Middle East

At least 52 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been killed and over 2,400 others injured by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip as anger is boiling up in the occupied Palestine over the relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says the US relocation of embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds will not go unpunished and will definitely receive an appropriate response.

Israeli forces killed more than 18 Palestinians and wounded at least 500 others along the Gaza border on Monday, media reports said, as demonstrators streamed to the frontier on the day the United States prepared to open its embassy in Jerusalem (al-Quds).

The Iranian delegation to Astana Talks on Syria has held talks with Russian and Syrian delegations on the latest developments in the war-torn Arab country.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry, in a statement on Sunday, has warned about the consequences of the relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds.

Palestine’s Popular Resistance Committees have threatened to attack Israel in response to the recent Israeli missile strikes on Syria.

Iran’s former ambassador to Morocco says the Islamic Republic has been too much optimistic about its relations with Arab countries, while the future belongs to Asian states, including India and its eastern neighbours.

Iraq, Qatar and Oman have expressed dismay over US President Donald Trump’s announcement that Washington has withdrawn from the Iran nuclear deal.

People in Iraq vote Saturday in the first parliamentary elections since the country declared victory over Daesh (the ISIS or ISIL) terrorist group.

The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called on Muslim countries to invest huge efforts to advance in science and technology as it could wean them off obeying western powers.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has strongly denounced the recent “biased and unconstructive” statements by OIC Secretary General Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen on regional issues.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has strongly condemned the Israeli regime’s recent attacks on Syria.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the US is the biggest exporter of lethal weapons to the Middle East.

Forces in Israel and Syria exchanged missile fire early Thursday, during which dozens of Israeli military sites and Syrian bases were targeted.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says the United States will be the one to lose after President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the nuclear pact with Iran.

Israeli jet fighters have just attacked a military base south of Damascus amid rumours that Iran is preparing for a retaliatory attack on Israeli positions shortly after US President Donald Trump announced his country’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.

Iran’s parliament speaker hailed the outcome of Sunday’s election in Lebanon as a response to the hostile policies of the US and Israel towards Lebanon, such as their attempts to upset the Arab country’s security by supporting terrorists.

Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Iran Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri says the Islamic Republic will give a devastating response to enemies in due time.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has congratulated the Lebanese government and great nation on successfully holding its general elections.

Tawakkol Karman, the renowned Yemeni Nobel Peace laureate, has blasted Saudi Arabia and the UAE for killing Yemeni civilians and financing armed groups, and those who export weapons to Riyadh for supporting state sponsors of terrorism.

The Iraqi quarter in the Iranian capital, Tehran, is brimming with election fervour in the run-up to the May 12 parliamentary votes in the Arab country.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement and its political allies looked set to win more than half the seats in Lebanon’s first parliamentary election in nine years, according to preliminary results cited by politicians and Lebanese media.

Spokesman for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Brigadier General Ramezan Sharif says Tel Aviv is experiencing its worst defence condition, and the IRGC is completely ready to respond to any threat by the Zionist regime.

Polling booths opened in Lebanon on Sunday for the country’s first parliamentary election in nine years.

The Iranian and Omani officials have agreed to hold a joint rescue and relief drill in the Persian Gulf in the coming days.