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UAE

German Chancellor in UAE for Cooperation Talks

German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan in the United Arab Emirates Monday for talks on economic and security issues. Talks covered “bilateral political and economic relations… the crises in Syria, Libya and Yemen as well as efforts by the two countries to ...

May 1, 2017

Turkey

Police Use Tear Gas to Disperse May Day Protests in Istanbul: AFP

Turkish police on Monday used tear gas to disperse a group of protesters as they sought to defy a ban and march to Istanbul’s Taksim square to celebrate May Day, an AFP journalist reported. Police tried to stop around 200 protesters in the Gayrettepe district on the European side of ...

May 1, 2017

Syria

Syrian Army Advances in Homs, Strikes ISIL Terrorists in Deir Ezzor

A Syrian military source announced that the Syrian Arab Army restored security and stability to 3 villages and established control over several strategic points, hills, and oil and gas wells in the eastern countryside of Homs province. The source said that army units, in cooperation with popular defense groups, carried ...

April 30, 2017

Bahrain

Human Rights Organizations Address Bahrain: End Degrading Treatment of Wrongfully Imprisoned Activists

A Coalition of 10 human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a statement Sunday (April 30, 2017) stressed that “Bahraini authorities’ treatment of wrongfully imprisoned detainees violates international standards on prisoner treatment and in some cases may constitute cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment.” “The authorities should ensure that ...

April 30, 2017

Iraq

Iraq’s Popular Forces Continue Striking ISIL Terrorists in Hadhar’s Vicinity

The Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) continued striking ISIL terrorists in northwestern Hadhar county which lies in southern Mosul city. The PMF units clashed fiercely with ISIL terrorists, killing scores of them, and destroying their vehicles and weaponry and downing one of their drones.

April 30, 2017

Iran

Leader Says People’s Presence Source of Security

If people remain to be on the scene, the country is going to embrace security, says Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei. “The dear people of Iran should know that their presence in different arenas remains to be decisive, it remains to be decisive in guaranteeing ...

April 30, 2017

Yemen

Drone Strike Kills 5 Qaeda Suspects in Yemen

Five suspected members of Yemen’s Al-Qaeda branch were killed Sunday in what local was said as a US drone strike east of the capital Sanaa. The early morning strike targeted a car in central Marib province that had been transporting arms from Yakla in Baida province, a military official told ...

April 30, 2017

Syria

New Batch of Syria Militants Left Waer Neighborhood in Homs: SANA

A new batch of militants and some of their families’ members who had rejected to join the reconciliation agreement started Sunday to leave Al-Waer neighborhood in Homs province in a step towards evacuating the area from arms and gunmen and paving the way for the return of governmental institutions to ...

April 30, 2017

Palestine

Freedom and Dignity Hunger Strike Enters Day 13 Amid Continued Israeli Crackdown

The Freedom and Dignity strike entered its thirteenth day on Saturday, with more than 1500 Palestinian prisoners in have been going ahead with their hunger strike, amid a continued Israeli crackdown on prisoners and Palestinians voicing solidarity with them as well. Media Committee for Palestinian Prisoners’ Hunger Strike — a ...

April 29, 2017

Turkey

Turkey, US can turn Raqa into ‘graveyard’ for IS: Erdogan

Turkey and the United States can join forces to turn the Islamic State group’s defacto capital of Raqa in Syria into a “graveyard” for the Takfiris, the Turkish president said on Saturday. “The huge America, the coalition and Turkey can join hands and turn Raqa into a graveyard for Daesh,” ...

April 29, 2017