Thousands of people have gathered in central London to mark 40 days since the martyrdom anniversary of Islam’s 3rd Shia Imam.

AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Arbaeen mourning ceremony held at "Sayyed al-Shohada" mosque in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Turkey has agreed to end the military offensive in northern Syria after Kurdish fighters withdraw from a safe zone, US Vice President Mike Pence has said.

AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): "Imam Hussain Day" ceremony held by students of AhlulBayt Islamic Association in Edinburgh, Scotland.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will never sit at the negotiating table with Kurdish militants in Syria, emphasizing that Ankara’s military operation in the Arab country’s north will come to an end only when the Kurds leave the region and a “safe zone” is established there.

AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): "Arbaeen Grand Conference" held with attendance of prominent personalities of different religions and speeking of Ayatollah Ramazani, the Secretary-General of AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly at Hasan Doğan hall in Istanbul.

AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Ayatollah Reza Ramazani, the Secretary-General of AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly, meets with Salahaddin Uzgunduz, Friday prayer leader of Shiites of Istanbul, on Saturday.

Syria must be freed from foreign military presence, Russian President Vladimir Putin according to Russian news agencies.

Russia plans to push for dialogue between the Syrian and Turkish governments following an incursion by Turkish troops into Syria, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed Turkey's operation in northeastern Syria and the safe zone in a phone call, reports said Wednesday.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday reiterated Russia’s position which stresses that all foreign military forces that are present in Syria illegally must leave.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country will launch an air and ground operation east of the Euphrates in Syria after a deadline to jointly establish a so-called safe zone with the US passed.

During a visit to Rome on Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was gifted a big wedge of Parmesan cheese by a journalist—apparently in protest of the Trump administration imposing tariffs on the Italian export—before Italy’s prime minister had her removed.

The Presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation met on the sidelines of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Summit in the Armenian capital Yerevan on Tuesday evening to discuss the most important bilateral, regional and international issues.

Presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Armenia had a bilateral meeting and emphasised the importance of developing relations between Tehran and Yerevan in different political, economic and cultural fields.