07 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RIYADH/ MELBOURNE/ ISLAMABAD: In relation to the recent escalation of tension between the United States and Iran, Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Monday that Pakistan does not support any unilateral action and will not become a party to the …
Read More »‘No plan to withdraw 5,000 US troops from Iraq’
07 January, 2020 WASHINGTON/ BAGHDAD: The United States has no plans to pull out militarily from Iraq, Defense Secretary Mark Esper told Pentagon reporters on Monday, following reports of a US military letter about preparations for a withdrawal. “There’s been no decision whatsoever to leave Iraq,” Esper said, when asked about …
Read More »Mourners pack Tehran to pay homage to Soleimani
06 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN: Funeral processions to honour Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian military commander who was assassinated last week in an air raid by the United States in Baghdad, are underway in Iran. Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, was martyred along with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the …
Read More »Trump threatens sanctions if US troops exit Iraq
06 January, 2020 WASHINGTON/ BAGHDAD: President Trump has threatened severe sanctions against Iraq after its parliament called on US troops to leave the country. “We have a very extraordinarily expensive air base that’s there. It cost billions of dollars to build. We’re not leaving unless they pay us back for …
Read More »Iran ‘offers $80 million bounty for Donald Trump’s head’
06 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iran has put an $80million bounty on the head of Donald Trump as it vowed to attack the White House. The chilling announcement was broadcast live as millions of Iranians to the streets for the televised funeral of assassinated General …
Read More »Hezbollah vows to target American forces
06 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BEIRUT/ BAGHDAD/ DAMASCUS: Hassan Nasrallah, the Chief of Hezbollah has promised to target US forces in the region in retaliation for the martyrdom of top Iranian and Iraqi commanders in a United States (US) drone attack earlier this week. On Friday, Qassem Soleimani, the …
Read More »Iran pulls back from nuclear deal
06 January, 2020 TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD/ WASHINGTON: Iran has declared that it will no longer abide by any of the restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal. In a statement, it said it would no longer observe limitations on its capacity for enrichment, the level of enrichment, the stock of enriched …
Read More »Iraqi Parliament calls for end of US troops
05 January, 2020 BAGHDAD/ TEHRAN: Iraqi parliament has passed a resolution calling for foreign troops to leave the country after the US martyred top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike at Baghdad airport last week. Parliament also called for a formal complaint to be made at the UN …
Read More »Mourners flood streets as Soleimani returns to Iran
05 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD/ DAMASCUS: Hundreds of thousands of mourners have taken to the streets in Iran to receive home the remains of Qasem Soleimani, the general killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad last week. In Avhaz, mourners beat their chests and …
Read More »US will strike ‘very fast & hard’ if Tehran attacks: Trump
05 January, 2020 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: President Trump has warned the US is “targeting” 52 Iranian sites and will strike “very fast and very hard” if Tehran attacks Americans or US assets. His comments followed the US assassination of Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian general, in a drone strike. Iran has …
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