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2021-04-08

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:50 P.M.) - Egyptian military sources reportedly told RT Arabic this week that Egypt is preparing to open...

VIDEO: FSA militants create interesting T-62/ truck hybrid weapon

by Andrew Illingworth

2017-08-09

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) - The Ashaq Asouri Agency media group has released a video showing an indigenous-built weapons system...

Alleged video footage of Russian attack that killed 200 ISIS fighters near Palmyra

2021-04-20

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) - The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Monday that its Aerospace Forces destroyed a terrorist training...

Large number of Arab tribesmen join Syrian government forces: photos

2021-04-09

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:10 P.M.) - A large group of Arab tribesmen in the eastern governorate of Al-Hasakah have joined the...

Russian forces destroy 2 ISIS shelters, up to 200 militants killed: Reconciliation Center

Militants created a camouflaged base northeast of Syria's Palmyra, where groups were formed for terrorist attacks and explosive devices were...

Yemen

Houthi forces release go-pro footage of raid in southern Saudi Arabia

BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 P.M.) - The Houthi forces, also known as the Ansarallah Movement, released a video on their official...

Iran

Iran carries out first ever airborne offensive maneuver

2021-01-19

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:50 P.M.) - The spokesperson for Al-Aqatdar 99 maneuvers said on Tuesday that for the first time, a...

UN Envoy calls on Syrian gov’t and all other parties to release prisoners and take measures regarding missing people

BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:30 P.M.) - The UN envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, called on the Syrian government and all parties...

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 09: People walk by the Pfizer headquarters on November 9, 2020 in New York City. Pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced positive early results on its COVID-19 vaccine trial and has proven to be 90% effective in preventing infection of the virus. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images/AFP

Pfizer holds human trials for pill to cure COVID, hopes it’ll be ready this year

2021-04-26

Tests being conducted in US and Belgium, with pharma giant saying it’s a ‘race against time’

Iran

Russia and Iran setup mission to secure supply shipments to Syria: media

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 P.M.) - Private sources revealed to Sputnik Arabic about the establishment of an operations room (Russian, Iranian,...

File photo of Russia's S-500 air defense system, which is expected to enter service in 2021.

Russian S-500 considered ‘antidote’ to hypersonic missiles

2020-12-18

Russian military experts named the S-500 surface-to-air missile/anti-ballistic missile system and a modernized interceptor missile as a possible ‘antidote’ against...

Russia reveals number of military experts in the Central African Republic

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) - The Russian Foreign Ministry announced that more than 500 military experts are working in the...

Iran

Iran’s Supreme Leader appoints new deputy commander of the Quds Force

2021-04-20

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) - Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appointed Major General Mohammad Reza Falahzadeh, as deputy commander...

Chadian president killed during clash with rebels

2021-04-20

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 P.M.) - Chad's President Idriss Déby has died of injuries he received on the frontline, the country's...

ISIS releases 30-min propaganda video on fighting Kurdish-led forces in Raqqa

by Andrew Illingworth

2017-07-31

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:50 P.M.) - The ISIS terrorist group has released a 30-minute propaganda video of its besieged fighters in...

Iran

Man behind nuclear facility incident has been identified: Iranian TV

On Sunday, the Natanz nuclear site was hit by an attack, which was slammed by Tehran as an act of...

Russian MoD says effectiveness of weapons tested in Syria

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:40 A.M.) - Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu confirmed that the military operations in Syria helped the Russian...

A villager walks past razed homes in Mainok, outside Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. (File photo: AFP)

31 Nigerian soldiers killed as ISIS-aligned extremists ambush convoy

2021-04-26

AFP: At least 31 Nigerian soldiers were killed when ISIS-aligned extremists ambushed a military convoy escorting weapons and overran a...

Iran

Saddam Hussein’s daughter accuses ‘alliance of evil’ of handing Iraq to Iran in 2003

2021-04-09

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:20 P.M.) - On Friday, Raghad Saddam Hussein, daughter of the former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, sent a...

Qatari Finance Minister Ali Shareef Al-Emadi,

Gulf

Detained Qatari finance minister had key role in Turkey relations

3 days ago

Qatari Finance Minister Ali Shareef Al-Emadi, who was detained in Qatar on charges of embezzlement and sacked, played a key...

UN official reports undeclared Syrian chemical warfare agent

3 days ago

The UN disarmament chief reported the discovery of an undeclared chemical warfare agent at a Syrian site to a Security...

Mohamed Nasheed was the Maldives first democratically-elected leader after 30 years

Asia & Australia

Maldives ex-president ‘stable’ after bomb attack

3 days ago

Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed is in a stable condition in hospital, a day after he was injured in an...

Iran

Diplomacy: Iran, Portugal stress expansion of parliamentary ties

3 days ago

In the meeting that took place in the Iranian Embassy in Lisbon, Morteza Damanpak-Jami and Luís Graça discussed the two...

A makeshift 'carlo' gun is seen on the floor following the attempted shooting attack in the northern West Bank on April 7, 2021. (courtesy)

Israel

West Bank: Police say cell opened fire toward military base; 2 attackers killed, 1 injured

3 days ago

Three Palestinians opened fire toward a Border Police base in Israeli territory near the northern West Bank on Friday, with...

"File:IRGC Ground Force Commandos in Pictures-40.jpg" by Hossein Zohrevand is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Iran

IRGC dismantles counterrevolutionary group in northwest Iran: Fars News

1 week ago

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:30 P.M.) - Iran's Fars News Agency reported that their intelligence apparatus of the Ashura Corps of the...

