BAGHDAD (AP) — Possible signs emerged Tuesday of reprisal sectarian slaughter of Sunnis in Iraq, as police said pro-government Shiite militiamen killed nearly four dozen detainees after insurgents tried to storm a jail and free them northeast of Baghdad./ The Iraqi military insisted the Sunni ...
BAGHDAD (AP) — Police said Tuesday that pro-government Shiite militiamen killed nearly four dozen Sunni detainees after insurgents tried to storm a jail and free them northeast of Baghdad. The Iraqi military, however, insisted the inmates were killed when the attackers shelled the facility./ ...
MOSUL Iraq/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama considered options for military action to support Iraq's besieged government on Monday, and U.S. and Iranian officials held talks to stabilize the region, which has been roiled by the advance of Sunni rebels toward Baghdad. Obama, who was ...
BAGHDAD (AP) — In a sign of Iran's deepening involvement in the Iraqi crisis, the commander of Tehran's elite Quds Force is helping Iraq's military and Shiite militias gear up to fight the Sunni insurgents who have advanced across the country, officials said Monday./ Iranian Gen. Ghasem ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is willing to talk with Iran over deteriorating security conditions in Iraq and is not ruling out potential U.S.-Iranian military cooperation in stemming the advance of Sunni extremists, Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday./ The Pentagon, however, ...
BAGHDAD (AP) — Sunni militants captured a strategic city along the highway to Syria on Monday, moving closer to their goal of linking areas under their control on both sides of the border./ The gains come as Iranian-backed Shiite militias and thousands of volunteers joined security forces to ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 300 American forces are being positioned in and around Iraq to help secure U.S. assets as President Barack Obama nears a decision on an array of options for combating fast-moving Islamic insurgents, including airstrikes or a contingent of special forces./ The U.S. and ...
This June 12, 2014 file photo shows Secretary of State John Kerry listens during a meeting between President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. With Baghdad threatened by the advance of an al-Qaida-inspired insurgency, the ...
The Obama administration is considering talks with Iran as part of an effort to beat back the insurgent invasion in neighboring Iraq. "I think we are open to any constructive process here that could minimize the violence, hold Iraq together, the integrity of the country and eliminate the ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry addresses a press conference in London, on June 13, 2014 (AFP Photo/Carl Court)/ Washington (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday he would be open to cooperating with Washington's traditional foe Iran on Iraq, and warned drone strikes were an ...
The Obama administration reportedly is preparing to open direct talks with Iran on possibly cooperating to counter the Sunni militant force seizing large swaths of Iraq and threatening Baghdad, weighing an unlikely alliance in the face of a common foe. The deliberations come as the U.S. moved ...
Sunni militants captured a town in the northwest of Iraq Monday as the Obama administration reportedly prepared to open a dialogue with Iran on how the insurgents can be countered. The mayor of the town of Tal Afar told the Associated Press that his town, approximately 260 miles northwest of ...
MOSUL/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Sunni insurgents seized a mainly ethnic Turkmen city in northwestern Iraq on Sunday after heavy fighting, solidifying their grip on the north after a lightning offensive that threatens to dismember Iraq. Residents reached by telephone in the city of Tal Afar said it had ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. security officials prepared on Monday to brief President Barack Obama on options to counter militants threatening Baghdad as Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki came under increased U.S. pressure to curb religious partisanship in his government. Brett McGurk, the ...
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Islamic militants who overran cities and towns in Iraq last week posted graphic photos that appeared to show their gunmen massacring scores of captured Iraqi soldiers, while the prime minister vowed Sunday to "liberate every inch" of captured territory./ The pictures on a ...
BAGHDAD (AP) — Emboldened by a call to arms by the top Shiite cleric, Iranian-backed militias have moved quickly to the center of Iraq's political landscape, spearheading what its Shiite majority sees as a fight for survival against Sunni militants who control of large swaths of territory north ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials may hold discussions with Iran about Iraq's security crisis on the sidelines of nuclear talks this week, but Washington will not coordinate potential military action in Iraq with its longtime adversary Tehran, the Pentagon said on Monday. "It’s possible that ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it has no plans to coordinate with Iran on possible military action in Iraq. The Pentagon's press secretary, Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby, told reporters Monday that while there may be discussions between U.S. and Iranian officials in Vienna about security in the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Monday possible talks with Iran over Iraq would not be about military cooperation but would seek to urge Tehran to press the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to resolve its problems in a non-sectarian way. "We believe the focus ...
Syria's regime has relied on Shiite fighters to claw back territory from rebels. A draw down of Iraqi Shiites to defend the homeland from ISIS militants puts more strain on Hezbollah./ With Islamic militants at the vanguard of what appears to be a general Sunni uprising against Baghdad’s ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering U.S. air strikes to help the Iraqi government fend off an Islamist insurgency as well as possible discussions with neighboring Iran, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday./ Asked about the possibility of such strikes, Kerry said ...
