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"Russian Aerospace Forces’ aircraft from the Hmeymim airbase are striking only the Daesh and Nusra Front terrorist groups in the provinces of Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor and near the Tadmur district in Homs province," ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov stated. Russia’s forces are not bombing the Syrian opposition groups, …

"You can assume that this topic was on the agenda during the most recent talks between the chancellor and the Turkish prime minister," Christiane Wirtz told a government news conference on Monday, adding that they held talks on Sunday. "Press freedom has very great significance to the German government," she …

At this stage of the operation, the Iraqi forces backed by popular forces patrol the liberated districts, defuse landmines and detonate booby-trapped houses, the state-run al-Iraqiya television network reported on Sunday night. The Iraqi defense ministry in a statement said the stage is aimed at providing the security of the …

About 620 metric tons of humanitarian aid and medicine have been delivered to the Syrian provinces of Hama, Homs, Latakia, Daraa, Deir ez-Zor, Aleppo and Damascus, the Russian Defense Ministry said Monday. "We have already delivered and handed over more than 620 tons of humanitarian aid, medicine and other essentials …

Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Wael Al-Imam pointed to a so-called anti-terrorism coalition formed by Saudi Arabia in December 2015, saying that Riyadh has built the alliance to wage a war against Hezbollah, the Axis of Resistance and Shiites under the guise of an anti-terror campaign. The Middle East …

The chaos witnessed in southern Yemen is a result of Saudi and Emirati occupation (of Yemen) that has been going on for seven months, Mohammad Abdul-Salam said in a post in his Facebook account on Sunday. The recent brutal terrorist attack against a nursery proved that the aggressors and mercenaries …

Francis told the Faithful Sunday that the nuns "gave their blood for the Church" and that they were not only victims of the attackers but also of "this indifference of globalization." The nuns were among 16 people killed Friday by gunmen who stormed a retirement home run by a charity …

“The EU has repeatedly stressed that Turkey, as (an EU) candidate country, needs to respect and promote high democratic standards and practices, including freedom of the media,” the EU's diplomatic service said in a statement on Saturday. On Friday afternoon, police forces clashed with demonstrators in a bid to smash …

The inhabitants of Diriyah, Ferdos and Ramila neighborhoods in Raqqa clashed with Daesh militants and managed to clear the areas from the foreign-backed terrorists, local media reported on Saturday night. The people of Raqqa also hoisted the Syrian flag on al-Jadid Bridge in the city, according to the report. Back …

Based on the widely unpopular British “anti-terror” mass surveillance program, the FBI’s "Preventing Violent Extremism in Schools" guidelines, released in January, are almost certainly designed to single out and target Muslim-American communities, Sputnik News reported on Saturday. However, in its caution to avoid the appearance of discrimination, the agency identifies …