Hezbollah Official Raps US as Source of Lebanon’s Problems

TEHRAN (defapress) – Syrian forces reached the outskirts of a key militant-held town, part of a weekslong offensive into the country's last rebel stronghold, state media said.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Hezbollah’s second-in-command Sheikh Naim Qassem hit back at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for voicing concern about the role of Hezbollah in the new Lebanese government, saying the US itself is the root cause of the problems in the Arab country.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Israeli aircraft struck several sites belonging to Palestinian resistance forces in the south of the besieged Gaza enclave.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Syrian forces continued to make gains in their fight against terrorists in Idlib, managing to seize control over several villages and towns in the northwestern province.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah said anti-US protests in Iraq would lead to mass protests across the Muslim world that would eventually expel American forces from entire West Asia.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Millions of Iraqi people have convened in the capital city of Baghdad to deplore the US military presence in the country.

TEHRAN (defapress)- A senior commander of Hashd al-Shaabi (Iraqi popular forces) warned on Wednesday that the US forces are transferring the ISIL terrorists from Syria to safe areas in Iraq as part of a seemingly major plan to trigger security problems for the Arab nation again.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Lebanon has formed a new government in a bid to help rescue the country from an unprecedented economic and financial crisis, its presidency announced.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iraq plans to send delegations to Russia, China, and Ukraine to discuss the purchase of modern air defense systems to protect its territory from any possible aggression, an Iraqi lawmaker said.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Qatar Airways, Emirates and several other Persian Gulf airlines still fly in Iranian and Iraqi airspace and to cities in both countries since Iran and the United States traded military strikes.