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Syria FM Contacts UNSC and UN on Israeli Aggression on Mazzeh Military Airport

Syrian Foreign and Expatriates Ministry on Friday sent two letters to the UN Secretary General and the head of the UN Security Council about the new Israeli aggression on Mazzeh military airport west of Damascus after the midnight of Friday. ”The new Israeli missile attack on Mezzeh military airport west ...

January 13, 2017

World

Gunmen Kill Pakistani Journalist

Unidentified attackers shot dead a journalist in Pakistan’s troubled southwestern Balochistan province, close to Afghan and Iranian border, police said Friday. Muhammad Jan, 37, who worked for local Urdu language daily newspaper Qudrat, was shot late Thursday while on his way home on a motorcycle in Qalat district, some 160 ...

January 13, 2017

Middle East

ISIL Burns Mother, 4 Children in Iraq

A security source in Iraq’s Kirkuk reported on Friday that ISIL terrorists set fire on a mother and her four children under the pretext of leaving the “land of the Caliphate.” Media reports confirmed that ISIL militants arrested the family, composed of a mother, three girls and one boy, on ...

January 13, 2017

World

Smoke billows following an air-strike by Saudi-led coalition on May 11, 2015, in the capital Sanaa.

HRW on Yemen War: ‘Concerned Governments’ Should Seek Accountability

Human Rights Watch said that the concerned governments in the Yemeni war should seek accountability for past and ongoing violations and immediately suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia. In its 687-page World Report, the New York-based watchdog said both sides to the conflict have repeatedly violated the laws of war. ...

January 13, 2017

World

Turkish Troops Must Leave Cyprus: Greek Cypriot President

Any deal to reunify Cyprus must include the withdrawal of some 30,000 Turkish troops from the eastern Mediterranean island, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades said Friday. “Our position remains… that we must agree on the withdrawal of the Turkish army,” he told reporters, as Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said such ...

January 13, 2017

Middle East

Iran, Saudi Arabia to Discuss Hajj in February

Iran and Saudi Arabia will discuss Hajj pilgrimage next month, a senior Iranian official said Thursday evening. The representative of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei for Hajj, Sayyed Ali Ghazi Askar, said that an Iranian delegation will be dispatched to Saudi Arabia on February 23, 2017 ...

January 13, 2017

Middle East

Erdogan Says ‘out of Question’ for Turkey to Withdraw All Troops from Cyprus

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Athens and Greek Cypriots still have “different expectations” on resolving the Cyprus problem from their Turkish counterparts, after crunch talks this week in Geneva. Erdogan said Turkish Cypriots “are working intensely and bring sincerity” but the Greek Cypriot Republic of Cyprus ...

January 13, 2017

Middle East

Bahrain: Accelerated Repression Jeopardizes Activists

Bahrain stepped up its repression of activists and government critics during 2016, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2017. The government dissolved the main political opposition group and prosecuted leading human rights activists and Shia clerics. The authorities also prevented numerous activists from leaving the country and ...

January 13, 2017

Middle East

Iran’s Ansari, Russia’s Bogdanov to Discuss Syria Developments

Visiting Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hussein Jaberi Ansari and Russian Special Presidential Envoy for the Middle East and North Africa Mikhail Bogdanov are expected to discuss latest developments in the Middle East including Syria. The two officials will confer Syria situation, fighting terrorism and the ...

January 13, 2017

World

Russia Stays Silent on Possible US Invitation to Syria Talks

The Kremlin on Friday declined to confirm whether it would invite the United States to Syria peace talks later this month after Washington was excluded from brokering a recent truce in the war-torn country. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Thursday that Turkey and Russia had agreed that Washington “should ...

January 13, 2017