Tag: #MiddleEast
Assassination elevates Soleimani as icon of resistance
Dubai, Jan 8 (AFP/APP): Portraits of Qasem Soleimani have been carried aloft in rallies from Gaza to Yemen, raising the prospect that ...Oil rises after US killing of top Iranian general fuels war fears
New York, Jan 4 (AFP/APP): World oil prices jumped on Friday after the US killed a top Iranian general, fanning fresh fears ...Pentagon says sending 750 troops to Mideast after embassy attack in Iraq
Washington, Jan 1 (AFP/APP): The United States is sending around 750 more troops to the Middle East immediately, following an attack by ...Emirates airline says president to step down
Dubai, Dec 24 (AFP/APP): Tim Clark, president of Emirates, the Middle East’s biggest carrier, will step down from his position after 16 ...Pentagon denies US mulling 14,000 more troops for Mideast
Washington, Dec 5 (AFP/APP): The Pentagon on Wednesday denied a report that the United States was weighing sending up to 14,000 more ...Pakistan urges reconciliation in Middle East to unite Ummah
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 29 (APP):Underscoring the need for reconciliation in the Middle East, Pakistan told the U.N. Security Council Tuesday that Prime ...Iran says death of IS leader should end “U.S. intervention in Middle East”
TEHRAN, Oct 28 (XINHUA/APP):”The death of Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi should end U.S. interventions in the Middle East,” Iran’s ...Iraqi PM optimistic about preventing regional war, calls for patience
BAGHDAD, Sep 26 (XINHUA/APP):Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi Thursday said after his visit to Saudi Arabia that he is optimistic about ...