Taliban spokesman Zabihollah Mojahed said to ILNA correspondent that rift in the Taliban over peace talks with U.S is not true.
Iranian Labour News Agency
Taliban spokesman Zabihollah Mojahed said to ILNA correspondent that rift in the Taliban over peace talks with U.S is not true.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he expected a formal announcement as early as next week that the coalition fighting Daesh (ISIS) militants has reclaimed all of the territory previously held by the extremist group.
The Syrian government declared victory over Daesh in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Friday, a big blow to the jihadists as their last stronghold in Syria crumbles.
Syria’s army and its allies have encircled Daesh (IS) in the city of al-Mayadin, southeast of Deir al-Zor, in eastern Syria, a Syrian military source said on Sunday.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has slammed the United States’ move to impose an aerial blockade on buses carrying women and children as part of a deal between the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement and the Daesh Takfiri terrorists.
Iraqi forces on Tuesday said they were making gains in their ongoing push to dislodge fighters from the Daesh (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group from the northern city of Tal Afar, as the Pentagon chief made a surprise visit to Iraq in a show of support.
Iraqi security forces launched on Sunday an offensive to take back the city of Tal Afar, their next objective in the U.S.-backed campaign to defeat Daesh (Islamic State) militants, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Tuesday that it had "confirmed information" that Daesh (Islamic State) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed.
Iranian authorities said on Sunday they have arrested six people involved in a twin attack on Tehran in which 17 people were killed last week.
President Donald Trump disclosed highly classified information to Russia's foreign minister about a planned Islamic State (Daesh terrorist group) operation, two U.S. officials said on Monday, plunging the White House into another controversy just months into Trump's short tenure in office.