Middle East

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, along with his wife and children, visited injured army personnel in their home villages in the west-central province of Hama.

Secretary of Iran's Expediency Council has advised the US government to stop backing despotic regimes in the Middle East to gain the support of the region’s people.

A senior Iranian politician and a former foreign minister says US President Donald Trump is following in the footsteps of his predecessor George W. Bush in the Middle East.

A top Lebanese politician says the Arab countries’ key interests cannot be secured without holding negotiations with Iran.

A number of ISIS leaders and elements have been killed and wounded by one of their own suicide attackers who blew himself up amid a gathering of the group’s terrorists in Iraq.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic’s security and development can be ensured only in a secure and developed region.

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman has dismissed the anti-Iran allegations made by a Saudi newspaper as ‘groundless’ and ‘worthless’ lies, and advised Saudi officials and media to believe that ‘the time of big lies is over’.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei highlighted the plight of Palestinians, saying all Muslims are obliged to campaign against the Zionist regime of Israel “in any possible way”.

Addressing the ECFR 2017 in Berlin, Iranian foreign minister has noted Europe has the capability to help resolve the ongoing conflicts in the Persian Gulf region, as it did in the case of Iran nuclear deal.

Qatari officials have reportedly declared they will not cut their relations with Iran, a precondition set by Saudi Arabia and its allies for normalization of ties with Doha.

The ISIS terrorist group has issued “passports to heaven” for its elements to encourage them to carry out suicide attacks.

A senior Iranian lawmaker says the reports on a foiled attack on Mecca’s Grand Mosque were fabricated by Saudi Arabia to deflect the world’s attention away from the political turmoil in the kingdom.

A senior Iranian commander says the IRGC’s recent missile strikes on ISIS positions in Syria were carried out not only in retaliation for Tehran attacks, but also to take revenge for the brutal burning alive of Jordanian pilot killed by ISIS in 2015.

A leading opposition figure in Saudi Arabia says the country’s new crown prince has been behind the recent failed attempt to launch a terrorist attack on the Grand Mosque of Mecca.

Iran’s ambassador to Kuwait says the aid dispatched by Tehran to Doha amid the country’s row with Saudi Arabia and other Arab states is totally humanitarian.

A top Iranian official says Iran and Saudi Arabia have not yet made any decision to open interest sections in the two countries.

An Iranian MP says the country’s Minister of Industry will be summoned to answer lawmakers’ questions on alleged import of goods from Saudi Arabia.

The ISIS terrorist group has told its elements in western Nineveh to look forward to the release of an important statement about the terrorist groups’ ringleader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who is said to be killed.

Several days after Iranian missiles targeted the ISIS positions in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor, the terrorist group finally confirmed the attacks.

A top Iranian official says the moves made by the new Saudi crown prince are similar to those of the former Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein prior to attacking Iran in the 1980s.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi strongly denounced the failed attempt to launch a terrorist attack on the Grand Mosque of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Speaker of Iran’s Parliament Ali Larijani has called Israel the mother of terrorism, saying the Zionists’ heinous crimes are unprecedented throughout history.

Millions of Iranians have flooded the streets across the country to show their support for Palestinian struggles against the Israeli regime’s occupation and crimes.

Israel has been deliberately making the arrangements for destroying Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, by manipulating historical facts about the mosque, Palestinian experts say.

By appointing his son as the new crown prince, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has pushed his country closer to a political suicide.