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WASHINGTON ― The House of Representatives passed a bill Friday that would allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia for its alleged role in the terrorist attacks. The Senate passed the bill in May, so it now heads to President Barack Obama’s […]

NNA – Members of Change and Reform bloc, MP Simon Abi Ramia and former minister Salim Jreissati, urged, in a press conference on Friday, Minister of Finance, Ali Hassan Khalil, to cancel his decision on conducting land surveys in the region of Aqoura. “We are […]

NEWS BRIEF French authorities announced Friday the arrest of a 19-year-old woman believed to be planning an attack after pledging allegiance to the Islamic State, Agence France-Presse reports. The woman, identified as Ines Madani, was arrested alongside a 23-year-old woman and a 39-year-old woman Thursday […]

KHARABRUD, Iraq (AP) — An Iranian Kurdish rebel group received military training in weapons and explosives from U.S. and European advisers as part of the international program backing Kurds in the war against the Islamic State group in Iraq, the group’s commander told The Associated […]

More than 1.5 million Muslims from across the globe have converged on Saudi Arabia for the annual five-day Hajj. The pilgrimage is one of the five pillars of Islam, and all able-bodied Muslims who can afford to do so are expected to take part in […]

Despite the shrinking of Islamic State-held territory in Iraq and Syria, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency is stressing that the group’s influence is not going away anytime soon. “I think ISIL [Islamic State] will remain a presence inside Iraq and Syria for quite […]

Hujjat al-Islam Nabil Qawouq criticized the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia’s remarks against the Iranian people and said that takfir against Muslims is the official policy of Saudi Arabia. Hujjat al-Islam Nabil Qawouq, the deputy chief of Hezbollah’s executive council, stated that Saudi Arabia is […]

Hujjat al-Islam Mo’allemi noted the importance of the sacrifices of Iran’s veterans during the eight-year-long Iran-Iraq War and said the success of the sacred system of the Islamic Republic in various fields is due to the pure blood of the country’s martyrs and the sacrifices […]

Iranians are set to take to the streets nationwide to denounce the Saudi crimes as well as the Bahraini regime’s crackdown on political dissidents. Iran’s Islamic Propagation Coordination Council said the protest rallies will be held across the country, including the capital, Tehran. The marches […]