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Hezbollah chief: President Assad ordered downing of Israeli F-16 fighter 17 Feb 2018

Hezbollah chief: President Assad ordered downing of Israeli F-16 fighter

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a speech in Beirut on Friday said that the United States is seeking to plunder the Syrian oil and gas in East Euphrates. He said the Trump administration is not ashamed to clearly announce that it is seeking to robe oil and gas riches in the Middle East […]

“U.S. sees own interests as benchmark for good, evil” 16 Feb 2018

“U.S. sees own interests as benchmark for good, evil”

TEHRAN – A political analyst has blasted the U.S.’ double-standard policies towards Iran, saying the White House regards its own interests as a barometer of good and evil. Political commentator Yadollah Javani has, in an article published on the Persian-language Basirat news website, weighed in on Washington’s double standards vis-à-vis Iran and Iranian people. The […]

16 Feb 2018

Gaza’s only power plant stops working over fuel shortage

The sole electricity plant in the Gaza Strip has stopped working because of a lack of fuel as concerns grow over worsening humanitarian conditions in the besieged Palestinian enclave. Mohammed Thabet, spokesman for Gaza’s energy distribution company, said on Thursday that it was informed by the energy authority that the power station had stopped functioning […]

16 Feb 2018

Russia says five of its citizens may have been killed by US warplanes in Syria

Moscow says five Russian citizens may have been killed in recent attacks by US warplanes on pro-government forces in the eastern Syrian province of Dayr al-Zawr. Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, emphasized in a briefing in the capital Moscow on Thursday that the five victims weren’t Russian servicemen. “According to preliminary information, five […]

US in Afghanistan because its main rivals are in neighborhood: Karzai 16 Feb 2018

US in Afghanistan because its main rivals are in neighborhood: Karzai

The United States is not in Afghanistan to defeat the Taliban but because America’s main rivals like China, Russia and Iran are in the neighborhood, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai says. Karzai, 60, made the remarks in an interview with The Washington Post’s Pamela Constable who’s the newspaper’s bureau chief in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The interview […]

Giant London glasshouse to reopen with world’s rarest plants 15 Feb 2018

Giant London glasshouse to reopen with world’s rarest plants

A gleaming monument to the ambition and creativity of its age, the world’s largest Victorian glasshouse will once again welcome visitors to see some of the world’s rarest plants following a lengthy facelift. “Temperate House” in London’s Kew Gardens is large enough to house three jumbo jets, and was home to around 1,000 species of […]

German government plays down ‘free transport’ plan 15 Feb 2018

German government plays down ‘free transport’ plan

The German government on Wednesday sought to play down plans to introduce free public transport, a day after the radical proposal to fight air pollution made headlines around the world. The measure was one of several proposed in a recent letter Berlin sent to EU Environment Commissioner Karmenu Vella as Germany scrambles to avoid big […]

Iranian tank ‘Karrar’ ready for use in ground forces 14 Feb 2018

Iranian tank ‘Karrar’ ready for use in ground forces

 Commander of Iran’s Army Ground Force Brigadier General Kioomars Heidari said contracts to use Iranian homegrown military tank Karrar are ready to be delivered to the Iranian armed forces. Commander Heidari underlined that Karar tank is one of the unique products that have been contracted by the Army to be delivered to the factories for mass […]

Hezbollah al-Nujaba has an important mission in Syria 14 Feb 2018

Hezbollah al-Nujaba has an important mission in Syria

DEBKAfile, Israeli military intelligence website based in Jerusalem, said “Hezbollah al-Nujaba, backed by Moscow and Tehran, pursues an important mission in Syria”.‌ According to the report of Hezbollah al-Nujaba Media and Relations office, the Zionist website “DEBKAfile”, affiliated with the Israeli army Intelligence Agency, in a report dealt with the role of the Resistance groups […]

US acts in Syria constitute threat on Syria’ territorial integrity 14 Feb 2018

US acts in Syria constitute threat on Syria’ territorial integrity

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the unilateral acts of the USA constitute a threat on Syria’s territorial integrity. During a press conference with his Belgian counterpart Didier Reynders held in Moscow Tuesday, Lavrov said that the USA, which has troops in Syria without getting any official invitation, adding that the US Secretary of […]