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Iraqi Forces Recapture Last Daesh-Held Town

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iraqi forces on Friday captured the border town of Rawa, the last remaining town under Daesh (ISIL) control, signaling the collapse of the terror group’s self-proclaimed caliphate.
News ID: 67031    Publish Date : 2017/11/18

Report:

Saudi Regime Torture Victims Include Former King's Son

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Saudi Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, the son of the late King Abdullah who was once considered a future crown prince, was beaten and tortured, along with five other princes, when he was arrested in Riyadh during the ongoing political purge in the kingdom, a report said.
News ID: 67030    Publish Date : 2017/11/18

Iran, Turkey discuss solutions to Syrian crisis

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Deputy FM Jaberi Ansari held talks Friday with Omid Yalcin, Sedat Önal and other Turkish officials on the crisis in Syria.
News ID: 67029    Publish Date : 2017/11/18

Iran:

France Adopting Biased Stance on Regional Crises

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi slammed French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian for his recent anti-Tehran remarks and said the western European country has a “one-sided and biased” stance on crises facing the Middle East region.
News ID: 67028    Publish Date : 2017/11/17

Turkey's Erdogan Accuses US of Financially Supporting Daesh in Syria

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - Turkish President Erdogan has claimed that US actions in Syria are not in line with relations between allies.
News ID: 67027    Publish Date : 2017/11/17

UN Chief Guterres Calls for Cessation of ‘Stupid’ Saudi-Yemeni War

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has referred to the ongoing Saudi-Yemeni conflict as “stupid”, calling on the regime in Riyadh and its allies to put an end to hostilities.
News ID: 67026    Publish Date : 2017/11/17

Senior Cleric:

West Trying to Create Chaos, Unrest in Lebanon

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Tehran's provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani strongly blasted the western countries for fueling the flames of crises in the region, specially Lebanon.
News ID: 67025    Publish Date : 2017/11/17

Pentagon Says All 3,000 US 'Uplift' Troops Now on Ground in Afghanistan

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - All 3,000 additional US troops that are part of US President Donald Trump’s new surge strategy are currently on ground in Afghanistan.
News ID: 67024    Publish Date : 2017/11/17

Iraqi Forces Launch Operation to Liberate Last Daesh-Held Town

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iraqi forces began a large-scale operation to liberate the town of Rawa, one of the Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terrorists group's last footholds in the Arab country.
News ID: 67023    Publish Date : 2017/11/17

Russia Vetoes UN Resolution on Syria, Blocking Inquiry Renewal

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - Russia on Thursday cast its 10th veto of United Nations Security Council action on Syria since the war began in 2011, blocking a US-drafted resolution to renew an international inquiry into who is to blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria.
News ID: 67022    Publish Date : 2017/11/17

Yemeni Army Pounds Saudi Positions in Asir, Najran

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – The forces of the Yemeni army and Popular Committees, in retaliatory attacks against the Saudi-led coalition, shelled Saudi military sites in the kingdom’s southwestern border regions of Asir and Najran, inflicting heavy casualties on them.
News ID: 67021    Publish Date : 2017/11/17

Iran Condemns Deadly Terror Attack in Afghan Capital

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi strongly condemned a suicide attack claimed by Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorist group in the Afghan capital of Kabul that killed at least 14 people and injured many others on Thursday.
News ID: 67020    Publish Date : 2017/11/17

Iranian deputy FM hails JCPOA as ME security restorer

TEHRAN ( defapress ) –Deputy Foreign Minister Araghchi said on Wednesday that Europe has come to the conclusion that a sound implementation of the nuclear deal plays a key role in preserving security in the ME.
News ID: 67019    Publish Date : 2017/11/16

Five Articles of Impeachment against Trump Introduced by House Democrats

TEHRAN ( defapress )- A half-dozen US Democrats introduced articles of impeachment against the country's President Donald Trump, accusing him of obstruction of justice and other offenses, in a long-shot effort that stands little chance in the Republican-led House.
News ID: 67017    Publish Date : 2017/11/16

Russia:

US Intel Giving Diplomatic Bank Transaction Details to Media

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Russia said the country is outraged that the US security services give to mass media data on bank transactions of the Russian diplomatic missions to mass media.
News ID: 67016    Publish Date : 2017/11/16

North Korea 'Sentences Trump to Death' for Insulting Kim Jong-Un

TEHRAN ( defapress )- North Korea’s state media criticized US President Donald Trump for insulting leader Kim Jong-Un, saying the US president deserved the death penalty and calling him a coward for cancelling a visit to the inter-Korean border.
News ID: 67015    Publish Date : 2017/11/16

Iran Dismisses UN Human Rights Resolution as Politically-Motivated

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry rejected as unacceptable a new resolution by the UN Third Committee that voices concern about the status of human rights in Iran, saying support for such a politically motivated resolution from war criminals and sponsors of terrorism has discredited it.
News ID: 67018    Publish Date : 2017/11/16

Six Russian Long-Range Bombers Strike ISIL Targets in Southeast Syria

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Six Russian long-range bombers have carried out airstrikes targeting ISIL terrorist positions in an area located close to Syrian city of Albu Kamal in the Southeast of the country.
News ID: 67014    Publish Date : 2017/11/16

Assad:

Int’l Right to Self-Defense Strengthened by Syria’s Victory

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his country’s success to defeat terrorism and restore security lent credibility to the international law and to the right to defend a nation’s independence and territorial integrity.
News ID: 67013    Publish Date : 2017/11/16

New Earthquake Leaves No Casualties in Iran

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Just three days after a massive earthquake devastated many cities and villages in Iran’s western province of Kermanshah, a tremor measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale shook a northwestern border area on Wednesday night, but caused no casualties.
News ID: 67012    Publish Date : 2017/11/16

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