Rasa - On Monday, the Trump administration announced the re-imposition of the “toughest” sanctions ever against Iran.

Rasa - There may be times when the world community is powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when it fails to protest.

Rasa - US Defense Secretary James Mattis has just called for an immediate ceasefire in Yemen. In the course of this, he has also demanded an end to fighting, and an immediate halt to all airstrikes against populated areas. Yet, the international community has serious questions about his degree of honesty when he asks for the cessation of hostilities.

Rasa - Despite 17 years of war and occupation, the United States and its allies have been unable to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Rasa - The occupation of the U.S. embassy in Tehran served to tell the U.S. government that the people of Iran are beholden to no outside influence, and that they would not tolerate any further interference in their internal affairs.

Rasa - The US and a number of other western states are renewing calls for a ceasefire in Yemen and a return to UN-backed peace talks aimed at ending the three-and-half-year war, but such efforts are destined to failure when they are disingenuous right from the start.

Rasa - The United States and its NATO partners should hold their heads in shame, because their military support and weapons sales to Saudi Arabia have only exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.

Rasa – In an exclusive report for Rasa News Agency, Firas Samuri, a freelance journalist, ‎‎wrote ‎ about the new American strategy in Syria and its perspectives. The previous one has ‎collapsed and the new has the same future.‎

Rasa – Serving the pilgrims of Imam al-Husayn during the days of Arba’in is an issue that has ‎crossed the geographical boundaries, such that people from various nationalities seek to ‎serve the pilgrims. ‎

Rasa - Syria’s UN Ambassador Bashar al-Jaafari has once again denounced sanctions imposed on his country by the United States and the European Union, saying the bans are harming the Syrian people.