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TEHRAN ( defapress )- The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forwarded more militants and equipment to the borderline with Turkey in Raqqa, Hasaka and Aleppo provinces as the Turkish army readies to launched a major assault on the Eastern bank of the Euphrates River, fields sources said on Friday.
News ID: 74312 Publish Date : 2018/12/14
TEHRAN ( defapress )- One of the notorious commanders of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in Raqqa was killed in a bomb explosion on Friday, local sources reported.
News ID: 74311 Publish Date : 2018/12/14
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Hundreds of French anti-terror police are hunting for a fugitive gunman who attacked Christmas shoppers at a market in the eastern city of Strasbourg, officials said.
News ID: 74310 Publish Date : 2018/12/13
TEHRAN ( defapress )- Senior US senators in Congress warned Saudi Arabia that Riyadh must change its leadership if it wants to maintain its close ties with Washington, saying Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) has become “so toxic”.
News ID: 74308 Publish Date : 2018/12/13
TEHRAN ( defapress )- The Turkish army is preparing its forces and military equipment at bordering areas with Syria to launch extensive operations against Kurds in Eastern Euphrates region.
News ID: 74307 Publish Date : 2018/12/13
TEHRAN ( defapress )- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned against destabilizing Saudi Arabia over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to a statement issued by his office.
News ID: 74306 Publish Date : 2018/12/13
Beijing:
TEHRAN ( defapress )- Canadian businessman Michael Spavor, as well as former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig, who works for the International Crisis Group, were detained this week in Beijing.
News ID: 74305 Publish Date : 2018/12/13
Russia:
TEHRAN ( defapress )- Kiev is getting ready to stage a provocation in Donbass to justify an offensive operation, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Thursday.
News ID: 74304 Publish Date : 2018/12/13
Iranian Minister:
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh deplored Pakistan’s inaction on completion of a gas pipeline under an agreement with Tehran, saying three foreign countries have put pressure on Pakistan to halt the project.
News ID: 74303 Publish Date : 2018/12/13
Maduro:
TEHRAN ( defapress )- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused US National Security Advisor John Bolton of preparing a plot to murder him, and also has called out Colombian leader Ivan Duque as Bolton’s accomplice.
News ID: 74301 Publish Date : 2018/12/13
TEHRAN ( defapress )- UK Prime Minister Theresa May survived a no confidence vote with 200 Conservative Party MPs supporting her leadership and 117 voting against her and her highly divisive Brexit plan.
News ID: 74300 Publish Date : 2018/12/13
TEHRAN ( defapress )- Pakistan condemned the United States for placing it on a list of countries violating religious freedoms, calling the designation a "politically motivated pronouncement".
News ID: 74299 Publish Date : 2018/12/13
TEHRAN ( defapress )- A United Nations human rights watchdog urged Saudi authorities to free more than a dozen rights activists detained in the kingdom, alleging some had been tortured or mistreated during interrogation.
News ID: 74298 Publish Date : 2018/12/13
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – In a rare break with President Donald Trump, the US Senate voted to move ahead with a resolution to end US military support for the Saudi-led coalition in the war in Yemen and lawmakers vowed to push for sanctions against the kingdom in the new year.
News ID: 74297 Publish Date : 2018/12/13
Russia’s UN envoy:
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Resolution 2231 of the United Nations Security Council does not ban Iran from conducting missile launches, and there is no sign of nuclear component in their missile tests, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia said on Wednesday at the Security Council’s session on Iran
News ID: 74296 Publish Date : 2018/12/13
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif criticized remarks by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a United Nations Security Council meeting on Wednesday, describing his speech as an act of “mockery” of the international body.
News ID: 74295 Publish Date : 2018/12/13
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Yemen’s warring parties agreed to reopen Sana’a airport in the capital, which is under the control of the Houthi Ansarullah movement, and resume oil and gas exports, sources said.
News ID: 74294 Publish Date : 2018/12/13
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – The foreign ministers of Iran and Russia in a telephone conversation discussed the latest developments in Syria.
News ID: 74293 Publish Date : 2018/12/13
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry slammed as “pointless” a US official’s idea of renegotiating the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, stressing that Tehran would not test what has been already tested.
News ID: 74292 Publish Date : 2018/12/13
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – European members of the UN Security Council reaffirmed their commitment and support for the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers despite US pressures.
News ID: 74291 Publish Date : 2018/12/13
