TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A peace activist and journalist based in the US state of Virginia warned of a “very dangerous” plot hatched by Washington to raid Iran by using Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terrorists in Afghanistan and said the US is “well-versed in using terrorist groups as ...

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin called for refraining from actions destabilizing the situation in Syria during his phone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Kremlin press-service reported. "Upon an initiative of the Israeli side, a telephone conversation ...

MOSCOW – Russia’s Ministry of Defence has decided that an intercontinental missile should be named after a Syrian city. The nuclear-capable cruise missile – Topol-M (RT-2PM2) – has now been named “Palmyra”, the Russia Today reported. The idea of a public poll arose after Russian ...

MOSCOW – Russia’s Ministry of Defence has decided that an intercontinental missile should be named after a Syrian city. The nuclear-capable cruise missile – Topol-M (RT-2PM2) – has now been named “Palmyra”, the Russia Today reported. The idea of a public poll arose after Russian ...

WASHINGTON - One of the most complicated episodes in Syria's ever-twisting war took place on the night of February 7. In that incident, U.S. troops and their Syrian allies near the town of Deir al-Zour were attacked by hundreds of fighters loyal to the Syrian regime. The Americans responded with a ...

JERUSALEM: Israel struck a dozen Syrian and Iranian targets inside Syria on Saturday in "large-scale" raids after an Israeli fighter jet crashed under fire from Syrian air defences in a severe increase in tensions, the military said. The confrontation was the most serious between arch foes Israel ...

MOSCOW - Before he was killed by a sniper in Syria at age 23, Ivan Slyshkin wrote a poignant message on social media to his fiancee: “We will see each other soon and I will hold you as tight as I possibly can.” But Slyshkin's name won't be found among the Russian Defense Ministry's official ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Tunisian security sources disclosed that one of the main founders of the ISIL terrorist group has been an agent of Israel's Mossad, an Arab media outlet reported on Sunday.The Arabic-language Al-Hadath news quoted the Tunisian Intelligence Services as disclosing that Qassan Bin Ali ...

TEHRAN - Tunisian security sources disclosed that one of the main founders of the ISIL terrorist group has been an agent of Israel's Mossad, an Arab media outlet reported on Sunday.The Arabic-language Al-Hadath news quoted the Tunisian Intelligence Services as disclosing that Qassan Bin Ali Abdul ...

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council focused its attention on global efforts to stop the traffic in and destruction of cultural property, with the head of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) laying out steps to protect cultural heritage and ensure that ...