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The United States has been under intense pressure from Israel to launch an “Iraq-style” war in Syria, an escalation that has prompted the refugee crisis in the war-torn country, says a former CIA and NSA contractor.

Isis has designs on the holy cities of Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem and poses a danger to Europe, Vladimir Putin has reportedly said.The Russian President said the situation is “very serious” and that Moscow is worried trained jihadists from the group – which refers to itself as the Islamic State …

Ahlul Bayt News Agency – Secretary General of Al-Wefaq opposition association in Bahrain expressed willingness on Tuesday to continue his struggle until ruling monarchy meets the popular demands, Alya’ Radi, Salman’s wife, quoted him as saying.

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, in a message relayed by his chief of staff Hojatoleslam Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani, offered condolences over the deaths of a number of Iranian pilgrims in the collapse of a crane in Saudi Arabia’s Mecca.The Leader’s chief of …

US President Barack Obama led the United States Friday in remembrance of 9/11, urging Americans to remain vigilant of “terrorist” threats on the 14th anniversary of the attacks. Although US forces “have made enormous strides in degrading the core Al-Qaeda,” the terror group responsible for the deadly strikes on US …

Hundreds of Palestinians have held a demonstration in the blockaded Gaza Strip in protest against the Israeli regime’s latest attack on the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East al-Quds (Jerusalem).During the protest rally, which was called by the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, the demonstrators chanted anti-Israeli slogans and called on the …

A senior Iranian cleric has heaped scorn on Saudi officials for the tragic death of 107 pilgrims in a construction crane crash incident in the holy city of Mecca, saying the ruling Al Saud is not qualified to run the affairs of highly revered site.“The Al Saud is not capable …

Senior Iranian commander Major General Qassem Soleimani says the United States is using the Daesh Takfiri group as an instrument against Muslims.General Soleimni said on Tuesday that the Daesh Takfiri group is the creature of Washington, noting that “the US plans to maintain Daesh so that there would be a …

An outbreak of dengue fever in Yemen’s most populated governorate has prompted urgent calls from the World Health Organization (WHO) for a “humanitarian corridor” to facilitate the flow of medicines to over three million civilians trapped in the war-torn area.The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is appealing for a …

Born to a Lebanese family living in Qom, Iran in 1928, Moussa Sadr was raised among scholars and theologians. He attended primary school in Qom and completed his secondary education in 1946. Sadr then entered seminary in Qom to study jurisprudence. In 1950, Sadr moved to the capital to join …