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Iraq

Iraqi Troops Advance in Eastern Mosul amid Fierce Clashes

A senior Iraqi commander says fierce clashes between special forces and ISIL militants are taking place in two neighborhoods in eastern Mosul. The head of Iraq’s elite counterterrorism forces, Gen. Abdel Ghani al-Asadi, told Iraqi state TV on Monday that his forces pushed deeper into the Shurta neighborhood. Al-Asadi described ...

January 16, 2017

Yemen

Saudi-US Aggression Militiamen Killed, Wounded As Yemeni Army Fights off Their Advance in Shabwa

Units of Yemeni army and Popular Committees fought off Sunday night two major advances by the Saudi-led coalition militiamen in Shabwa province from Asilan side. A Yemeni military source stated that the aggression militiamen tried to advance from two axes under heavy aerial coverage by the Saudi-US aggression warplanes. The ...

January 16, 2017

Egypt

Cheers erupted as the judge delivered the verdict, saying the government had failed to provide evidence that the islands were originally Saudi.

Egypt Court Upholds Ruling Halting Transfer of Islands to Saudi Arabia

A top Egyptian court has upheld a ruling halting a plan to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. The High Administrative Court rejected an appeal by the government against a lower court’s decision to stop it handing over Tiran and Sanafir. Cheers erupted as the judge delivered the ...

January 16, 2017

Syria

Turkish Forces Neutralize 18 ISIL Terrorists in Northern Syria

A total of 18 terrorists of the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) takfiri group were “neutralized” in northern Syria over the last 24 hours as part of the ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield, the Turkish military said Monday. Turkish authorities often use the word “neutralized” in their ...

January 16, 2017

Oman

Oman Says Receives 10 Detainees Released from Guantanamo

Oman announced on Monday that it had taken in 10 prisoners released by the United States from its Guantanamo Bay military prison, part of a push by outgoing President Barack Obama to shrink the inmate population before leaving office. “To meet a request by the US government to assist in ...

January 16, 2017

Turkey

Turkish Cargo Boeing Crashes over Populated Area in Kyrgystan

A Turkish cargo jet has crashed near Kyrgyzstan’s Manas airport, killing at least 32 people, most of them residents of a village struck by the Boeing 747 as it tried to land in dense fog, Kyrgyz officials said. According to the airport administration, the plane was supposed to make a ...

January 16, 2017

Palestine

IOF Rearrests Palestinian Longest-Time Hungerstriker Mohammad al-Qiq

Israeli occupation forces rearrested Palestinian longest-time hunger striker, Mohammad al-Qiq on Sunday. Al-Qiq, Palestinian journalist who went on a three-month hunger strike last year in protest against his administrative detention, was released from Israeli jail in May, 2016. Al-Qiq on Sunday attended an event in which families of Palestinian martyrs ...

January 16, 2017

Syria

Syrian Army Advances in Damascus’ Wadi Barada, Repels Nusra Attack in Quneitra

Syrian Army units controlled on Sunday Ras Sira height which overlooks Ain Al-Fija and Deir Moqren in Wadi Barada area in Damascus countryside. In the same context, the Syrian army, aided by the popular defense groups, in the village of Hadar, in Quneitra Province, clashed with terrorist groups affiliated with ...

January 15, 2017

Iraq

Iraqi Forces Liberate Two More Neighborhoods in Eastern Mosul from ISIL Terrorists

The Iraqi army and security forces, backed by the mobilization troops and allies, managed on Sunday to liberate Al-Andalus and Kafaat neighborhoods in eastern Mosul from ISIL terrorists, inflicting heavy losses upon them and raising the national flags in the areas. The Iraqi warplanes also struck ISIL takfiri militants in ...

January 15, 2017

Iran

Iran: Nuclear Talks with US Finalized, Everything Is Over

US “hostility” to Iran is growing day by day despite Tehran’s nuclear deal, a senior Iranian official said Sunday, ahead of the first anniversary of the historic accord. “The United States has done whatever it can to slow down Iran’s progress” after the deal, said Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqhchi, ...

January 15, 2017