n Wednesday, the Iraqi parliament voted on the emergency support for the Emergency Law for Food Security. A parliamentary source said. The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hakim Al-Zamili, considered the voting “a victory for the rights of the poor.” “We will follow up on the mechanism of disbursing the …
Read More »Prominent ISIS leader arrested in Kirkuk
Al-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) announced on Wednesday arresting a prominent ISIS terrorist in Kirkuk. The PMF said in a statement that the arrestee who worked at the “Nineveh state” comes from a terrorist family and has three brothers belonging to the terrorist organization; the first is the commander of the Bartala …
Read More »Three terrorists arrested in Baghdad
The spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, Ma. Gen Yahya Rasool, announced arresting three ISIS terrorists in Baghdad. Rasool said in a statement today that the Counter-Terrorism service managed, in cooperation with al-Sulaymaniyah’s Asayish forces, to arrest the perpetrators. In addition, another terrorist who had important information was …
Read More »Framework, Al-Azm, PUK call to confront what threatens stability in the country
The Coordination Framework, the Al-Azm Alliance and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan agreed on the importance of coordination to confront what they described as “plans” that threaten the stability. In a statement, the Framework said it met with this evening with Al-Azm headed by Representative Muthanna Al-Samarrai and the Patriotic …
Read More »Turkish military convoy enters Syrian territory: Sources
A Turkish military convoy has reportedly crossed the common border into Syria, ignoring repeated warnings by Damascus for Ankara to respect the country’s territorial integrity. The Turkish convoy, the second one to enter the Arab country within the space of a week, made its way into the Syrian territory through …
Read More »UN: Israeli occupation, discrimination against Palestinians fuel cycles of violence
A high-level team of United Nations investigators has said the Israeli regime’s occupation and discrimination against Palestinians are the main causes of the endless cycles of violence across the Occupied Territories. The team, appointed last year by the United Nations Human Rights Council to probe “all underlying root causes” of …
Read More »Syrian, Russian fighter jets stage joint air patrol over occupied Golan Heights
Russian and Syrian fighter jets have conducted a joint aerial patrol over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and participated in real combat conditions against mock enemy warplanes and unmanned military aircraft. Syria’s official news agency SANA said the mission involved Russia’s Sukhoi Su-24, Su-34 and Su-35 twin-engine fighter bombers, besides six …
Read More »US faces ‘unacceptable levels of inflation’: Treasury secretary
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has told senators the United States faces “unacceptable levels of inflation” and an appropriate budgetary stance is needed to help reduce inflationary pressures without damaging the economy. According to Press TV, Yellen on Tuesday told the Senate Finance Committee that President Joe Biden’s proposed spending …
Read More »US Senate Democrats claim getting closer to gun violence compromise
Democrats in the US Senate claimed on Tuesday they were encouraged by talks with Republicans on firearms legislation but warned that any compromise would fall well short of all the steps they say are needed to curb gun violence. “Every day we get closer to an agreement, not farther away,” …
Read More »US, allies’ warplanes buzz Korean Peninsula in show of force against North Korea
The United States, South Korea and Japan have flown warplanes over waters surrounding the Korean Peninsula in a show of force against North Korea that is reportedly planning another nuclear test. On Tuesday, four US F-16 fighter jets flew in formation with 16 South Korean planes, including F-35A stealth fighters, …
Read More »NATO says doesn’t guarantee non-deployment of nuclear weapons in Finland, Sweden
The US-led NATO alliance says it does not guarantee Russia that it will not deploy nuclear weapons on the territories of its two prospective new members, Finland and Sweden. According to Press TV, in an interview, NATO’s Deputy Secretary-General Camille Grand said it is up to the individual countries whether …
Read More »Call for action on Islamophobia as Canada Muslims remember Afzaal family killing
Muslim community leaders in Canada have renewed demands from the government to deal with Islamophobia a year after four members of a Muslim family were killed in a terrorist hate attack. They met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and lawmakers in the capital, Ottawa, on Monday to call for meaningful measures …
Read More »About 70 percent of British Muslims report anti-Muslim behavior in workplace
Seven out of 10 Muslims in the UK say they have experienced some form of anti-Islamic treatment in their workplace, a recent poll shows. According to a poll conducted by the Savanta ComRes, anti-Islamic behavior in Europe and in the UK has increased in recent years. The survey found that …
Read More »The judiciary reveals the results of serious investigations with “media professionals and legal experts” .. and warns
The Supreme Judicial Council revealed the results of serious investigations with media professionals and legal experts. In a statement, Al-Ghadeer received a copy of it, he explained, “The Karkh First Investigation Court conducted an investigation into a case related to the deliberate insult to the judicial institution in order to …
Read More »The Iraqi Special Operations Forces announces the killing of a terrorist in the Qara Jogh mountains
Today, Tuesday, Iraqi Special Operations Forces the killing of a terrorist and the discovery of weapons in the Qara Jogh mountains. The spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasoul, said in a statement that Al-Ghadeer received a copy of it that “a security force from …
Read More »EU commissioner: Talks on Turkey’s accession to EU stalled
EU Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi says negotiations on Turkey’s accession to the European Union have been stalled since Ankara has failed to comply with the bloc’s standards on human rights. “Turkey has continued to move away from the EU, this is why accession negotiations with Turkey remain …
Read More »Aqsa Mosque director: Israeli violations will lead to uncontrollable explosion
The director of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound says Israel’s unrelenting violations at the holy site will lead to what he has termed uncontrollable explosion. In a statement released on Sunday, Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani said the occupying regime has been desperately attempting to alter the status quo of the holy site by encouraging …
Read More »Street fighting rages as Russia pushes to capture Severodonetsk in Donbas
Fierce street fighting rages in Ukraine’s strategic city of Severodonetsk, as Russia is pushing to completely bring the eastern Donbas region under its control. “The situation is changing every hour, but at the same time there’s enough forces and resources to repel attacks,” Severodonetsk mayor Oleksandr Striuk said, pledging that …
Read More »Russia’s FM says decision by 3 European states to block his plane ‘unprecedented’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has condemned as an “outrageous action” the decision by three eastern European countries to block his plane, saying the move was “unprecedented” and “unthinkable.” As a result of waves of tough sanctions against Moscow over its “special military operation” in Ukraine that has begun on …
Read More »UK’s Johnson faces confidence vote as MPs seek his ouster over Partygate scandal
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a confidence vote in his leadership of the ruling Conservative Party on Monday after several lawmakers submitters letters expressing dissatisfaction with his leadership in the wake of the Partygate scandal. “The threshold of 15 percent (54 lawmakers) of the parliamentary party seeking a …
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