Middle Orient

Two Katyusha rockets fell inside Iraq’s Balad air base, 80 km north of Baghdad, which houses U.S. forces. A security source told Shafaq News Agency. The source said, “Two Katyusha rockets landed on an empty yard in the northwestern part of Balad Air Base in Saladin Governorate but caused no …

On Monday, an official source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates confirmed that the European Union is responsible for the shedding of Syrian blood and the suffering of the Syrians through its support for terrorism in all its forms and the practice of economic terrorism. The source added …

A security source said on Monday that competent authorities foiled a terrorist operation intended to target Damascus with explosive belts, killing three terrorists and arresting three others. The source added that in cooperation with honest citizens in Zakyah and Kanaker in the Damascus countryside, the terrorist operation, plotted by terrorists …

There have now been 10 years of chaos in Syria, with many guilty actors. But efforts to reverse the course in the country are gaining steam. For example, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s visit to the Gulf last week featured many prominent themes, but Syria really stood out. His trips …

Recent clashes in the Iranian province of Sistan and Balochistan highlight Iran’s vulnerabilities as well as its inability to overcome trauma and control its demons. The clashes sparked by a crackdown on cross border fuel smuggling to neighbouring Pakistan achieved what past US and Saudi machinations failed to accomplish: ethnic …

Turkey’s actions must show alignment with Egypt’s principles and goals for relations between the two countries to return to normal, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Sunday. Shoukry confirmed contacts between Cairo and Ankara after years of tensions but indicated that dialogue was limited.

A media source affirmed that any reports about secret negotiations or discussions between Syria and the Zionist entity are no more than media and political fabrications.

Oil prices edged up on Monday, with Brent drifting near $70 a barrel, propped up by output cuts from major producers and optimism about global economic and fuel demand recovery in the second half of the year. Brent crude futures for May gained 50 cents, or 0.72%, to $69.72 a …

Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami said on Sunday that the US sanctions and economic war against Iran have all failed, stressing the major role played by Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in the Iranian nation’s victory. “The country …

Iran has rejected the accusations leveled against it by the United States of being behind the recent attacks on US bases in Iraq. Iran’s representative to the United Nations, Majid Takht Rawanji, stressed in a message sent on Monday to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, and the …