At the height of the migration crisis which hit Europe in 2015, a photograph circulated in social media showing a lone policeman standing arms across trying to block a country-road near the Austrian border while hundreds of migrants passed by him on both sides of the road. For me this picture was paradigmatic of the […]

Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they have fired a ballistic missile targeting the Saudi royal palace in Riyadh. Saudi air defenses said they had intercepted a ballistic missile over Riyadh, al-Arabiya reported in a news flash quoting a Saudi-led military coalition. The Houthi movement’s al-Masirah TV reported that its fighters had fired a Burkan-2 missile at […]

A UN Security Council resolution calling for the withdrawal of Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem (al-Quds) as Israel’s capital has been backed by every council member except the U.S., which used its veto. The unanimity of the rest of the council was a stark rebuke to the Trump administration over its unilateral move earlier this […]

TEHRAN– Angry protesters have reportedly torched offices of the five main political parties around the region including Barzani’s Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Sulaymaniyah province. Iraqi Kurdish news outlets report that the protests in Iraqi Kurdistan region entered second day with dozens of protesters injured. While the situation in the capital Erbil is reported to […]

TEHRAN – Yemen has announced the launch of a ballistic missile targeting Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, according to a statement by the Yemen’s force’s spokesman on Twitter. The missile launched by the Yemeni forces targeted the Riyadh Royal Palace. The official Spokesman of Ansarallah Mohamed Abd Al-Salam confirmed that they have fired a Burkan 2-H missile at […]

The Palestinian Foreign Minister has called for an emergency United Nations General Assembly meeting after Washington vetoed a UNSC resolution aimed at annulling US President Donald Trump’s move to recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s capital. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki made the announcement on Monday, while noting that the US will not be able to veto the […]

US President Donald Trump’s new National Security Strategy that he unveiled on Monday abandons the rhetoric of constructive cooperation for a policy of rivalry and potential confrontation with Russia and China, analysts told. Trump announced on Monday a new National Security Strategy (NSS) in which the United States would pursue a “great partnership” with China […]

President Bashar al-Assad said that the war on terrorism will only end when the last terrorist in Syria is eliminated, affirming that significant strides have been made in the war on terror by eliminating the main hotbeds of ISIL. In a statement to journalists on Monday after a meeting with a Russian official and economic […]

At a meeting with Iran’s new ambassador to France, the French president called for continuation of the JCPOA and constructive relations with Iran. At a meeting with French president at Elysee Palace on Monday, Iran’s new ambassador to France Abolghassem Delfi submitted his credentials and talked about the relations between the two countries and developments […]

US ambassador says Trump would have vetoed resolution in 2016 that called settlement building a ‘flagrant violation’ of international law. The United States has said it will not “make the same mistake again” by allowing the UN to pass resolutions critical of Israel, and would exercise its veto on any future condemnation of Israel’s illegal […]