Iran fires more than a dozen rockets at Iraq’s Ain al-Asad military base and targets Erbil facility. Iran has launched a series of missile attacks on US facilities in Iraq, days after the United States assassinated top Iranian [ More … ]
Burial reported postponed after local official says at least 50 people have been killed during procession in Kerman A crush at the funeral procession of Qassem Soleimani in his hometown of Kerman on Tuesday has [ More … ]
US president says sites ‘will be hit very fast and very hard’ if Iran takes revenge for Soleimani assassination US President Donald Trump threatened that 52 “high level” Iranian targets “will be hit very fast” [ More … ]
Iran’s Qassem Soleimani killed in US air raid at Baghdad airport Pre-dawn raid also killed Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in a major escalation of regional tensions. Khamenei warns of harsh revenge Iran’s Supreme [ More … ]
US President says Turkey is working to ensure civilians are not killed as Syrian forces, backed by allies, pound region US President Donald Trump has warned Syria, Russia and Iran against killing civilians as they [ More … ]
Unity of Islamic world is crucial in solving the Muslim communities’ problems and the quadripartite summit with Malaysia, Qatar and Iran shows the intention to achieve that end, Erdogan said Turkey will continue its cooperation [ More … ]
At least 28 people have reportedly been shot dead by security forces across Iraq as protesters torched the Iranian embassy in the southern city of Najaf. A curfew was imposed in the city following the [ More … ]
Iran’s interior minister says hundreds of banks and government sites were torched by protesters, estimated at up to 200,000 people who have taken part in nationwide disturbances sparked by a hike in petrol prices while [ More … ]
Tel Aviv said it carried out dozens of strikes against the Iranian elite Quds’ Force and the Syrian military near Damascus, allegedly in response to four rockets fired at Israel on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Israeli defense [ More … ]
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed ‘Iran’s enemies’ and ‘hooligans’ for the unrest as officer reported killed in western Iran. He said ‘all the centres of the world’s wickedness against us have cheered’ the unrest. Iran’s Supreme [ More … ]
Suspected rocket attack damages Iranian vessel causing an oil leak off Saudi Arabia’s port city of Jeddah. An Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea was hit by two suspected rockets on Friday off the [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia has sent messages to Iran’s president, according to Tehran. Iranian government spokesman said messages were presented to Rouhani from leaders of some countries. Also, an official in Iraqi PM’s office confirms Baghdad has [ More … ]
The US will send reinforcements to the Middle East following the attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. The Pentagon said on Friday that the US will deploy additional troops and military equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab [ More … ]
An attack on Saudi Arabia that shut 5% of global crude output triggered the biggest surge in oil prices since 1991, after U.S. officials blamed Iran and President Donald Trump said Washington was “locked and [ More … ]
Close to half of the kingdom’s daily oil output has been impacted by Saturday’s drone attacks, sources say. Yemen‘s Iran-aligned Houthi group on Saturday attacked two plants at the heart of Saudi Arabia‘s oil industry, including the world’s [ More … ]
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