Month: September 2016

A senior Iranian cleric deplored a muted response by the countries whose nationals were killed in a September 2015 crush of Hajj pilgrims in Mina, although being aware that the Saudi regime has been at fault. Addressing the Friday Prayers worshippers in Tehran, Ayatollah Ahmad […]

At least 100 members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, including some high-ranking commanders, have been killed when Iraq’s Air Force carried out a number of airstrikes against their positions across the western province of Anbar. The Iraqi Interior Ministry, in a statement released on […]

Allama Hussain Ahmed Saeedi, head of Jamiat Ulema wa Mashaikh Pakistan, has expressed solidarity with Iranians saying “Iranians are our Muslims brothers and Saudi fatwa against them was deleterious to Muslim Ummah.” In an interview with Tasnim News Agency’s Urdu website, eminent Sunni scholar Mr. […]

Ayatollah Khamenei issued a religious decree (Fatwa) wherein he prohibited insult towards Aisha, the wife of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), and any of the figures and symbols celebrated by Sunni brethren. The Leader of the Islamic Revolution said, in response to a question on religious matters, […]

An Iranian official says Saudi Arabia has deliberately barred Iranians from making the Hajj pilgrimage and refused to discuss ways to prevent the reoccurrence of a deadly crush during last year’s Hajj rituals in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca. It was “unacceptable” to […]

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said the Palestinians wanted to form a state devoid of a Jewish population and termed it “ethnic cleansing,” drawing sharp criticism from the United States. In a video message, Netanyahu said in reference to the removal […]

Syrian government soldiers, backed by fighters from allied popular defense groups, have managed to wrest control over six villages in the country’s western coastal province of Latakia following heavy clashes with foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants. On Friday, the Syrian forces regained control of the villages of […]

The United States and Russia reached a breakthrough deal early on Saturday to try to restore peace in Syria, but air strikes hours later on a busy market place that killed and injured dozens added to rebels’ doubts that any ceasefire could hold. The agreement, […]

WASHINGTON Sept. 10 (UPI) — The UPI/CVoter daily presidential tracking poll released Saturday shows Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton by 1 percentage point. The online poll shows Trump with 47.73 percent, to Clinton’s 46.84 percent. Clinton slipped by two-tenths of a percentage point overnight, while […]