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Vatican Says Pope Will Not Attend Peres Funeral

The Vatican said on Wednesday that Pope Francis will not be attending the funeral of former Israeli President Shimon Peres, despite earlier reports that he would be coming. Vatican spokesman Greg Burke says the pope will not be able to attend Friday’s funeral in Jerusalem, noting that he is scheduled ...

September 28, 2016

Middle East

US Army soldiers move down a street as they start a clearing mission in Dora, Iraq, on May 3, 2007, four years before their withdrawal from the country.

Troops of US-led Coalition Deployed in Iraq Reach 8,000

The number of troops on the ground in Iraq as part of a US-led coalition against the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group now stands at some 8,000, a US official announced on Tuesday. “The number of coalition forces in Iraq is now 8,000 personnel, ...

September 28, 2016

Middle East

Terrorist Commander Killed, Another Injured in Daraa Bomb Attack

The so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) announced the death of its military commander in a bomb attack east of Daraa. “Liberation of Houran Brigade – FSA” announced on its account on social media the death of the military commander of “March 18 Band – FSA”, Hussam al-Hajah (Abu Zeid). The ...

September 28, 2016

Middle East

Iranian President Hasan Rouhani (archive)

World Seeking Interaction with Iran: President Rouhani

President Hassan Rouhani stressed that the present world, which used to accuse Iran of terrorism, today is seeking interactions with Iran in the post-Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) era. Addressing the provincial gathering on Wednesday in this northwestern province, President Rouhani said every single Iranian should get ready to ...

September 28, 2016

Middle East

Syrian Opposition Commander: Foreign States Gave Us Rockets with Range up to 40 km

Foreign states have given gunmen operating in Syria surface-to-surface Grad rockets of a type not previously supplied to them in response to a major Russian-backed offensive in Aleppo, an armed group commander said. The Grad rockets with a range of 22 km and 40 km have been supplied in “excellent ...

September 28, 2016

World

France to Host International Meeting on Libya Next Week

France will host an international meeting on strife-ridden Libya next week featuring several countries in the region including Egypt and Gulf states, the French government’s spokesman said. Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault told a cabinet meeting the gathering would bring together countries including Egypt, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey ...

September 28, 2016

Middle East

Three Policemen, Civilian Killed in Gunmen Attack on Egypt’s Sinai

Gunmen killed three Egyptian policeman and a civilian on Wednesday in the Sinai Peninsula, where the military is battling militant attacks, the interior ministry said. The gunmen in a car intercepted a taxi carrying the policemen in the north Sinai capital El-Arish and killed them along with the driver, the ...

September 28, 2016

World

EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos

EU ‘to Move All Remaining Refugees from Greece by End 2017’

The EU said Wednesday it hopes to move the remaining 30,000 eligible refugees out of Greece by the end of next year, but appears set to fall far short of its plan to share 160,000 migrants around the bloc. The European Commission insisted there had been “important progress” despite so ...

September 28, 2016

Middle East

Zarif Visits Turkey for Talks on Syria

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamad Jawad Zarif on Wednesday visited Ankara for his third set of talks with top Turkish officials in less than one-and-a-half-months despite standing on opposite sides of the Syria conflict, sources said. Zarif met with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in an unscheduled trip to Ankara on ...

September 28, 2016

Middle East

Syrian Army Kills Terrorists, Destroys Ordnance, Vehicles in Hama and Homs

Units of the Army and Armed Forces targeted the terrorist groups’ positions, gatherings and vehicles in a number of areas across the country, killing and injuring scores of their members. In Hama, the Syrian Air Force destroyed terrorists’ positions, gatherings, a number of tanks and tens of vehicles in Atshan, ...

September 28, 2016