Middle East

Raghad Saddam Hussein, the daughter of former Iraqi dictator, has described the late Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh as a “martyr”.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the US president's plan to declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel is a "red line" for Muslims and could see him breaking off diplomatic relations with Tel Aviv.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says it is regrettable that certain regional states overtly express their ‘unpleasant’ ties with the Zionist regime of Israel.

Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani says calls for disbanding Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) indicate a new plot aimed at bringing back insecurity to the Middle East.

The Chief-Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari has hailed the foiling of a plot against the Houthi Ansarullah movement.

Turkey has expressed condolences over the death of an Iranian border guard reportedly killed by PKK terrorists, and vowed to pursue the issue, Iran’s foreign ministry says.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the US government has been informed of the Islamic Republic’s objection to the murder of the 25-year-old Iranian national, Bijan Ghaisar, in the US.

A media advisor to the Yemeni Supreme Political Council, Ahmed al-Habishi, says former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed in an area controlled by the UAE air force.

Yemen’s Interior Ministry has confirmed earlier reports of the death of Ali Abdullah Saleh, the former Yemeni president, amid clashes between his loyalists and Houthi Ansarullah movement.

Iran will send a delegation to Saudi Arabia to prepare the grounds for the Iranian pilgrims’ presence in the next year’s Hajj.

Iran has dismissed a report by Xinhua which claimed the Iranian embassy in the Yemeni capital Sana’a has been attacked and set ablaze during clashes between the Houthis and loyalists of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

In appreciation of their sacrifices, a group wedding ceremony was held for hundreds of wounded Syrian army forces in the eastern city of Latakia amidst huge popular and official presence.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has urged all Yemeni groups to settle their internal differences through dialogue.

Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Yemen says some of the leaders of Yemen’s General People Congress Party are now in certain regional capitals including Riyadh, Cairo and Amman for direct contacts with their governments over Yemen’s future.

A high-ranking official with Yemen’s Ansarullah movement says the missile fired by Yemenis at Abu Dhabi was a response to the UAE’s efforts to destroy Yemen’s internal front.

Ali Akbar Velayati, an international adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution, says the role of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has been very effective in strengthening Islamic movements.

The Houthi Ansarullah group says it has fired a cruise missile towards a nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

An Iranian newspaper has harshly criticized Saudi Arabia for forming an alliance which ostensibly seeks to fight terror, but in reality does nothing but confronting countries like Iran.

A top advisor to Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has called on the kingdom’s cyber army to launch a new campaign to support Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and represent Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement as Iran’s proxy, said a Saudi whistle-blower known as Mujtahid.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has rejected the allegations of a serious argument between Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Saudi counterpart Adel al-Jubeir in Italy.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says all Muslim countries must stand together and be united, stressing that the Islamic Republic will always help Muslims throughout the region.

The leader of Yemen's popular Houthi Ansarullah movement, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, has urged dialog toward the resolution of standing differences with former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and the forces loyal to him.

Senior political analyst Seyyed Hossein Mousavian says the US, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are forming an alliance to counter Iran in the region.

Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the Secretary General of the Arab League, says Arab countries are prepared to hold negotiation with Iran provided that the Islamic Republic ‘changes its behaviours’.

Leader of Houthi Ansarullah Movement says Yemenis were shocked by a pro-Israel fatwa (religious decree) issued by a Saudi Mufti, which stands in stark violation of true Islamic principles.