Middle East

The Iranian lawmaker representing the country’s Jews has slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rants against the Islamic Republic, saying he is “a bloodsucking” criminal who has a hand in the massacre of innocents and the occupation of Palestinian lands.

A senior political commentator believes that all parties to the ongoing conflict in Syria, including the Assad government and the opposition groups, have the will to the end the six-year war.

Iranian Parliament speaker says the ongoing efforts by certain Arab countries to normalise their ties with the Israeli regime will finally backfire.

Iranian Parliament speaker has slammed the Saudi invasion of Yemen as an all-out war against a nation, adding a genocide is taking place in the country.

In a joint statement issued at the ongoing Syria talks in Astana, Iran, Russia, and Turkey stressed the consolidation of truce in Syria, and decided to hold the next round of talks in May.

The Syria peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan, were postponed to Thursday after the Syrian armed opposition announced they would participate in the third round of the talks.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has sent a letter to Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, a report said

Iranian Deputy Foreign Ministry Hossein Jaberi Ansari is heading Iran’s diplomatic delegation in the third round of negotiations in Astana, Kazakhstan, between the Syrian government and the rebel groups in pursuit of peace in the Arab country.

The previous year was the worst year for Syria’s children in terms of violence in the war-ravaged country, the UN's children's agency said Monday as the conflict nears its seventh year.

Iranian Foreign Minister lashed out at the false claims made by the Israeli regime’s prime minister about Iran’s historical anti-Semitism, saying Netanyahu is resorting to fake history and falsifying Torah to sell bigoted lies against Iran.

A senior IRGC commander refuted groundless media allegations, and said the Islamic Republic has no plan to establish a naval base in Syria’s Latakia.

An Iraqi commander announced that the country’s forces have retaken around 30 percent of west Mosul from ISIS militants, as soldiers are pushing into more districts

An Iranian MP says the plan by the US and a number of the regional countries to set up a safe zone in Syria is definitely doomed to failure.

In reaction to Netanyahu’s claim that Iran has been historically anti-Semitic, Iranian Parliament Speaker said the Israeli regime’s prime minister is not familiar with history, nor has he read Torah.

The recent anti-Iran remarks made by the Israeli PM in his meeting with the Russian president indicate Tel Aviv’s latest plot to portray Iran as a historically anti-Semitic nation.

Russian Defence Ministry spokesman says the country is surprised by a lack of a proper response on the part of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to the use of chemical weapons in Iraq’s Mosul.

The explosion of two bombs near a cemetery in the Bab Masala area of Damascus has killed and injured dozens of people, Syrian official news agency reported.

Iraqi prime minister says the Syrian government has allowed Iraqi forces to launch airstrikes on ISIS targets all over the Syrian territory.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has met and held talks with the Qatari emir on bilateral relations as well as regional developments.

The ISIS terrorist group’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has once again slipped through the fingertips of Iraqi forces and allied troops controlling the area around Mosul, Iraq.

Iran’s foreign minister says Saudi Arabia ought to stop creating tension in the region and opt for interaction and dialogue.

Political experts believe that Saudi Arabia’s plan to expel 5 million foreign residents is a policy to ease the regional crises Riyadh is faced with.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will leave Tehran for Doha on Wednesday afternoon to meet Qatari officials, the Foreign Ministry Spokesman announced.

A senior Iranian official says Saudi Arabia has realised that it should get acclimated to regional developments.

Iranian Defence Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan highlighted the interdependence of security and development, saying that they are two sides of the same coin.