Posts Tagged ‘implementation’

Iraqi army wins back key village near Mosul

The Iraqi army and Hashd al-Shaabi are now in full control of Karabuk village in Makmour region in Anbar province. Karabuk is the seventh village in Anbar province that has been recently won back. The six other villages which have been seized back include Mahanah, Kudilah, Kharbardan, Kamardi, Kharaba and Qaryat Umah Awah. Earlier on […]

Iran to increase investment in gas industry infrastructure

TEHRAN, April 3 (Shana) – Managing director of the Iranian Gas Engineering and Development Company said the company will focus on development of the industry’s infrastructure in the current year (started March 20). Hassan Montazer-Torbati told Shana on the sidelines of annual staff meeting to mark Nowruz (New Year) on Sunday that Supreme Leader’s designating […]

David Cameron to send Royal Navy warships to Libya ‘to deter migrants’: Zio-Watch, March 18, 2016

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) – Argentine President Mauricio Macri said he is “determined” to discover the truth about the death of AMIA prosecutor Alberto Nisman. “Everything that happened made us look weak in the world,” Macri told The Associated Press as part of a long-ranging interview published Thursday. “But now we are determined to bring […]

Zarif: Certain powers support Daesh

Singapore, March 8, IRNA – There are still some people in the region who see their interests in supporting the terrorist group of Daesh (ISIS), visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tuesday.  Terrorism is a global threat that has no border, Zarif said in a meeting here on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of […]

New Consumer-Grade Drone’s Autonomous Flying Modes Include Collision Avoidance

New Consumer-Grade Drone’s Autonomous Flying Modes Include Collision Avoidance March 2nd, 2016 Via: The Verge: When drones got smart enough to navigate using GPS, and to follow people around, the naysayers pointed out they still couldn’t see anything. It could follow you, sure, but […]

Minister: Election turnout 50% in Tehran, 62% in other provinces

Tehran, Feb 29, IRNA – Minister of Interior Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on Monday that election turnout was registered 50 percent in Tehran and 62 percent in other provinces for parliament and the Assembly of Experts. Rahmani Fazli told reporters that vote count has ended and the first 30 top candidates garnering majority of votes […]

Iran in photos: Feb.15-Feb21

Tehran, February 21,The Iran Project –  Zarif European tour,beginning of electoral campaigns in Iran, Omani FM trip to Iran dominated the country’s media outlets in the past week (Feb.15-Feb.21). Silk Road train arrives in Tehran Monday The first cargo train that left China almost a fortnight ago arrived in Tehran on Monday morning. Iran holds […]

More boots on the ground? Pentagon on the ‘escalation path’ in Iraq, Syria

The Pentagon ostensibly wants to put more effort into its anti-Daesh campaign, but if this requires sending additional boots on the ground, the US could be dragged into another protracted war that could last for years, Ivan Eland, US senior defense analyst from the Independent Institute, told RT. “I think we’re on the escalation path back […]

Global Unemployment and the World Economic Crisis: A Bleak ILO Unemployment Report and even Bleaker Projections

This is a transcript of an interview of Dr. Peter Koenig with PressTV, focussing on the recently released ILO Unemployment Report. The interview is preceded by a brief news summary of the ILO report.  According to AFP, January 19, 2016:  “Global unemployment rose in 2015 and is expected to worsen further over the next two years, the […]

Geagea endorses Aoun presidency bid in Lebanon

Lebanese Christian politician Samir Geagea has endorsed the candidacy of his rival Michel Aoun, in a major boost for Hezbollah-backed Aoun and his supporters in their bid to fill the power vacuum in the Arab country. Sitting alongside Aoun, Geagea made the highly-anticipated announcement on Monday in a televised news conference, urging his allies in […]

5 Countries Spew More Plastic Into the Oceans Than the Rest of the World Together

5 Countries Spew More Plastic Into the Oceans Than the Rest of the World Together January 18th, 2016 Via: GlobalPost: In a recent report, Ocean Conservancy claims that China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam are spewing out as much as 60 percent of […]

