Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah says the prominent Shia cleric Imam Moussa al-Sadr and his two companions are “alive and in custody in Libya.”Speaking on the occasion of International Quds Day on Friday, Nasrallah called on Libya to release the cleric and his companions.Imam Moussa al-Sadr was kidnapped during an official visit to Tripoli to meet with officials from the government of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in August 1978. He is believed to have been abducted on the orders of senior Libyan officials.In 2008, the government in Beirut issued an arrest warrant for Gaddafi over Sadr's disappearance. Libya has denied involvement, ignoring calls for more information on the case.

A senior Iranian commander says the Quds Day rallies are indicative of the global opposition to Israeli occupation and a presage of Tel Aviv's downfall. The Quds Day "appears to pave the way for the collapse of Israel and its allies, namely the US and Britain," IRNA quoted Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri, the deputy head of Iran's Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff, as saying on Thursday.In August 1979, late founder of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini declared the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan as the Quds Day, calling for international rallies against Israel in solidarity with the Palestinian people.Jazayeri also said that the upcoming direct talks between Tel Aviv and the Palestinian Authority (PA) were bound to fail."Now that the world public opinion has changed over the Israeli atrocities and the popular resistance has ...

Ezzedeen Al Qassam Brigades fullfill its series of promises by carrying out a new heroic operation against hatefull Zionist settlers in West Bank. On Wednesday, 1st of September ,Al Qassam members in the West Bank opened fire on a car driving near the illegal settlement of Kochav Hashachar and east of the West Bank city of Ramallah, at 11p.m. In a statement distributed by the Brigades on its website confirmed that “This operation is part of the repelling operations against the occupation assaults on Gaza Strip and West Bank, and as a legal response for the ongoing aggression against Palestinian people.” This second operation, comes one day after Al Khalil operation caused of killing of 4 Zionist settlers by Al Qassam members in West Bank , this reveals that they are able to hit anywhere and anytime, and also sends a message to Zionist settlers and soldiers ...

Amnesty International says war planes supplied by the UK to Saudi Arabia are "extremely likely" to have been used in attacks on civilians in Yemen."Our report points to the Saudis using UK-supplied and UK-maintained arms in secret attacks that have left scores of Yemeni civilians dead," Amnesty's Arms Program Director Oliver Sprague said on Tuesday."The government needs to announce a thorough investigation to get to the bottom of this, reporting the findings back to Parliament," he added, demanding "all current and future UK supplies of arms to Saudi Arabia should be suspended pending the results of this investigation."The UK must ensure that the jet fighters "did not facilitate violations of international humanitarian law, including possible war crimes, by the Saudi Arabian air force," the human rights groups said.Amnesty's report found it was ...

On Sunday, four masked gunmen broke into the house of the mother and daughter in southern Kulgam district and shot them dead, AFP reported on Monday. In a separate incident gunmen shot a man in the neighboring Pulwama district, police said. Kashmiris have expressed disheartenment as the violence took place at a most holy and spiritual time. "The people of the area have protested against the killing in the holy month of Ramadan," a statement by police said. According to police, the motive behind the killings is not yet known and they are searching for the assailants. Kashmir lies at the heart of more than 60 years of hostility between India and Pakistan since anger against the Indian rule turned into rebellion back in 1989.Over the past two decades, the conflict in Kashmir has left over 50,000 people dead.RBK/HRF