West Asia
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Yemenis’ fight for freedom, independence uncompromisable: Houthi
Oct 19, 2021 08:17Leader of Yemen's Ansarullah movement, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, says the Yemeni people’s efforts to achieve freedom and independence are uncompromisable, urging the nation to continue to counter the US-backed Saudi aggression.
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Geagea’s party biggest threat to Christians in Lebanon, aims to create civil war: Nasrallah
Oct 19, 2021 08:06The secretary-general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement says the far-right Lebanese Forces (LF) political party, led by Samir Geagea, is the “biggest threat” to Christians in Lebanon, warning the former militia group against “miscalculations” that would plunge the country into a civil war.
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Palestinian resistance to make utmost effort to release prisoners: Hamas
Oct 18, 2021 17:05Hamas says the Palestinian resistance movement will make utmost effort to free Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli regime’s jails as the critical issue is on the top of the movement’s agenda.
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Rights group blasts use of FIFA to whitewash Israel’s crimes
Oct 18, 2021 13:17A UK-based rights group has slammed the FIFA president for participating in a “political activity” in the occupied al-Quds, denouncing his suggestion to hold the 2030 World Cup in the Occupied Palestine.
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Syrian government, opposition delegates agree to start drafting new constitution, says UN special envoy
Oct 18, 2021 07:39The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, says representatives of the Syrian government and moderate opposition groups have reached a long-awaited agreement to start drafting new constitutional provisions during UN-mandated talks between the two sides in Geneva this week.
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Erdogan: US proposed F-16 sales to Turkey for F-35 payment
Oct 18, 2021 07:24Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the US proposed the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey after it had removed Ankara from the F-35 program in retaliation for Turkey’s purchase of Russian S-400 missile defense system.
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In case of war, Hezbollah can fire 2,500 rockets at Occupied Territories each day: Israeli cmdr.
Oct 18, 2021 07:14A ranking Israeli military commander says Hezbollah can fire up to 2,500 rockets towards the Occupied Territories each day in case of a war with the Israeli regime.
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Seven Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike to protest administrative detention
Oct 18, 2021 07:09At least seven Palestinian inmates have remained on an open-ended hunger strike to protest the Israeli so-called administrative detention, which allows prisoners to be held without charge or trial.
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Yemeni forces liberate large territories in Shabwah, Ma’rib during major offensive
Oct 17, 2021 18:28Yemeni army troops and fighters from the allied Popular Committees have managed to liberate 3,200 square kilometers of land and inflict heavy losses on Saudi-led militants during the latest advances in Yemen’s strategic provinces of Shabwah and Ma’rib.
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Hamas: Israel’s assassination of ex-Syrian MP won’t stop resistance in Golan Heights
Oct 17, 2021 17:29The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has condemned the targeted killing of former Syrian lawmaker Midhat Saleh al-Saleh in the occupied Golan Heights, stressing that his death will not deter the resistance of the locals and their outright rejection of the Israeli regime’s policies.