‘Glitch’ delayed departure of American prisoners from Iran

The departure of three American prisoners from Tehran, released as part of a swap following the lifting of sanctions on Iran was at least partly delayed by a “temporary misunderstanding” about whether two relatives were on the plane. There had been expectations that they would leave on Saturday, while the final round of talks on […]

Bahraini forces clash with protesters over Nimr execution

Bahraini regime forces have clashed with protesters demonstrating to condemn Saudi Arabia’s recent execution of prominent Shia cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. The Al Khalifah regime forces attacked the demonstrators in the northeastern island of Sitra on Saturday night, firing tear gas at them. Some of the demonstrators reportedly sustained injuries in the violence. The assault came a […]

Photos: Iran’s Zarif, EU’s Mogherini joint presser in Vienna

US will always find excuse to threaten sanctions on Iran: Analyst The United States will always find an excuse to threaten new sanctions against Iran, which is in line with the decades-old policy… Source Article from http://theiranproject.com/blog/2016/01/17/197165/

IAEA report on Iran’s compliance with nuclear deal likely on Jan. 16-source

Jan 15 An IAEA report verifying whether Iran has kept its promises under a nuclear deal Tehran reached last year with world powers is likely to be issued on Saturday, paving the way for sanctions relief, a diplomatic source said on Friday. Iranian and other officials had previously said they expected the report to come […]

BEST OF THE WEB: Doing it right: German paper Bild’s interview with Putin

     Putin used Russia’s Christmas break to give an interview for the German tabloid Bild-Zeitung (see here and here). Unusually for the Western media, the German interviewers proved to be both well-informed and intelligent and avoided cliches, giving Putin a good opportunity to explain himself concisely on a wide range of topics. The fact the […]

Five Saudi troops killed in Yemen retaliatory operations

Yemen’s army and popular committees have killed five Saudi soldiers on the kingdom’s soil amid Riyadh’s relentless bombardment of its impoverished neighbor. One of the Saudi troops was killed during clashes with Yemeni forces in al-Rabou’a area of Saudi Arabia’s southwestern Asir region on Wednesday, said al-Masirah television channel. According to the Yemeni channel, Saudi armed […]

Zarif: Some countries take steps contrary to Muslim Ummah interests

Tehran, Dec 27, IRNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that a number of countries by taking wrong tactics are ignoring existing realities in regional, social and political structure and they take steps contrary to Islamic Ummah interests’ spirit. According to the report of Foreign Ministry Media Department on Sunday, Zarif made the remarks […]

16 people die during 11-day Turkish army crackdown on Kurdish forces in Cizre – report

“Sixteen people died after eleven days of Turkish siege… they are bombing civilians,” the reporter who wished to remain anonymous, told RT. “Young people from [Cizre] put up barricades… the government wants to remove [them]”, she also said. “They [people] want to protect themselves, because they don’t want to get arrested and they don’t want […]

Photos: Iranian protesters condemn massacre of Muslims in Nigeria

‘Coalition of the Coalitions’ needed in ISIS fight: Mousavian Tehran, Dec 15, IRNA – Former spokesman for Iran’s nuclear negotiators Hossein Mousavian has said it is vital for the US/West to… Source Article from http://theiranproject.com/blog/2015/12/16/192629/

Optimized military gear rejoin Iran’s navy

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A warship and two naval aircraft rejoined the Iranian Navy on Tuesday after undergoing fundamental repairs by the local experts. In a ceremony attended by Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari in the country’s southern province of Hormozgan on Tuesday morning, the overhauled equipment returned to service and joined the southern fleet […]

Give Veterans Your Word for Veterans Day – Veterans Today

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Syria War News – the Real and Surreal – Veterans Today

US begins consultations on military support for Kurdish militias in Syria .. from TASS,  Moscow Would Erdogan really intervene against the Kurds in Syria…taking on the US, Syria and Russia? [ Editor’s Note – My, my…a busy day coming today, so I am starting off with a triple play. The US is very publicly jumping […]

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