Lebanon: Nasrallah blasts KSA, Turkey for hating Assad

Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah accused Saudi Arabia and Turkey of trying to undertake actions contrary to peace in Syria as President Assad and his allies have put the warn-torn country on a “new track.” In a speech marking the Read more

Ground Intervention in Syria Could Trigger ‘permanent world war’, Russia tells KSA

Russia has reacted to Saudi Arabia’s military deployment plans in Syria, saying it is a “bad” idea that could ignite a permanent war. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told German newspaper Handelsblatt that it is a “bad” idea because “a Read more

Russia: Seven IS Militants Planning Attacks in Moscow & St. Petersburg Arrested

Russia’s powerful Federal Security Service (FSB) announced it nabbed seven members of the Islamic State who were planning terrorist attacks on Russian soil. The seven members are from Russia and from some Central Asian countries and are led by a Read more

US must choose between Kurdish rebels and Turkey, Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is unhappy with the US after an envoy of President Obama last week paid a visit to Kobani, in Syria. Kobani is under the control of the military wing of the Kurdish Democratic Party, called Read more

Iraq: Concrete Barriers, Trenches Built around Baghdad to Deter Attacks

The Iraqi government is building concrete barriers around northern and northwestern Baghdad alongside trenches as part of a security measure against attacks from militant groups. According to spokesman of the Iraqi Interior ministry Brigadier General Saad Maan, the barriers will Read more

Libya: GNC sacks 10 for signing UN-backed agreement

The General National Congress (GNC) sacked ten of its members who signed the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) in December alleging that they acted against the constitution in a move analysts say could be meant to reject the agreement while promoting Read more

Iraq condemns Saudi Ambassador’s comments about Shia fighters

Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Iraq, Thamir Sabhan, told Iraqi-based Al-Sumaria TV in an interview that Shia fighters combatting the militants of the Islamic State should lay down their arms because “they are not accepted by the sons of Iraqi society.” Read more

Turkey arrests 68 suspects after suicide attack

Following the suicide bomb attack in Istanbul Tuesday that killed 10 tourists, including eight Germans, Turkish authorities have detained around 68 alleged members of the Islamic State group nationwide as they believe that the group was behind the attack although Read more