All Heavyweights among 500 Presidential Hopefuls in Iran Elections
Christof Lehmann (nsnbc),- The Iranian FARS News Agency reports that more than 500 candidates have registered for Iran´s presidential elections, including all of Iran´s political heavyweights. The most prominent of the candidates are former President Akhbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the Supreme Leader´s top-aide Ali Akhbar Velayati, Iran´s chief nuclear More...
Iran Warns against Spread of Syria Crisis Across Region
Iran Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has warned against the spread of the ongoing Syria crisis to other regional countries, calling on those countries to remain vigilant at the present juncture. The Iranian More...
Putin and Cameron interested in ending Syria violence
Christof Lehmann (nsnbc),- After a meeting with the UK´s Prime Minister David Cameron, Rusia´s President Vladimir Putin has stated that Russia and the UK both are interested in ending the violence in Syria and More...
The Syria War, Preventing a General War in the Middle East, Europe and Beyond ( 1/3)
Christof Lehmann (nsnbc),- The crisis in Syria or Syria war, which is in its second year, has so far cost more than 70,000 lives, displaced millions, and is increasingly developing into a regional conflict of mind-boggling complexity. More...
Is the Middle East moving toward a Shia-Sunni war?
Interview with Hojjatollah Joudaki. Analyst of Regional Issues and Iran's Former Cultural Advisor to Egypt. Perhaps, it would be no exaggeration if one claimed that the biggest war which is currently raging in More...
Palestine Seeks Full Interpol Membership
Saed Bannoura (IMEMC),- The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank is seeking a full membership with the International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO), internationally known as Interpol, and will be submitting More...
Syria after Kerry´s Moscow Visit. Seemingly Positive Words Barely Cover Over Looming Risk for Regional War
Christof Lehmann (nsnbc),- After the conclusion of the visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry to Russia, the sole tangible result is an agreement to arrange one more international conference for all parties to More...
Syria Allegedly Grants Palestinian Group Green Light To Attack Israel
Saed Bannoura (IMEMC),- A Political leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command, based in Syria, stated that Damascus allegedly granted the Front an unofficial green light to More...
Israeli Army Kidnaps The Grand Mufti Of Jerusalem (Updated)
Saed Bannoura (IMEMC),- Wednesday May 8 2013, Israeli soldiers kidnapped the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Holy Land, Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, after surrounding his home and breaking into it. Local sources More...
Israel Wants Detainees To Pay For Their Medical Expenses
Saed Bannoura (IMEMC),- The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported Monday that the Israeli Prison Authority is demanding Palestinian political prisoners to pay for their own medical expenses, and refused to More...
