Middle East

Saudi-led coalition forces continued to violate the ceasefire agreement in Hodeidah province, while the air forces launched 36 raids on six provinces in the past 24 hours, a security official told Saba News Agency on Saturday. The official explained that the forces of aggression committed 107 breaches, including flying of …

The Turkish government has informed Iraq and countries of the world of lifting travel restrictions related to entry and exit of citizens of all countries through air, land, and seaports. The Iraqi ambassador to Ankara informed the Iraqi government that Turkey has lifted travel restrictions on entry and exit of …

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep shock late Friday at the discovery of mass graves in Libyan territory recently recaptured from forces commanded by Khalifa Hifter and called for a transparent investigation. The U.N. chief also called on Libya’s U.N.-supported government to secure the mass graves, identify the victims, establish …

US occupation forces are going ahead with looting oil and gas fields in Syria. SANA news agency reported on Friday that US occupation forces stole a convoy loaded with dozens of tanks and tankers of fuel material heading from the Al-Jazeera region towards the Iraqi lands. The news agency quoted …

Turkey fiercely criticised Twitter on Friday for suspending more than 7,000 accounts that supported President Tayyip Erdogan, saying the company was smearing the government and trying to redesign Turkish politics. Twitter said it was taking down 7,340 accounts from a network detected early in 2020 that it said was being …

The United Nations will be forced to suspend three quarters of the medical aid programs it supports in war-torn Yemen unless emergency funding is secured soon, the spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has warned. Currently, 41 such programs are running in the Middle Eastern nation, where …

The Chinese foreign minister stressed that Beijing is guarding the credibility of the UN Security Council resolutions and the nuclear agreement and will not agree to US measures in an attempt to extend the arms embargo on Iran. The Chinese Representative Office at the United Nations announced on its Twitter …

The death toll from the sinking of a boat carrying migrants off the Tunisian coast has risen to 54 as more bodies were recovered during the search operations. The boat, heading for Italy’s coast on Saturday, sank off the Tunisian city of Sfax. Tunisian search teams recovered the bodies of …

Iranian transport and urban development minister announced that Iran and Iraq have reached a deal on building a 354-kilometer highway between the two countries, Press TV reported. Mohammad Eslami said that the long highway connecting the city of Mehran on the western Iranian border to the holy city of Najaf …

Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in cities across Lebanon amid escalating protests as the country faces a collapse in its currency. Anger has surged as the Lebanese pound tumbled to record lows, having lost 70% of its value since October. The prime minister has called an emergency …

Iran has criticized the United States and some other countries for seeking to undermine the mechanisms and procedures of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s reports on Tehran’s nuclear activities. Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the international organizations in Vienna Kazem Gharibabadi, in an Instagram post on Friday, lambasted the …

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has welcomed the decree of US President Donald Trump to impose sanctions against officials of the International Criminal Court, AFP reported. “This court is politicized and obsessed with carrying out a headhunt against Israel and the United States as well as other democratic countries that respect …

A Turkish court jailed a U.S. consulate employee for nearly nine years on Thursday for aiding a terrorist organization, a ruling the United States described as deeply disappointing and based on no credible evidence. Metin Topuz’s trial has been a major source of tension between the two NATO allies, which …

Syrian President Bashar Assad announced he had dismissed Prime Minister Imad Khamis on Thursday. Khamis has occupied the role since 2016. “President Assad has issued decree number 143 for the year 2020 which relieves the prime minister Imad Muhammad Dib Khamis of his position,” an official statement from the president …

Turkish Airlines’ planned recommencement of some international flights for June 10th never took off. A failure to secure the necessary permits from the country’s civil aviation authorities resulted in the much-anticipated reboot being pushed back once more. However, starting today, its fully-owned subsidiary AnadoluJet is now able to fly from …

Iran’s judiciary has released information about a CIA and Mossad informant who was recently sentenced to death over his espionage activities. According to the judiciary, Seyed Mahmoud Mousavi Majd supplied the US and Israeli spy agencies with data on the movements of General Qasem Soleimani, who was subsequently assassinated in …

Iraq’s Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein met with Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi on Thursday on the expansion of bilateral cooperation between the two countries. During the meeting, the Iranian ambassador congratulated the formation of the new Iraqi cabinet and the appointment of Fuad Hussein as the Iraqi Foreign Minister, …

Egypt will allow scheduled international flights and foreign tourists to resorts that have been least affected by the coronavirus starting from July 1, the cabinet said. Egypt suspended regular international flights in March and shut down restaurants, hotels, and cafes. Airports remain closed to all but domestic and repatriation flights, …

World Health Organization (WHO) is talking with Saudi Arabia about delaying the Hajj ritual due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. World Health Organization revealed on Wed. that the body is in direct talks with Saudi Arabia to delay Hajj rituals and emphasized that if the Hajj pilgrimage is held, it …

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday despite all pressures and sanctions by the United States, Iran has managed to move forward in the path of development. “The fact that inauguration of different projects continues under the time of sanctions shows that we have continued our path and grown our …