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Fire at Saudi Oil Facility Killed Two: Company

Two workers died in a fire at a crude oil facility near Riyadh, state oil company Saudi Aramco said Thursday, giving more details about the blaze which occurred a day earlier. “We sadly announce the tragic loss of two workers and 16 injured from a fire incident near Alwesa,” the ...

October 20, 2016

Middle East

Syrian Army: Erdogan Regime Committed Massacre against 150 Civilians in Aleppo Countryside

General Command of the Syrian army and armed forces said on Thursday that warplanes of Erdogan regime perpetrated on Wednesday a massacre that killed more than 150 innocent civilians through targeting the villages and towns of Hasajk, al-Wariyah, Hassiya, Ghoul Srouj, Sad al-Shahba, Ehris and Um Housh in Aleppo northern ...

October 20, 2016

Lebanon

Lebanese former Prime Minister Saad Hariri - Head of the Free Patriotic Movement MP Michel Aoun

Lebanon: Aoun Visits Berri, Hariri

The meetings held between House Speaker Nabih Berri and Change and Reform bloc Head, MP Michel Aoun, ended. In the wake of the meeting, Aoun said “It is important to inform Speaker Berri of the progress in the presidential dossier. (…) The atmosphere was positive and we respect his opinion,” ...

October 20, 2016

Middle East

Iraqi troops preparing to storm ISIL strongholds in Mosul

Iraqi Forces Retake Key Town amid Push to Liberate Mosul

A senior Iraqi military commander says the country’s special forces have managed to liberate a key town near Mosul as they press ahead with their offensive to liberate the northern ISIL-held city. Lieutenant General Talib Shaghati said on Thursday that the liberation of the town of Bartella, located some 15 ...

October 20, 2016

Middle East

Syrian Army Thwarts ISIL Terrorist Attack in Hama, Continues Military Operations in Other Areas

The Syrian Army and Armed Forces continued on Thursday carrying out counter-terrorism operations across Syria, thwarting ISIL terrorist attack in Hama and targeting terrorists in several areas around the country. Hama Units of army and armed forces, in cooperation with the supporting forces and backed by the air and artillery ...

October 20, 2016

Lebanon

Loyalty to Resistance: Understanding, Openness Required before and after Presidential Election

Loyalty to Resistance Bloc welcomed the positive understanding and openness among the political constituents in the country as both boosted the ambience of cooperation and the facilitation of required national missions before and after the presidential election issue. The bloc on Thursday convened in the context of its regular weekly ...

October 20, 2016

Lebanon

Sheikh Qassem to Al-Manar Website: Hezbollah Supports Dialogue on Lebanon’s Presidency

Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said on Wednesday that the carrying out presidential elections in Lebanon requires clam dialogues among the different factions, not announcing public stances. In a meeting with Al-Manar Website staff, Sheikh Qassem added that Hezbollah is not playing the role of the mediator, but ...

October 20, 2016

Urgent

Lebanon: Hariri Declares Support to General Aoun’s Nomination to Presidency

Former Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, announced on Thursday from the Central House his support to the nomination of General Michel Aoun to the presidency, saying “we agreed with Aoun that Lebanon is a nation for all its sons and a country with an Arab identity.” “We reached an agreement to ...

October 20, 2016

World

Russia Extends Aleppo Truce by 24 Hours: Defense Minister

Russia’s defense minister said Thursday that Moscow was extending a “humanitarian pause” in Aleppo scheduled to end at 1600 GMT by another day. On the order of President Vladimir Putin, “a decision was made to extend the ‘humanitarian pause’ by 24 hours,” minister Sergei Shoigu said in a statement, without ...

October 20, 2016

Middle East

Handarat camp in northern countryside of Aleppo

UN Syria Envoy Welcomes Daily Pauses in Military Activities in Aleppo

The United Nations envoy to Syria said Thursday that Russia told the UN it will stop bombing eastern Aleppo for 11 hours a day for four days, but that is not enough to trigger a wider deal to have militants leave the besieged Syrian warzone. Staffan de Mistura said he ...

October 20, 2016