
SYRIA
Syria army making headway in Zabadani
Syrian soldiers and Hezbollah fighters gain more ground against Takfiri elements in Zabadani.

Syrian soldiers and Hezbollah fighters gain more ground against Takfiri elements in Zabadani.

Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Hezbollah, says the Lebanese resistance movement is proud of being targeted by the US.

Iranian athletes secure places in the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 21 people in northeastern Nigeria, residents say.

A sniper shoots dead a police guard in the restive northern Sinai town of Sheikh Zuweid.

Iran says it is conducting the last stages of testing a pipeline to export gas to Iraq.

The PKK militant group attacks a construction site in the southeast of Turkey, kidnapping 15 workers, Turkish media say.

Six soldiers die in fresh clashes between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops in Karabakh.

The Takfiri ISIL terrorist group abducts more than 180 children in the Iraqi city of Mosul.

Conservative British lawmakers accuse Barack Obama of interfering in British politics after the US president said the UK must remain in the European Union.

Riyadh announces a five-day lull in its military aggression against Yemen, according to the Saudi Press Agency.

Iran says no authorization has been provided for the American fast-food giant McDonald’s to operate in the country.

Dozens of EU political and diplomatic figures support the nuclear conclusion reached between Iran and the P5+1.

The Syrian president grants a general amnesty to army deserters and draft-dodgers.

Istanbul governor bans a planned anti-ISIL demonstration in the wake of the blast in Suruc.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) blames China for a significant surge in economic espionage cases in the United States.

Iran’s former weightlifting champion Mir Rasoul Raeisi dies at the age of 91 in Tehran.

Passengers are facing delays of around three hours after what Eurotunnel has described as migrant activity.