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French FM to visit Iran next week 27 Feb 2018

French FM to visit Iran next week

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will visit Iran next week, British Broadcasting Corporation quoted an informed source as saying. The trip was scheduled to take place in January 2018 but it was postponed for some reasons, the report added. In the course of his visit to Iran, French Foreign Minister Le Drian will inaugurate […]

Iran won’t give in to modification of JCPOA: Hossein Askari 26 Feb 2018

Iran won’t give in to modification of JCPOA: Hossein Askari

Professor Hossein Askari, an expert on Saudi Arabia who also teaches international business at the George Washington University, strongly believes that Iran should not agree to “any modification” of its nuclear deal. In a recent interview with the Tehran Times, Professor Askari said “for any accord to be modified, you need the agreement of all […]

UN cease-fire in Syria not to affect Turkey’s Afrin op. 26 Feb 2018

UN cease-fire in Syria not to affect Turkey’s Afrin op.

“When we look at the UN Security Council resolution, we see that fight against terror organizations is outside its scope. Therefore, it will not affect Turkey’s ongoing operation,” Bozdag told reporters in central Yozgat province. Turkey on Jan. 20 launched Operation Olive Branch to remove YPG/PKK  from Afrin, northwestern Syria. The UN Security Council on […]

UN expected to vote on Iran for alleged arms violation 26 Feb 2018

UN expected to vote on Iran for alleged arms violation

TEHRAN – The UN Security Council is expected to vote on Monday on a British-drafted resolution that would condemn Iran for allegedly violating a UN arms embargo against Yemen. The resolution claims that has Iran has been providing missiles and drones to Houthi fighters in Yemen. “We are still working on the text, but the […]

Dozens civilians killed in US-led coalition’s strikes in Syria 26 Feb 2018

Dozens civilians killed in US-led coalition’s strikes in Syria

Air strikes conducted by the US-led coalition on settlements in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province have killed 29 civilians, local media reported citing sources. The SANA news agency reported Sunday that the airstrikes targeted the villages of al-Sha’afa and Dharat Allouni in the Deir ez-Zor province. Dozens of people were injured in the attack, the news […]

UNSC to vote on British-drafted resolution on Yemen tomorrow 25 Feb 2018

UNSC to vote on British-drafted resolution on Yemen tomorrow

Under pressure from western powers, the UN Security Council is going to vote on Yemen and condemn Iran for alleged violating a UN arms embargo. Britain drafted the resolution in consultation with the United States and France. Russian has already declared its opposition to the drafted resolution. UN envoy Vassily Nebenzia has said that the […]

UNSC unanimously votes in favor of Syria ceasefire resolution 25 Feb 2018

UNSC unanimously votes in favor of Syria ceasefire resolution

The United Nations Security Council unanimously votes in favor of a resolution demanding a 30-day truce in Syria ‘without delay’ to allow aid access and medical evacuations. The resolution was adopted on by 15 votes to none,  after several delays and a flurry of last-minute negotiations. “It would be naïve to think that internal Syrian […]

Qatar’s deputy PM, FM highly regards talks with Iran 25 Feb 2018

Qatar’s deputy PM, FM highly regards talks with Iran

Mohammad bin Abdularahman bin Jasim Al-Thani says dialogue with Iran is necessary, adding Iran is a reality in the region. Qatari deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs made the remarks in an interview with the French Le Figaro, adding that the regional talks should be conducted in a civilized way, with respect to […]

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah hails al-Musawi’s school in S Lebanon 24 Feb 2018

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah hails al-Musawi’s school in S Lebanon

 At a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of opening of the Imam al-Mahdi School in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah hailed the event. Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah described the founding of the Imam al-Mahdi School in southern Lebanon as a turning point in the history of the southern Lebanon. […]

Terrorists in Eastern Ghouta use civilians as human shields 24 Feb 2018

Terrorists in Eastern Ghouta use civilians as human shields

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the root of the problems in the Eastern Ghouta is the presence of Jabhat al-Nusra use civilians as human shields and claim that humanitarian conditions are bad there. In a press conference with his Uzbek counterpart Abdulaziz Kamilov on Friday, Lavrov said that the terrorists use civilians in […]