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Syrian troops liberate 2 villages in eastern Idlib

Date: 2020-01-16 08:07:01 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8271702

DAMASCUS, Jan 16 (MENA) - After intense fighting with militants from the Jabhat al Nusrah terrorist group, the Syrian armed forces liberated two villages in eastern Idlib governorate, TASS news agency reported on Thursday. Pro-government troops ....

New Russian military column heads from Manbij to Al Qamishly

Date: 2020-01-16 07:54:15 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:8271703

LONDON, Jan 16 (MENA) - Reliable sources reported seeing a new Russian military column heading to Al-Qamishli city in Al-Hasakah countryside. It was launched from Manbij area and passed by Ain Issa and Al-Darbasiyah, before it headed to ....

AP reiterates support to Syria’s unity, sovereignty

Date: 2020-01-15 20:32:51 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:8271437

CAIRO, Jan 15 (MENA) – The Arab Parliament (AP) reiterated on Wednesday its support to the unity and sovereignty of Syrian territories. In a statement on the developments in Syria, AP highlighted the importance of reaching an inclusive political ....

AP condemns US, Iran for turning Iraq into battlefield

Date: 2020-01-15 18:21:37 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:8271220

CAIRO, Jan 15 (MENA) – The Arab Parliament condemned Wednesday the use of Iraqi soil as a battlefield for the military conflict between Iran and the US. Such malpractices violate the Iraqi sovereignty and endanger people’s security, the ....

Israel detains 9 Palestinians in Jenin, Jericho

Date: 2020-01-14 09:16:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8268802

RAMALLAH, Jan 14 (MENA) - Israel has detained six Palestinian citizens in Aneen village and Qabatiya district of Jenin. Three other Palestinians were arrested in Jericho and al Aghwar, Wafa news agency reported Tuesday. It added that Israeli ....

Turkey: 115 soldiers detained over links to US-based cleric

Date: 2020-01-14 09:06:23 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8268820

ANKARA, Jan 14 (MENA) - Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained 115 soldiers suspected of links to the US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen blamed by Turkey for a failed coup attempt in 2016, ABC News reported. The 115 are among a total of 176 ....

Pakistani FM heads for Riyadh after official visit to Iran

Date: 2020-01-13 13:55:52 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:8267835

TEHRAN, Jan 13 (MENA) - Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi Monday left here for Saudi Arabia on the second leg of his two-nation tour after concluding a day-long official visit to Iran, the Pakistani news agency reported. In Riyadh, ....

Israeli occupation forces arrest 17 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2020-01-13 12:32:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:8267577

RAMALLAH, Jan 13 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Monday detained 17 Palestinians in multiple overnight raids across the occupied West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoners’ Society (PPS) on Monday. It said in a press statement that Israeli ....

Britain summons Iranian ambassador over arrest of British envoy in Tehran

Date: 2020-01-13 12:27:13 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:8267740

LONDON, Jan 13 (MENA) - Britain summoned on Monday the Iranian ambassador in London to convey its strong objections to the brief arrest of London’s envoy to Tehran on Saturday. “This was an unacceptable breach of the Vienna Convention and it ....

Ukrainian military aircraft flies home bodies of plane crash victims

Date: 2020-01-13 10:15:47 GMT - Ukraine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8267282

KYIV, Jan 13 (MENA) - A Ukrainian Defense Ministry plane will fly back home form Tehran the bodies of all 11 Ukrainian citizens killed in the plan crash that took place near Tehran last week, Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform quoted a Facebook post by ....