Middle East
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Palestinian journalist loses one eye by targeted Israeli shot
Jan 20, 2020 00:30A Palestinian photo-journalist lost his sight in one eye after being directly shot by a rubber bullet fired by the Israeli regime's troops, local media in Jordan reported quoting hospital sources as saying.
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Security forces in Beirut ready for more violence, after severe clashes
Jan 19, 2020 21:18At least 377 people were injured in Saturday's clashes, according to the Red Cross and the Lebanese Civil Defense when security forces used tear gas and water cannon to disperse crowds of anti-government protesters in Beirut.
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Yemenis condemn US assassination of Lt. Gen. Soleimani
Jan 19, 2020 05:56Protesters in al-Hadidah, the capital of the al-Hadidah province, west of Yemen demonstrated on Saturday against the US President Donald Trump's terrorist act in assassination of Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani, Commander of the IRGC Corps Quds Force.
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Yemenis target Saudi mercenaries' positions in Marb
Jan 19, 2020 00:01Yemeni army and popular committees on Saturday night targeted the positions of Saudi mercenaries in the central province of Marb with a ballistic missile, in response to the crimes of the Saudi coalition in Yemen.
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"20,000 Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists active in Syria's Idlib"
Jan 18, 2020 23:16A top Russian military commander in Syria said on Saturday that more than 20,000 "Jabhat al-Nusra" terrorists are present in northern Syria's Idlib province, voicing concern over the movements of terrorists.
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Anti-government protests turn violent in Beirut
Jan 18, 2020 20:45Dozens of people were injured in central Beirut on Saturday in renewed violence between anti-government protesters and Lebanese security forces.
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New photos reveal the extent of destruction inside Ain al-Assad airbase
Jan 18, 2020 17:05Various media outlets have reported the extent of destruction of the US airbase at Ain al-Assad in western Iraq, which was completely devastated by a barrage of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) missiles in the early hours of Wednesday morning 8 January.
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First Iranian specialist goods exhibition held in Sulaymaniyah, in northern Iraq
Jan 18, 2020 12:34Iran's first specialist goods exhibition was held on 16 January, in Sulaymaniyah, in the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
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Syrian Army targets terrorist positions in Aleppo and Idlib
Jan 18, 2020 12:00Dozens of terrorists were killed or injured, and their rocket launching pads were destroyed in Aleppo and Idlib provinces by precise artillery and rocket strikes by the Syrian Army.
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Don’t politicize Ukraine plane crash tragedy: Zarif
Jan 17, 2020 23:40Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif has warned against turning the Ukrainian plane crash in Iran into a political issue, calling for the attention being paid to the bereaved families of the victims.