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Bahrain

Friday Prayers Banned for 26th Week in Bahrain’s Diraz

Bahraini regime continues to prevent Friday prayers in the besieged town of Diraz for the 26th consecutive days. Regime forces applied heavy security measures to prevent Bahrainis from performing Friday prayer in Imam Al-Sadiq mosque in Diraz. Crowd rally took place on Friday in Diraz, where protesters took to streets ...

December 2, 2016

Iran

Iranian MPs Draft Urgent Bill to “Ban the Purchase of US Consumer Goods”

Iranian lawmakers drafted a bill on Friday to ban import of consumer goods from the United States in response to the extension of US sanctions against Tehran by 10 years more. On Thursday, the US Senate voted unanimously to prolong the 1979 sanctions against Tehran by another 10 years after ...

December 2, 2016

Iran

Tehran Says US Extension of Iran Sanctions Violates Nuclear Deal

US Senate vote to extend the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) for another decade violates the landmark nuclear deal reached between Iran and P5+1 group last year, Tehran said on Friday. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Friday that the 10-year extension of the sanctions law, which authorizes the ...

December 2, 2016

Turkey

Turkish Lawmakers Ratify Turkish Stream Gas Pipeline Deal with Russia

Turkish lawmakers ratified the agreement with Russia on the construction of the Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Friday. The Grand National Assembly of Turkey voted 210 in favor and seven against the Turkish Stream deal, with six abstentions. The plenary vote took place after ...

December 2, 2016

Iraq

Children from Mosul at the Khazir refugee camp.

ISIL Snipers Kill Children Fleeing Violence in Mosul

ISIL Takfiri snipers shot dead 15 children in Iraq’s battleground Northern city of Mosul as they were desperately running for a safe haven, a security source told local media. The security source told Arabic-language al-Sumaria News that ISIL snipers targeted the children as they were trying to reach the Iraqi ...

December 2, 2016

Syria

US-led Coalition Admits Another 54 Civilian Deaths in Syria, Iraq Strikes

The US-led coalition “bombing the ISIL group” in Syria and Iraq said Thursday that 54 civilians had been “inadvertently killed” in seven air strikes between March and October. The announcement brings the official coalition tally of civilians killed to 173 since the “anti-ISIL” campaign began in the fall of 2014 ...

December 1, 2016

Turkey

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends the opening session of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, November 30, 2015. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann - RTX1WHR9

Erdogan Rows back on Previous Comments: Turkish Operation Targets Terrorists Only

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that Turkey’s military operation in Syria was against “terror” groups only, rowing back on his previous comments saying it was targeting President Bashar al-Assad. “The operation’s target is not against a country or a person but against terrorist organisations only. No one should ...

December 1, 2016

Syria

Syria’s Jaafari: Damascus Committed to Counter Terrorism, Seek Unconditional Political Solution

Syria’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Bashar al-Jaafari said that the Syrian government is committed to fighting terrorism and seeking a political solution through a Syrian-Syrian dialogue without foreign interference and without preconditions. During a speech at a Security Council session held on the situation in the Middle East, ...

December 1, 2016

Bahrain

Bahraini Activist Sentenced for Three Months in Jail over “Tweet”

Reporters without borders organization said on Thursday that a Bahraini court issued a three-month sentence against the journalist Faisal Hiatt over a tweet he posted earlier. The organization issued a statement indicating that the journalist and blogger Faisal Hiatt, who runs the satirical channel on YouTube has been accused on ...

December 1, 2016

Syria

Syrian Army Regains Youth Housing East of Aleppo

Syrian army took full control of the “youth housing” adjacent to scientific research center in the eastern neighborhoods of the city of Aleppo after clashes with armed groups, leaving a number of gunmen killed or injured. The army also responded to an attack by the armed groups on his stations ...

December 1, 2016