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Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli

Turkish Deputy PM: US Decision to Supply Weapons to YPG ‘Unacceptable’

Turkey on Wednesday slammed as “unacceptable” a US announcement that Washington would supply arms and military equipment to Kurdish fighters battling ISIL Takfiri in Syria. “The supply of arms to the YPG is unacceptable,” Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli told A Haber television. “Such a policy will benefit nobody”. “We ...

May 10, 2017

Bahrain

Bahrain Activists Slam Manama’s Planned Hosting of Israelis

Rights organizations in Bahrain have strongly condemned the rulers of the Arab country for planning to host an Israeli delegation in an upcoming FIFA conference. The Bahraini regime is set to host the Israeli delegation as part of a cooperation bid during FIFA’s 67th Congress, due to be held in ...

May 9, 2017

Palestine

Zionist Authorities Escalate Measures against Palestinian Prisoners on 23rd Day of Mass Hunger Strike

As some 1,600 Palestinian prisoners marked their 23rd day on hunger strike on Tuesday, the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs warned that hunger strikers had entered a dangerous stage, reporting that health conditions were deteriorating considerably. The political prisoners are calling for an end to the denial of family visits, ...

May 9, 2017

Syria

Syrian Army, Allies Finish First Phase of Mission Aimed at Securing Syrian-Iraqi Border

The Syrian army and allies completed on Tuesday the campaign aimed at securing the Syrian-Iraqi borders, advancing for 50 km in the area. The Syrian army and allies regained control over Al-Sabea Biyar area and the two hills of Rajm Al-Qabr and Rajm Hamade in Damascus countryside. The Syrian army ...

May 9, 2017

Syria

Battlefield Sources Warn US against Any Military Intervention in Southern Syria

Well-informed sources in Syria stressed that Damascus and allies are thoroughly monitoring the US-British-Jordanian military movements on the Syrian border, considering that what is going on is a suspicious maneuver. The sources, in a statement, added that the maneuver aims at covering up a military action being prepared to invade ...

May 9, 2017

Palestine

Abbas Says Ready to Meet Netanyahu under Trump’s Auspices

Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday US President Donald Trump was expected to visit the Palestinian territories “soon” and that he was ready to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of the US president’s peace efforts. Trump is expected in the occupied territories later this month as ...

May 9, 2017

Iran

Iran’s Larijani: Arrogant Powers Trying to Destabilize Region

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani hit back at recent Saudi remarks, saying that arrogant powers are trying to cause trouble in the region. Some countries in the region are providing arrogant powers with leverage to go on with their adventurism, Larijani said on Tuesday. The Iranian speaker added that it ...

May 9, 2017

Syria

Syrian Army Strikes More Terrorists in Several Provinces

Syrian Army units operating in Homs, in cooperation with the supporting forces, thwarted ISIL terrorist groups’ attack on a number of military posts in Rajem al-Ali, Tal Shiha and Talet al-Medrajeh in the eastern countryside of Homs Province. A military source told SANA Monday that the army units, aided by ...

May 8, 2017

Egypt

Egypt Kills Militants Being Trained for Attacks

Egyptian security forces killed eight militants who were being trained to attack government and Christian targets in a shootout in the country’s southern desert, the government said Monday. Those killed included Helmi Masri Mohareb, a leader who transported militants across Egypt’s southern border to join training camps, the interior ministry ...

May 8, 2017

Kuwait

Kuwait Says Deal Near to Extend Oil Output Reduction

Kuwait’s oil minister said Monday he believes that oil producers will extend their production cuts for another six months at their meeting later this month. “There is almost consensus on the significance of extending the (reduction) agreement for at least six more months,” Oil Minister Essam al-Marzouk, who heads a ...

May 8, 2017