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Issuing a statement, the Leader of the Sadrist movement announced his withdrawal from the political arena in Iraq. Muqtada al-Sadr, who leads the Sadrist Movement, in a statement on Monday, stated that he would no longer engage in political activities. Al-Sadr’s decision comes as Ayatollah Kadhim Husayni al-Haeri announced that he is withdrawing from Mar’ja authority due to his old age. Announcing his decision to quit Mar’ja authority, al-Haeri indirectly addressed Muqtada al-Sadr and rebuked him, creating division among the Iraqi people. Ayatollah Kadhim Husayni al-Haeri also called on his followers to obey the guidelines of the Leader of the…

Issuing a statement, the Leader of the Sadrist movement announced his withdrawal from the political arena in Iraq. Muqtada al-Sadr, who leads the Sadrist Movement, in a statement on Monday, stated that he would no longer engage in political activities. Al-Sadr’s decision comes as Ayatollah Kadhim Husayni al-Haeri announced that he is withdrawing from Mar’ja authority due to his old age. Announcing his decision to quit Mar’ja authority, al-Haeri indirectly addressed Muqtada al-Sadr and rebuked him, creating division among the Iraqi people. Ayatollah Kadhim Husayni al-Haeri also called on his followers to obey the guidelines of the Leader of the…

One of them is in critical condition. Three Palestinian youths were wounded by Israeli live bullets during an Israeli raid on Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. Confrontations were renewed after the IOF brutally stormed the refugee camp and fired live ammunition at civilians there. Three injured Palestinians, including one in critical condition, arrived at the Ibn Sina Specialized Hospital in Jenin, including an 18-year-old young man with a chest injury, a 20-year-old with a foot injury, and a 27-year-old with an abdomen injury, local medical sources reported. Furthermore, local sources reported that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot a Palestinian youth riding…

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova blasted US diplomats abroad for concentrating on efforts to spark new hotspots around the world. Commenting on US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel’s interviews with a number of media outlets, Zakharova said the American diplomat had made it clear “what US envoys around the world have been busy with” and revealed the essence of instructions he and his counterparts had been receiving from the US Department of State. Promoting US-style “commercial diplomacy” is top on American diplomats’ agenda, wrote on her Telegram channel on Saturday. “This has to do with blatant political motivation and…

On August 28, the Afrin Liberation Forces (ALF) announced that its cells killed three Turkish soldiers and nine Syrian militants in a recent series of attacks in the northern countryside of Syria’s Aleppo. In a statement, the Kurdish guerilla group said that the operations took place near the Turkish-occupied towns of Sharran, Mare, Azaz and al-Bab between August 18 and 27. The group noted that seven Turkish soldiers and eight Syrian militants were also wounded as a result of the attacks. The ALF released footage documenting five different attacks on positions, vehicles and personnel of the Turkish military and its…

Citizens must be willing to pay the price for freedom, the bloc’s top diplomat insists The EU will encounter “major challenges” due to the sanctions it imposed on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, the bloc’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, has said. The issue was raised during Borrell’s interview with the Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung, with journalists pointing out that many people in their country are “skeptical” about the anti-Russia measures. The diplomat claimed that the sanctions are working, and that “Russia is in trouble.” “These are restrictive measures. We’ve limited Russia’s economic possibilities. As long as Russia’s economy is dependent on oil and gas, they’ll…

According to Konashenkov, some of the shells damaged the pipeline Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov on Sunday said the armed forces of Ukraine shelled the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant twice over the past day, and three shells fell in the area near the special unit containing nuclear fuel and radioactive waste. “Over the past day, shelling by artillery units of the armed forces of Ukraine of the territory of the nuclear power plant was recorded twice. A total of nine shells were fired, three of which fell in the area of special unit No. 2, which stores…

“More than 100 nationalists were terminated at Ukrainian military reserve training center in the area of Slavyansk of the Donetsk People’s Republic as a result of a high-precision strike,” Konashenkov said Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov on Sunday said a high-precision strike by Russian forces killed more than 100 nationalists at Ukrainian military training center in the area of Slavyansk. “More than 100 nationalists were terminated at Ukrainian military reserve training center in the area of Slavyansk of the Donetsk People’s Republic as a result of a high-precision strike,” he said. Source: TASS

US has sent two warships through the Taiwan Strait, further escalating tensions with China following the controversial visit of the US house speaker to the Chinese Taipei. Two United States Navy warships have entered the Taiwan Strait in what is the first US naval transit in the waterway since US-China tensions spiked this month over a visit to the island by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville were on Sunday making the voyage “through waters where high seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law,” the US 7th Fleet in…

Six people have died after a truck drove off a dike and plowed into a barbecue party in the southern Dutch town of Nieuw Beijerland, police said on Sunday. The accident occurred on Saturday evening around 6 p.m. local time (1600 GMT) when the truck drove off the Zuidzijdsedijk and crashed into the neighborhood barbecue party going on at the bottom of the dike. Seven victims are currently in the hospital, one of them in critical condition, according to a police statement. The driver, a 46-year-old man from Spain, has been arrested. The man hadn’t been drinking, said the statement,…