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Witnesses told Ma’an the settlers first arrived in groups at midnight and performed prayers while dancing and shouting, disrupting the community throughout the night. They left the town at 7 am. The settlers also affixed posters with religious slogans in Hebrew on walls in several parts of the town. An …

Terrorists sustain heavy losses as strikes on ammunition depots, training camps and sources of money have been carried out, the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said. "Seven months ago, Daesh (ISIL) and al-Nusra Front terrorists almost daily 'engulfed' Syrian territory, capturing more and more populated areas. Currently, over 500 areas have …

Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Petrros Marjana slammed armed rebels for their recent rocket attacks on civilians in Aleppo, which have killed dozens of women and children, saying that Turkey has a hand in the attacks. “Undoubtedly, Turkey has a fundamental role in the current situation in Aleppo and …

Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Adel Naeesa, a member of the presiding council of the Syrian Popular Front for Change and Liberation, endorsed Russia’s military action in Syria, saying it was aimed at preserving the Arab country’s unity and territorial integrity, unlike what the West has been looking for. …

Last year, a $ 101 million shortfall in the budget of the agency, known as UNRWA, almost led to a delay in starting school. Pierre Krahenbuhl told a news conference Tuesday that the three Persian Gulf countries came to the rescue last year and he hopes they will "renew the …

Speaking at a meeting with Iceland's new Accredited Ambassador Hermann Örn Ingólfsson, Rouhani said exchange of delegations and cooperation between private sectors of the two countries would have an active role in the development of the two countries’ ties. “Tehran welcomes expanding and deepening of relations with Iceland in economic …

The issue was announced by Iran’s embassy in Moscow on Tuesday. The visit by Amir Abdollahian will take place as foreign-backed militants shell two mosques, a hospital and several neighborhoods in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, killing dozens of people and injuring many others. Over the past few days, …

"If funding is arranged, Pakistan will get the F-16s, otherwise we will opt for jets from some other place," the adviser said, as quoted by the Dawn newspaper. The adviser previously said Islamabad could choose JF-17 Thunder jets jointly developed by Pakistan and China instead of US-produced F-16s. Last week, …

Some of the pilgrims in the Iraqi capital's northern neighborhood of Kadhimiyah, where the 8th century Imam Moussa al-Kadhim (AS) is buried, are pounding their chests in grief while others are carrying a symbolic coffin of the imam, wrapped in a green cloth. The annual commemoration events culminate on Tuesday, …

A statement from Iraq's joint operations command coordinating the fight against the Daesh (ISIL) group late on Monday said forces retook several villages from the terrorists along the Euphrates River. The Iraqi army's 7th division had been moving down the river from Al-Baghdadi and eventually joined up with forces from …