place when [&...
