Iran is meeting its obligations to curb its nuclear program under the deal Tehran struck with six world powers, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in its first report since the deal went into effect in January.
The polls closed in Iran’s parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections at 23:45 local time (2015 GMT) on Friday after voting was extended several times due to a massive voter turnout. Some 55 million Iranians were eligible to vote in the two elections. The process of counting ballots is already underway
Saudi Arabian warplanes arrived at Turkey's İncirlik base on Friday to take part in aerial missions against the ISIL in Syria, according to turkey’s officials.
The Syrian army and the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance forces are winning back two strategic heights in Lattakia province which will in turn pave their way to capture key areas in neighboring Idlib province.
A field commander of Nouriddeen al-Zinki movement (affiliated to the Al-Nusra Front) was killed in the Syrian warplanes' strikes in the Western part of Aleppo province.
The Syrian opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) said on Friday that nearly 100 rebel groups have agreed to the recently negotiated Russian-US ceasefire in the Arab republic.
The Kremlin has dismissed reports that its jets targeted strongholds of all militants in Syria ahead of a ceasefire, saying Moscow only bombed “terrorist organizations” in the Arab country.
An adviser to the Syrian president says Daesh (ISIS/ISISL) would be defeated much more easily if some regional countries, especially Turkey and Saudi Arabia, did not fund and support the terrorist group.
Hasna, 17, and Madiha, 16, were stoned to death at the hands of ISIS extremists after being accused of committing adultery.
The Syrian army and National Defense Forces (NDF) drove the militant groups back from more villages in the mountainous regions of the coastal province of Latakia near the border with Turkey.