TEHRAN  – Russia’s military said Tuesday that Syrian troops have retaken about 85 percent of the territory once controlled by Takfiri militants. “To date, 85 percent of Syria’s territory has been cleared of the militants of illegal armed groups,” Alexander Lapin, chief of staff of the Russian military contingent in Syria, said, Ria Novosti reported. […]

TEHRAN  – Myanmar’s national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, facing outrage over ethnic violence that has forced about 370,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, will not attend the upcoming UN General Assembly session in New York, a party spokesman said on Wednesday. The crisis over the security forces’ fierce response to a series of […]

TEHRAN – Referring to the role of Saudi Arabia and Israel in ongoing massacre against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Bankok- based geopolitical researcher Anthony Cartalucci believes these Washington proxies are paving the way for the US military presence on the China borders. Myanmar’s population is overwhelmingly Buddhist and there is widespread hatred against the Rohingya […]

TEHRAN – Former French Foreign Minister Hubert Védrine told Iran’s Velayati that he believes Iran is committed to the nuclear deal of July 14, 2015, known as the JCPOA. “We are currently at a special phase of history, an the agreement signed in 2015 is of high value but the Americans are after undermining it,” […]

TEHRAN – The Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation said in a statement that Russia and Turkey had reached an agreement on Russian S-400 missile systems deliveries to Turkey. Moscow and Ankara reached an agreement on the delivery of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to Turkey and signed a contract, the cooperation said on Tuesday. Turkish […]

TEHRAN  – More than three-quarters of children and young adults trying to migrate to Europe via the Mediterranean are victims of abuse on the dangerous journey, UN agencies said in a report published Tuesday. Children’s rights agency UNICEF and the International Organization for Migration said young migrants coming from sub-Saharan Africa were particularly at risk […]

TEHRAN  – Syria’s army and its allies continued to make gains in their battle against Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorists in Homs, managing to seize control of more areas in the central province. Syrian forces on Monday stepped up their attack against Daesh militants in the eastern countryside of Homs, expanding their control in the […]

TEHRAN – The United Nations Security Council passed a new round of sanctions in retaliation for North Korea’s most powerful nuclear test every conducted on September 3. The resolution bans Pyongyang from exporting textiles while capping how much crude oil and refined petroleum products can be imported. Natural gas condensates and liquids are also included […]

TEHRAN – US columnist Stephen Lendman says that “Suu Kyi is a fraud and a US- Western darling.” “She reminds me in some ways of Mother Theresa, more myth than ‘saint of the gutters’”, Lendman tells the Mehr News. Following is the text of the interview: Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar are in a disastrous situation. […]

CARACAS – A clash between Venezuelan army troops and an armed group left 11 people dead in Tumeremo, a town in southern Bolivar state, prosecutors said on Monday. The clash took place at 11:00 a.m. (1500 GMT) Sunday when the troops “were patrolling the area due to the presence of members of an armed organization,” […]