The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently announced it has suspended sales of arms and ammunition to the United Arab Emirates. The ministry had expressed concern that these arms could be used in Yemen resulting in an intensification of the humanitarian crisis that has engulfed the country since the outbreak of the war in 2015. […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said here on Thursday that preserving the international agreement on Iran’s nuclear program was important, as failure of the deal would send “an alarming message for the entire international security architecture.” Speaking at the Security Council, Lavrov said the overwhelming majority of the international community recognizes that the 2015 agreement […]

Philip Murphy, the former U.S. Ambassador to Germany, will be sworn in as New Jersey governor on Tuesday. In an interview, he attacks Donald Trump and his political style. But he also strikes an optimistic note, saying: “We’ll get through it.” He has disparaged other countries as “shitholes,” he decries his critics as “liars” and […]

TEHRAN  – Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said that during a meeting he had with Pakistan’s Minister of Defense Production, the two side called for enhancing regional cooperation to counter interfering policies of certain trans-regional powers. Speaking after the meeting on Wednesday, the Iranian defense minister said he and the Pakistani official, Rana […]

TEHRAN – Turkey said on Wednesday it would not hesitate to take action in Syria’s Afrin district and other areas unless the United States withdrew support for a Kurdish-led force there, but Washington denied such plans and said “some people misspoke”. Turkish President Erdogan has repeatedly warned of an imminent incursion in Afrin after Washington […]

TEHRAN – French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Theresa May will announce a new treaty on how to handle migrants hoping to head to Britain, the French presidency said Wednesday. The treaty, set to be announced at a summit in London on Thursday, will “complete the Le Touquet accord”, Macron’s office said in […]

TEHRAN – Yemeni forces launched a missile attack against an operations center of the Saudi military in the kingdom’s border province of Najran. The missile command of the Yemeni army fired a Qaher M2 missile at the center, the Arabic-language Al-Manar television network reported. The missile hit the center, located in the Khadhra crossing point […]

TEHRAN – Turkey will never accept a force in Syria led by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a group dominated by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the chief of NATO on Jan. 16. The phone conversation followed a recent decision by the United States to form a border protection […]

At least three Saudi-led troops have been killed over the past 24 hours during retaliatory military operations by Yemeni armed forces. In the latest incident, an Emirati slider, Abdullah al-Hosani, was killed on Thursday, the UAE’s official WAM news agency reported, citing the general command of the country’s armed forces. The report did not mention […]

TEHRAN – An Emirati soldier has been killed in Yemen, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) military announced Thursday. The General Command of the UAE Armed Forces announced the death of soldier Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah al-Hosani, the official Emirates News Agency (ENA) reported. Al-Hosani was reportedly killed while taking part in operations being conducted in Yemen […]