Thursday, January 15, 2026

Middle East

Iran FM: Tehran a close friend to Lebanon in difficult days and times of calm

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian held a meeting with Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun on Friday morning to discuss a range of issues such as the expansion of bilateral ties as well as regional and international developments.

Iran FM says Tehran ready for fifth round of talks with Saudi Arabia

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian says Tehran is ready for the fifth round of talks with Saudi Arabia.

In Lebanon, Iran FM holds talks on bilateral ties, intl. issues

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has visited Lebanon for talks with the country’s officials on issues of bilateral and international significance, with a focus on the expansion of mutual relations in the area of economy and energy.

Iran says looting Syria natural resources violates UN Charter

Iran has condemned looting of Syrians’ natural resources in particular oil and agricultural products in areas occupied by foreign forces. Tehran has warned that such a criminal move is contrary to Syria’s territorial integrity, resolutions of the United Nations Security Council and the UN Charter.

Blinken to visit ME, North Africa to discuss Iran, Russia

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the Middle East and North Africa next week. The top US diplomat will use the trip to coordinate with US allies on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, “Iran’s destabilizing activities”, the Abraham Accords, and efforts to improve Israeli-Palestinian ties.

Iranian FM: US side must adopt a realistic approach in Vienna talks

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has urged the US to adopt a realistic approach in the Vienna talks instead of playing with words and wasting the time.

Iran FM to President Assad: Tehran to continue supporting Syria

The Iranian foreign minister, in a meeting with President Bashar al-Assad of Syrian, has voiced Tehran’s full support for the government and people of Syria. The meeting was held on Wednesday in Damascus.

Khatibzadeh: Iran’s policy on Palestine inexorable

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has said Iran’s policy on the issue of Palestine will never change.

Iranian FM: Iran, Syria on same front

The Iranian foreign minister has said Iran and Syria are on the same front and that the Islamic Republic will continue supporting the Syrian government and people.

Kataeb Hezbollah: Resistance capable of defending Iraqi airspace

Iraq’s Kataeb Hezbollah says resistance groups in the country are capable of defending its airspace, stressing that this gives them deterrence against any airstrikes by the US.

Report: 850 Palestinian children arrested by Israel in 2021

Israeli forces arrested 850 Palestinian children in the occupied al-Quds last year, with 15 of them being put under house arrest, according to a prisoners’ rights advocacy group.

US says fortified Saudi’s Patriot missile supply amid Yemen attacks

Washington has transferred a significant number of Patriot anti-missile interceptors to Saudi Arabia in recent weeks as the Biden administration looks to ease what has been a point of tension in the increasingly complicated US-Saudi relationship.

Output of Saudi oil refinery drops following Yemen attacks

Production at Saudi Arabia’s oil refinery in Yanbu has dropped temporarily following Yemen's drone and missile attacks against the kingdom, the Saudi state news agency SPA said on Sunday.

Yemen envoy: Some Arab states US tools to implement its agenda

The ambassador of Yemen’s national salvation government to Iran has denounced what he called certain regional Arab states’ subservience to the United States. Ibrahim al-Deilami stated that they act to facilitate US plots in the region.

Saudi oil facilities hit by Yemen’s Ansarullah drone attacks

Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has hit oil facilities in southern Saudi Arabia with a barrage of drone attacks.

US says ‘troubled’ by UAE hosting Syria president

Washington is disappointed and troubled by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's visit to the United Arab Emirates and that does not support efforts to ‘legitimise’ him, State Department spokesperson Ned Price says.

Hezbollah denies deploying troops to Ukraine

The leader of Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has denied claims that the group has deployed forces to Ukraine.

Syria’s president visits UAE in first trip since 2011

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has met Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in Dubai, the Syrian presidency announced in a statement. This is Syrian leader's first visit to an Arab state since the war began in 2011.

Yemen demands Saudis take steps before any dialog

Prime Minister of the Yemeni National Salvation Government Abdul Aziz bin Habtour says the Saudi-led coalition must take three steps before Sana'a can agree to attend a meeting in Riyadh to find a solution to the war.

‘Riyadh itself a party to conflict:’ Yemen says no to negotiating in Saudi capital

The Yemeni Ansarullah movement has implicitly declined an offer by the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council to send negotiators to the Saudi capital to resume peace talks for the Saudi-led war on Yemen.

Israeli troops kill 3 Palestinians

Israeli army troops have shot dead a Palestinian teenager and two young men in separate incidents across the occupied territories.

Ambassador: Iran backs talks on Shia coalition in Iraq

Iran’s ambassador in Iraq says Tehran backs talks between the Sadr movement and the Shia Coordination Framework in the country.

Ansarullah Chief: Yemen not to sit idly by in face of economic war

Secretary General of Yemen's Ansarullah Sayyed Abdul-Malik Badreddin Al-Houthi says the movement will not stand idly by in the face of the economic war being waged against the impoverished Arab country.

UN condemns Saudi Arabia mass execution

The United Nations human rights chief has condemned Saudi Arabia's execution of a record 81 people in a single day. Michelle Bachelet has urged the kingdom to stop using the death penalty.

Iran rights body denounces S Arabia’s mass execution, calls for probe

Iran’s High Council for Human Rights has strongly condemned Saudi Arabia’s recent mass execution and called for a thorough investigation.

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