Iran says schoolgirls not poisoned, cites fear-mongering by ‘enemies’

An investigation by The Cradle reveals that ‘mass psychogenic illness’ fueled by external fear-mongering may be the main reason behind the symptoms

Iran issues several arrests in schoolgirls poisonings case

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that those responsible for the attack will receive 'no amnesty'

Khamenei calls poisoning of Iranian schoolgirls ‘unforgivable crime’ as cases surge

The mysterious cases, which started in November 2022, have been framed by western media as a 'revenge attack' on schoolgirls for last year's anti-government protests

UAE-backed mercenaries rape six underage girls in Yemen

Local residents have angrily demanded the expulsion of all militias supported by Abu Dhabi

World Bank suspends Afghanistan projects after closure of girls schools

The aid was meant to bypass western sanctions and support education, agriculture, health, and family programs in Afghanistan

US cancels talks with Taliban after closure of girls schools

Regional powers, including Iran and Turkey, have repeatedly called on the Taliban to allow girls education and to form an inclusive government

Taliban temporarily shuts down girls’ high schools across Afghanistan

The move was condemned by the Turkish foreign ministry and may affect trust between Afghanistan's allies Iran and China, who both expect reforms under the Interim Government

Qatari PM holds secret talks with ‘reclusive’ Taliban chief: Report

This was reportedly the Taliban supreme leader’s first meeting with a foreign official

Turkish drone strike kills three Yazidi fighters in western Iraq

Turkiye continues to target members of the YBS, a PKK-linked group formed to protect Yazidis following the 2014 ISIS genocide

UN leads summit on Afghan crisis without Taliban

The Taliban government in Afghanistan strongly criticized their exclusion from the two-day meeting

Kurdish extremists discuss plans for terror attack against Yazidis

Sectarian tensions in the Sinjar region of Iraq remain high after rumors spread on social media that Yazidis had destroyed a mosque

Yazidis protest return of Sunni Arab families to Sinjar

Controversy over who is to blame for the 2014 ISIS genocide against Yazidis continues to stir sectarian tensions

US blockade on Afghanistan pushing nation into abyss: UN

Poverty spiked substantially in Afghanistan after the US froze the country's foreign reserves and blocked it from receiving international aid

Turks cannot feel safe with PKK presence in northern Syria, Iraq: Erdogan

Erdogan's comments come in the wake of negotiations to normalize relations with Syria and a recent drone strike targeting SDF leader Mazloum Abdi

Iran and Saudi Arabia: a Chinese win-win

The single Iranian-Saudi handshake buried trillions of dollars of western divide-and-rule investments across West Asia, and has global leaders rushing to Beijing for global solutions.

Independent Kurdistan in US interest: John Bolton

Bolton’s support for an independent Kurdish state in what is now northern Iraq highlights one of the key goals of neo-conservatives who conspired to launch the illegal invasion of the country with the world’s second-largest oil reserves

Iran’s chain poisonings: an act of terrorism, a crime or mass hysteria?

Strange reports of the poisoning of Iranian schoolgirls come amidst a sustained western propaganda campaign for regime change against the Islamic Republic.

Iraq repatriates over 500 refugees from Syria’s Al-Hawl camp

In 2022, 698 Iraqi families were evacuated from Al-Hawl camp with an estimated number of more than 3,080 people

Turkish drone strike kills three YBS fighters in Sinjar

Turkish airstrikes in the region continue as Turkiye seeks to increase influence in former Ottoman territories

UN official calls for dialogue to resolve Sinjar issue in Iraq

Hundreds of thousands of Yazidis still languish in IDP camps in poor conditions over eight years after suffering massacres and displacement due to KRG betrayal

Chinese companies sign oil extraction deal with Taliban government

This marks the first time the Taliban administration signs a public commodities deal with a foreign nation since its assumption of power in 2021

Protests expand against SDF and US occupation in Syria

The US has recently confirmed that it has no plans of leaving Syria or ending sanctions against the country

Four NGOs stop operating in Afghanistan following ban of female employees

The suspension of some of the aid organizations that millions of Afghans access comes at a time when more than half the population relies on humanitarian aid

White House ‘grateful’ for Qatar’s efforts to free its nationals from Afghanistan jail

Though thankful to the Taliban, the US insisted Kabul end its practices against women and minorities in Afghanistan

Taliban government fully implements Sharia law

Sharia law includes severe punishments including mutilation and execution for crimes such as theft, apostasy, adultery, and sedition

ISIS members behind last month’s Kabul school bombing killed in sting operation: Taliban

The Taliban says six ISIS fighters, who were involved in a recent suicide bombing on an Afghan educational center, were killed during the operation

EU member states propose new sanctions against Iran

Germany is leading efforts by the European Union to impose a new set of sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran

Dozens of Afghan students killed after suicide bombing in Kabul

Afghanistan's Shia Hazara minority has become the target of a bloody terror campaign launched by ISIS

UAE renews call for armistice in Syria

The UAE official welcomed the reopening of the international airport in Aleppo as essential to facilitate flights for the United Nations humanitarian assistance program

UK national smuggled into Syria by Canadian intelligence: BBC

Shamima Begum, a 22-year-old UK citizen who went to Syria at age 15 to join ISIS, has now appealed to have her citizenship restored