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The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the two parties affirmed their commitment to working towards a settlement in Syria on the basis of Security Council resolution no. 2254, SANA reported from Moscow.The Ministry said the two ministers discussed holding a new international meeting about Syria in Astana, …

'We have decided that in the present situation, we will not give new licenses for the export of defense material or multipurpose goods for military use to Saudi Arabia,' Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide said in a statement, quoted by Aljazeera news network.While Khashoggi's murder was not mentioned, the statement …

Eslami who represented Iran in the event added, “We and other countries are trying to help Afghanistan and I hope the conference would achieve its objectives, given the viewpoints presenting in it.”The conference on Afghanistan in Moscow called for the next meeting format in the near future, Eslami told RIA …

SANA reporter in Hama said that terrorists of the so-called Kataeb al-Ezza positioned in al-Dahrouj farms southwest of Latmineh town in Hama northern countryside , targeted with explosive rounds a military point in the surrounding of al-Zalaqiyat village. In response to the attack, the reporter added, an army unit ambushed …

'US' so-called 'War on Terror' has cost 500K+ lives. 110K+ dead just since 2016. Debacle has caused destruction in Iraq, Syria, Libya & Yemen. It has spawned ISIS & multiple Al Qaeda affiliates. Cost to US taxpayers: 7K dead Americans + $ 5.6 trillion. Cost to MidEast: Unfathomable,' Zarif said …

The views expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of IRNA Asked whether Iran could tolerate losing billions of dollars in oil revenues, Mousavian told Russian RT TV in London that Iran has enough experience to overcome the sanctions because it has …

Addressing the martyr's funeral ceremony on Thursday, Br. Gen. Hussein Ashtari, Chief of the Iranian Police, said that in a telephone call from the Office of the Supreme Leader, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution had called on him to convey in the funeral ceremony his greetings to the …

Zarif said in his Thursday's tweet 'You know what @SecPompeo? It's the Yemenis themselves who're responsible for famine they're facing. They should've simply allowed your butcher clients—who spend billions on bombing school buses & 'millions to mitigate this risk'--to annihilate them w/o resisting. #HaveYouNoShame.'In a recent interview with a foreign …

The decision by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals preserves the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program introduced in 2012 that has shielded from deportation a group of immigrants dubbed “Dreamers” and has given them work permits, though not a path to citizenship, Reuters reported.Trump has …

Zarif tweeted 'Just as with Yemen, @SecPompeo blames Iran for unlawful US sanctions preventing Iranians’ access to financial services for food and medicine. Naturally, we will provide them for our people in spite of US efforts. But US is accountable for crimes against humanity re Iran & Yemen.'On May 8, …