A top European diplomat has called on Iran to play a role in ending the Yemen crisis which has killed and wounded hundreds of thousands of civilians, and turned the poor country into the scene of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
The recent attack by Yemeni forces on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) proves the military advances they have made in recent years, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The American newspaper writes Yemenis could hit targets lying “1,000 miles away from their mountain strongholds.”
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has announced Tehran’s readiness to participate in any initiative that would end the 7-year war in Yemen.
The death toll from the Saudi-led coalition’s airstrike on Yemeni capital Sana’a has risen to 23, with some of the victims being women and children, the Al-Mayadeen TV reported on Tuesday.
Reports say, the cell phones of two prominent women’s rights campaigners in Bahrain and Jordan have been hacked by Pegasus spyware developed by the Israeli offensive cyber firm NSO Group.
An informed political source has provided details of the meeting between Brigadier General Ismail Qaani, commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution’s Guards Corps, and Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of Iraq’s Sadr faction in the Iraqi city of Najaf.
A 75-year-old Palestinian has succumbed to his wounds sustained in a deliberate car accident involving Israeli forces. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Suleiman Hathalin was run over by the Israeli police earlier this month.
Yemeni forces say they have carried out an attack on the United Arab Emirates after authorities in the Persian Gulf state reported two fires in the capital Abu Dhabi possibly caused by drones.
Millions of Yemenis are grappling with rising hunger amid shortage of food assistance, the United Nations warns. Saudi Arabia and its allies have waged a devastating war on the poor country with no end in sight to the conflict.
Iran has stationed 3 diplomats at the headquarters of the Islamic Cooperation Organization in the Saudi port city of Jeddah, resuming its activity there after six years.
The United Nations’ special envoy for Syria says the developments in Syria have convinced involved parties that no regime change would be necessary in the Arab country.
Israel has reportedly prepared a secret wish list of weapons systems that it wants the US to add to the so-called American emergency stockpile in occupied Palestine for purported military action against Iran’s civilian nuclear sites and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.
The leaders of two key Shia political groups in the Iraqi parliament have reportedly held a coordination meeting in the city of Najaf, in a first meeting after the controversial elections that saw the Muqtada al-Sadr bloc win a majority.
The Iranian foreign minister’s senior
advisor for special political affairs has reaffirmed Iran’s support for the UN’s efforts to preserve Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity as well as the world body’s encouragement of dialog between Syrian factions.
The Iranian foreign minister’s senior advisor for special political affairs has called on the UN and the international community to stop the war and lift the inhumane siege on Yemen.
An airbase housing US military forces and aircraft near the Iraqi capital Baghdad has come under a drone attack. Air raids on positions of American troops in the Arab country are on the rise.
The US Navy is working on laser weapons in the Middle East to counteract a significant upsurge in Iran's deployment and use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the region, top Central Command (CENTCOM) naval officer and US Fifth Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Brad Cooper says.