Tal Afar, near Mosul, fell after heavy fighting between ISIS militants and Iraqi troops. ISIS has instituted brutal law in the areas of the north it now dominates./ The jihadi army sweeping across Iraq seized another city in the northwest overnight, amid claims that the group has massacred some ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry delivers his speech at the 'End Sexual Violence in Conflict' summit in London, Friday, June 13, 2014. The Summit welcomed governments from over 100 countries, over 900 experts, NGOs, Faith leaders, and representatives from international organisations across the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is mulling possible discussions with Iran over the mounting security crisis in Iraq, a senior official said on Sunday, in what would mark a major step in U.S. engagement with its longtime adversary. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is mulling possible discussions with Iran over the mounting security crisis in Iraq, a senior official said on Sunday, in what would mark a major step in U.S. engagement with its longtime adversary. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is preparing to open a direct dialogue with longtime adversary Iran on security in Iraq and ways to push back Sunni militants who have taken over large areas of the country, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.Citing senior U.S. officials, the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States needs Iran's involvement to prevent a collapse of the government in Iraq and should open talks toward that end, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Sunday, a step he described as unattractive but perhaps unavoidable. "We are probably going to need their ...
به گزارش ایلنا به نقل از الجزیره، یدیعوت آحارونوت در گزارشی نوشت که «ایال زامیر»، رئیس ستاد ارتش اسرائیل توصیه کرد که رده سیاسی همین حالا به یک توافق تبادل حتی اگر جزئی باشد، دست یابد. طبق این گزارش، رئیس ستاد ارتش اسرائیل از رهبری سیاسی این رژیمخواست تا در مورد آینده غزه توضیحاتی ارائه دهند.
نماینده مردم ایلام در مجلس گفت: سفرای ما باید تجربه و دانش لازم را داشته باشند. درک صحیح از مسائل جهانی داشته باشند. داده های صحیح به داخل کشور تزریق کنند. در چاردیواری سفارت محصور نباشند که گربه شاخشان نزند./ به گزارش ایلنا، سارا فلاحی در نشست علنی امروز (یک شنبه، ۱۶ شهریور ماه) مجلس شورای ...
برخی اخبار از میان عناصر ضدانقلاب حکایت های جالب توجهی از این سفر دارد، از جمله آن که گفته شده است آن ها به اطرافیان ربع پهلوی شک دارند./ امیر طاهری فعال سیاسی خارج از کشور با گرایش سلطنت طلب در یاداشتی نوشته است که اطرافیان رضا پهلوی همگی نفوذی سرویس های اطلاعاتی در داخل ایران هستند. شاگردان و ...
به گزارش ایلنا به نقل از الجزیه، خبرگزاری فلسطنی وفا گزارش داد که نیروهای ارتش اشغالگر اسرائیل در یورش ها در سرتاسر کرانه باختری ۷ فلسطینی دیگر را بازداشت کردند. بر اساس گزارش نیروهای اشغالگر در «رام الله» به یک خانه یورش بردند و یک زوج را بازداشت کردند، در حالیکه در «الخلیل» ۲ مرد فلسطینی در ...
روزنامه عراقی به سیاست آمریکا در خاورمیانه در سایه تغییرات پرشتاب بین المللی از جمله قدرت گیری بلوک شرق به رهبری چین و روسیه پرداخت و نوشت: واشنگتن احتمالا در پی افزایش ناآرامی ها در خاورمیانه و آماده است تا علیه هر کشوری در جهان که از دستوراتش پیروی نکند، جنگ راه اندازد./ به گزارش همشهری ...
به گزارش ایلنا به نقل از الجزیره، «لارس لوکه راسموسن»، وزیر خارجه دانمارک، گفت که کشورش آماده به رسمیت شناختن کشور فلسطین نیست. وی توضیح داد که اسرائیل حق اعتراض به هرگونه به رسمیت شناختن کشور فلسطین توسط دانمارک را ندارد. وی با اشاره به نگرانی کشورش در مورد گسترش شهرک سازی ها در کرانه باختری، ...
به گزارش ایلنا به نقل از النشره، جنبش مقاومت اسلامی فلسطین (حماس) اعلام کرد که از هر ایده یا پیشنهادی که منجر به آتش بس دائمی و خروج کامل نیروهای اشغالگر از غزه شود، استقبال می کند. حماس در بیانیه ای تاکید کرد که به توافق اعلام شده در ۱۸ آگوست با گروه های فلسطینی درباره پیشنهاد میانجیگران برای ...
یک نماینده مجلس با انتقاد از عملکرد برخی از سفرا گفت: متاسفانه به جای استفاده از دیپلمات های برجسته که فهمی از رایزنی های سیاسی،اقتصادی و فرهنگی داشته باشند، برای برخی علافان سیاسی شغل ایجاد کرده ایم./ ، سارا فلاحی نماینده مردم ایلام در مجلس شورای اسلامی در جلسه روز یکشنبه ۱۶ شهریور ۱۴۰۴ صحن ...
در پی حمله رژیم صهیونیستی به صنعا و شهادت جمعی از مقامات دولت یمن، کابینه نتانیاهو به مخفی گاه رفت./ ، پس از حمله هوایی ارتش اسرائیل به یمن که منجر به شهادت «احمد غالب الرهوی» نخست وزیر و جمعی از وزرای دولت او شد، رژیم صهیونیستی تصمیم گرفت جلسات کابینه را به صورت مخفی برگزار کند. این تصمیم برای ...
، سید عباس عراقچی وزیر امور خارجه در بازدید از غرفه منطقه آزاد تجاری و صنعتی ارس اظهار داشت: وزارت امور خارجه رویکردی اقتصادی را در پیش گرفته و در همین چارچوب، در حال تدوین پیوست سیاست خارجی برای هر منطقه آزاد است. پیوستی که متناسب با ویژگی ها و شرایط خاص هر منطقه طراحی می شود. وی ادامه داد: در ...