TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – Syria named veteran diplomat Faisal Mekdad as foreign minister to replace Walid Muallem, who died last week, state media reported. - World news - Mekdad, 66, had been deputy foreign minister since 2006. He has also held a string of diplomatic posts, including envoy to the United Nations.Syrian President Bashar al-Assad also appointed Bashar al-Jaafari, currently...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – Lebanese President Michel Aoun appointed former prime minister Saad Hariri as the country's prime minister-designate just a year after his resignation from office. - World news - Hariri won the backing of a majority of parliamentarians in consultations with Aoun on Thursday.The prime minister-designate, who has previously led three governments in Lebanon, stepped down...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – Iraq’s Ministry of Defense appointed a new military commander to assume responsibility of security issues in the province Diyala. - World news - Member of parliamentarian Security and Defense Committee Abdul-Khaliq Al-Azzawi told Anadolu Agency that the defense minister had appointed Major General Adnan Al-Enezi to succeed Major General Saleh Nasser in running the...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in a decree on Thursday appointed former Iranian Parliament speaker Ali Larijani as his adviser and also a member of the country’s Expediency Council (EC). - Politics news - In the decree, Ayatollah Khamenei hailed Larijani’s “useful experience” and efforts during his vital responsibility as the...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – Iraqi President Barham Salih on Tuesday appointed Adnan al-Zurfi as the country's new prime minister-designate in the latest bid to resolve a months-long political crisis. - World news - Al-Zurfi has 30 days to form his cabinet which he must then put to a vote of confidence in Iraq's fractious parliament. The 54-year-old former governor of the holy Shiite city of...