TEHRAN (defapress) – Fighters from Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, have launched a major operation against the Daesh terror group in the eastern province of Diyala.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Fatah (Conquest) Alliance in Iraq's parliament has deplored the assassination of an Iranian physicist, saying he was martyred by the Zionists’ bullets and those who betray the Islamic Ummah.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced that the Yemeni army launched a missile attack against the Saudi-led coalition’s Camp Tadawain in Yemen’s Ma’rib, killing at least eight Saudi forces.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Local officials in Afghanistan's Ghazni province announced that a suicide bomber struck to an army base in the third district of Ghazni city with Humvee Tank, killing 21 people and wounding 17 others.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Palestinian resistance movements Hamas and Islamic Jihad strongly condemned the assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, saying that the Israeli regime should be held accountable.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Turkey on Friday rejected a “non-binding” resolution by the European Parliament against Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on the Maras and Cyprus issues.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Houthi Ansaruallh movement has allowed an international inspection team to board the decaying FSO Safer oil tanker moored off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, the UN said.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman, who is visiting Afghanistan for talks on cultural and media cooperation, held separate meetings with a number of incumbent and former Afghan officials during his stay in Kabul.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Israeli military bulldozers destroyed Palestinian farmland based in Ras Karkar village, west of Ramallah, to build a sewage pipeline.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The administrative coordinator of the Daesh terror group has been arrested at Baghdad International Airport, the spokesperson for the Commander in Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces said.