TEHRAN(Basirat): On December 10, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced two Russian Tu-160 planes landed at an airport in close proximity to Caracas, Venezuelan capital, after traveling some 10,000 km. The two Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers arrived a couple of days after Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro's meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, which ended with Russia's agreement to invest in Venezuela.

TEHRAN (Basirat): ISIL commanders are hiding at US bases at Iraq's border with Syria, a senior commander of Hashd al-Shaabi (Iraqi popular forces) said, warning that Washington seeks to use the terrorists as a leverage against Baghdad and Damascus.