DOHA (AA) – Qatar will provide $75 million in humanitarian aid to the Syrian people, said the country’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday. “Qatar will contribute $75 million to support humanitarian efforts and interventions for the benefit of the brotherly Syrian people,” Qatari Minister of State for International Cooperation Lolwah Rash...
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 […]
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has confirmed seizing a container ship belonging to an Israeli businessman near the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between the arch-foes. The ship named MSC Aries was seized by the marine unit of the IRGC in a special heliborne operation, state-run news agency IRNA ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army on Friday night bombed an Assad regime arms depot in southern Syria, it announced. “Overnight, in response to launches from Syria toward the southern Golan Heights which didn’t cross into Israeli territory, IDF (Israeli army) artillery struck the area of the fire, and fighter jets struck a weapons storage [&he...
GENEVA (AA) – Many Syrians who fled their country’s war face gross human rights violations and abuses on their return home, a report by the UN Human Rights Office has shown. “This report paints an alarming picture of the suffering of returnees, in particular women, amid the increasing number of deportations of Syrians from other [&hellip...
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...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel has attacked more than 50 Hezbollah targets in Syria and 3,400 in Lebanon since its war on Gaza began in October, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said Saturday. “Since the beginning of the war, we have attacked, from the ground and air, more than 50 such targets of Hezbollah spread […]
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.” […...
