IRNA- A senior military commander said that the construction and development of the country is an area that successful works can prove Iran's efficiency to other countries. Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari pointed to 'jihadist management' as the main factor in the success of the construction ...

Syrias Special Forces troops are strung out across a pinnacle of hills here just north east of Lattakia on one of the countrys most dangerous front lines, under daily missile attack from reinforced rebel forces now supported by ISIS. The officers, all of whom are paratroopers, speak of new tactics and upgraded weapons used against them since ISIS ...

[caption id="attachment_112336" align="alignright" width="247"] An Iraqi cleric from the Yazidi religious minority looks on, on August 17, 2014 at Yazidi holy Lalish temple situated in a valley in the Shikhan Mountains, in Kurdistan's western Dohuk province (AFP Photo/Ahmad al-Rubaye)[/caption] Geneva (AFP) - The UN refugee agency said Tuesday it ...

[caption id="attachment_110265" align="alignright" width="294"] A F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Valions of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 15 as it prepares to land on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77 in the Gulf on July 29, 2014A F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Valions of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 15 as it prepares ...

[caption id="attachment_110165" align="alignright" width="215"] A general view of the Mosul dam on the Tigris River, on October 31, 2007[/caption] Jihadists have seized Iraq's largest dam north of their hub of Mosul, giving them control over the supply of water and electricity for a vast area, officials said Friday. "Mosul dam has been in insurgent ...

[caption id="attachment_110008" align="alignright" width="244"] A Kurdish peshmerga soldier in northern Iraq. Thousands of residents are fleeing for Kurdistan ahead of the Isis advance. Photograph: Reuters[/caption] Qaraqosh, Tal Kayf, Bartella and Karamlesh emptied of original populations and now under the control of Jihadi militants Jihadists has ...

Members of minority Yazidi sect face slaughter if they go down and dehydration if they stay, while 130,000 fled to Kurdish north Tens of thousands of members of one ofIraq's oldest minorities have been stranded on a mountain in the country's north-west, facing slaughter at the hands of jihadists surrounding them below if they flee, or death by dehydration ...

TEHRAN, July 20 (MNA) The head of ISIL has reportedly announced the first Islamic Emirate in Europe. Media reports say Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the leader of the ISIL, who was addressing the Jihadists in Europe, expressed hopes that soon, following the fall of Andalusia, ISIL will found its emirates after establishing Islamic Caliphate in Iraq and ...

[caption id="attachment_101892" align="alignright" width="249"] The US has sent an aircraft carrier to the Gulf as it considers its options in dealing with the Iraq crisis[/caption] As Iraq burns and nuclear talks between Iran and the West hurtle towards their 20 July deadline, the US and Iran appear to be pushed together by the force of circumstances....

JERUSALEM: Israel fears that a jihadist offensive that has swept up swathes of Iraq may prompt concessions to arch-foe Iran from its longtime ally the United States. "If Washington needs Tehran's help to solve the Iraq crisis, the United States will need to be more flexible in negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme," public radio cited a senior ...

It took a searing crisis for the United States to officially acknowledge that it needs Irans help. On Monday, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns reportedly discussed the jihadist takeover of Iraq's Sunni heartland with his Iranian counterparts on the sidelines of nuclear talks in Vienna. Good idea. For years, weve been calling on the ...

Baghdad:Jihadists were pushing toward Baghdad on Thursday after capturing a town only 90 kilometres (56 miles) to its north, in a lightning three-day offensive the Iraqi government has failed to stop. Fighters from the Sunni Muslim Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant seized the town of Dhuluiyah, a municipal councillor, a police colonel and witnesses ...