31 Nigerian soldiers killed as ISIS-aligned extremists ambush convoy

2 weeks ago

AFP: At least 31 Nigerian soldiers were killed when ISIS-aligned extremists ambushed a military convoy escorting weapons and overran a...

Pfizer holds human trials for pill to cure COVID, hopes it’ll be ready this year

2 weeks ago

Tests being conducted in US and Belgium, with pharma giant saying it’s a ‘race against time’

Chadian president killed during clash with rebels

3 weeks ago

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 P.M.) - Chad's President Idriss Déby has died of injuries he received on the frontline, the country's...

Iran

Iran’s Supreme Leader appoints new deputy commander of the Quds Force

3 weeks ago

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) - Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appointed Major General Mohammad Reza Falahzadeh, as deputy commander...

Yemen

Houthi forces announce new attack on Saudi Arabia’s Abha Airport

3 weeks ago

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:45 P.M.) - On Tuesday, the Houthi forces announced an attack on the Abha International Airport in southwestern...

Colombian Air Force intercepts Russian aircraft: video

3 weeks ago

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) - The Colombian Ministry of Defense stated that a special Russian aircraft IL-96-400VPU violated its airspace,...

Yemen

Yemeni gov’t forces retake several areas in western Taiz

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 A.M.) - The website of the Yemeni Ministry of Defense said on Saturday that "the National Army...

Iran

IRGC dismantles counterrevolutionary group in northwest Iran: Fars News

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:30 P.M.) - Iran's Fars News Agency reported that their intelligence apparatus of the Ashura Corps of the...

Photo of a Turkish-made Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

Morocco requests to buy Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones: media

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 A.M.) - The Moroccan Air Force has requested to purchase 12 Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drones, which are...

Iraq

Iraqi PM confirms death of high-ranking ISIS commander in special operation

2021-04-10

BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 P.M.) - The Iraqi Prime Minister of Iraq, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, said this week that the Iraqi security...

Britain informs Turkey that its warship will enter the Black Sea waters: NTV

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) - Great Britain has informed the Turkish authorities that its warship will enter the Black Sea...

Russia warns Turkey against encouraging ‘militarism’ in Ukraine

2021-04-12

BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:40 P.M.) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated on Monday that Moscow has warned Turkey and other...

Iran

Iranian commander claims Iran has the largest helicopter fleet in the Middle East

BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 A.M.) - The commander of the Iranian Air Force, Brigadier General Yousef Qorbani, revealed that his forces...

An Arab League session held on November 15, 2018.

Egypt

Egyptian FM comments on question about Syria’s return to the Arab League

2021-04-12

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:30 P.M.) - On Monday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry commented on the return of Syria to the...

Norway and Denmark to withdraw forces from Afghanistan

According to a Norwegian government report, the country managed to achieve only one goal in Afghanistan, namely being a good...

Turkish media accuses US of mass murder of 84 million people amid recognition of Armenian Genocide

Clash Report, a Twitter and Telegram security-related news account allegedly linked to the Turkish military, has posted a chart accusing...

Turkish army soldiers stand guard as Kurdish people wait in a hope to enter Cizre, a town subject to a curfew as part of a controversial operation against Kurdish rebels, on March 22, 2016 in Mardin, for Newroz celebration.
Nowruz, the Farsi-language word for 'New Year', is an ancient Persian festival, celebrated on the first day of spring, March 21, in Central Asian republics, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan and Iran.

Turkey develops new air defense system

BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:45 P.M.) - The Turkish state-owned Anadolu Agency reported that the Turkish Armed Forces, on Wednesday, began training...

Malaysian Air Force Su-30MKM fighters fly over the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the South China Sea on April 7, 2021. (Photo courtesy of the US Navy)

Russian-made Su-30MKM fighter jets fly over US aircraft carrier: photos

2021-04-10

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) - US sailors photographed the flight of a Russian-made Su-30MKM fighter flying over the deck of...

Iran

Iran vows to respond to the Natanz nuclear reactor attack

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:20 P.M.) - The head of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Parliament) said on Sunday that the response to...

Iran

Israeli general claims Iran has been waiting for Natanz attack ‘for 20 years’

The former head of Israeli military intelligence, Gen. Amos Yadlin, shared in an interview with CNBC News on Saturday that...

Asia & Australia

Maldives ex-president ‘stable’ after bomb attack

2021-05-07

Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed is in a stable condition in hospital, a day after he was injured in an...

Israeli and American F-15 and F-16 fighter jets fly alongside one another over southern Israel in May 2017. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Iran

Israel warns it will do ‘whatever it takes’ to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons

Israel is ready to do "whatever it takes" to quash Tehran's efforts to obtain nuclear weapons, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi...

Gulf

Houthi forces announce new drone strikes on 2 Saudi airports

2021-04-11

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 A.M.) - The Houthi forces, also known as the Ansarallah Movement, announced that it had targeted the...

Iran

Iranian vice president claims incident at Natanz reactor was ‘nuclear terrorism’

2021-04-11

Iran's Vice-President Ali Akbar Salehi has announced that Tehran is treating today's incident involving Natanz nuclear plant's power grid as...

First applicants for Syrian presidency revealed

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) - The President of the Syrian People’s Assembly, Hammoudeh Sabbagh, announced on Monday that he received...

Chadian rebel fighters from the Front for Change and Concord (Reuters)

Chadian rebels seize border province en route to capital: US

The United States said rebel fighters in Chad appeared to be moving towards the capital N'Djamena and ordered non-essential staff...

Russian Air Force destroys ISIS headquarters in central Syria