Protesters in Iraq. (AFP) Popular protests have been sweeping the southern region of Iraq’s Basra since July 8. The people have been demanding better services and an end to rampant corruption that has deprived them of the revenues of this … Read More
A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency on July 22, 2018 shows President Hassan Rouhani attending a meeting with foreign ministry officials in Tehran. (Photo: -, AFP/Getty Images) Trump was responding to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who had said … Read More
Getty-Reuters An Iranian special forces commander has warned President Donald Trump if the US attacks Iran it “will destroy all that you possess”. Major General Qassem Soleimani vowed that if Mr Trump started a war, the Islamic Republic would end … Read More
Iran hit back on Tuesday morning after an angry warning from President Trump. Mr. Trump said in a Sunday tweet that Iranian President Hasan Rouhani would “SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE,” if he threatens … Read More
Comments about Jews by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas triggered global condemnation – YURI KOCHETKOV (POOL/AFP/File) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday defiantly vowed to continue make welfare payments to convicted terrorists and their families, even if it costs his government … Read More
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani listens to a question during a press conference in New York on September 20, 2017, on the sideline of the 72nd Session of the United Nations General assembly –Jewel SAMAD (AFP) Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani warned … Read More
“Americans should know that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace,” Rouhani told a group of diplomats in the Iranian capital, Tehran. “Likewise a war would be the mother of all wars.” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned the … Read More
Israel’s coordination with Russia and Jordan in solving the Syria crisis makes it an indirect partner of the Assad regime, one that it won’t try to topple. A fire on the Syrian side of the Quneitra crossing in the Golan, … Read More
Small-scale attacks in remote areas raise fears of a new cycle of insurgency. The Islamic State is creeping back into parts of central Iraq just seven months after the government declared victory in the war against the group, embarking on … Read More
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C) sits between President Hassan Rouhani (R) and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) during a meeting in Tehran, in a photo released by Khamenei’s office on July 15, 2018 HO (KHAMENEI.IR/AFP) Under the 2015 … Read More