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Yemeni forces ambush Saudi soldiers in Asir

Mine Kills Saudi Soldier near Yemen Border

A Saudi soldier was killed in a landmine blast near the kingdom’s border with Yemen, the interior ministry said on Friday. The explosion struck a Border Guards water tanker at 6:00 pm (1500 GMT) Thursday in Saudi Arabia’s southern Jizan region, the ministry said. It said Houthi fighters from Yemen ...

December 9, 2016

World

The UN envoy for Syria StaffanDe Mistura

UN Syria Mediator Says He Plans to Meet Trump Team Members

UN Syria mediator Staffan de Mistura said Thursday he planned to meet “people around the team” of US President-elect Donald Trump to discuss the nearly six-year conflict in the country. “The plan is to meet some people around the team of President [elect] Trump,” de Mistura told reporters, adding that ...

December 9, 2016

World

Putin: Attitude of Intl Bodies towards Killing of Russian Medics in Syria “Inadmissible”

Russia President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow “will never accept” the absence of reaction from international organizations to the deaths regarding the recent shelling of a Russian mobile hospital in Aleppo, Syria that killed two Russian medics. “It is obvious to everybody that our medics came [to Syria] to ...

December 9, 2016

Middle East

Kremlin Concerned that Weapons Can End up with Terrorists as US Military Aid Restrictions to Syria Lifted

The US move to lift some restrictions on arms supplies to the Syrian opposition could lead to the weapons ending up in terrorists’ hands, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said in an official statement. “Certainly, the worst result of this decision would be those weapons, including MANPADs [man-portable anti-air missiles], ...

December 9, 2016

Middle East

Turkey Dispatches 300 Extra Commandos to Syria: Reports

Turkey is sending hundreds of commandos to reinforce its military campaign inside Syria, where the Turkish army has suffered increasing casualties in its fight to capture a key town from ISIL Takfiri group, reports said on Friday. A total of 300 commandos from a base in the western Turkish province ...

December 9, 2016

World

UN General Assembly to Vote on Syria Draft Resolution on Syria Friday

The UN General Assembly will hold a vote on a draft resolution calling for a ceasefire and humanitarian aid access in civil-war-torn Syria on Friday. On Monday, a vote on a draft resolution calling for a ceasefire in Syria’s Aleppo at the UN Security Council was vetoed by Russia and ...

December 9, 2016

Middle East

Turkish Supporters are silhouetted against a screan showing President Tayyip Erdogan during a pro-government demonstration in Ankara, Turkey, July 17, 2016. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Turkey Issues Arrest Warrants against 87 Istanbul University Employees on Alleged Ties to Coup

Turkish prosecution sanctioned arrests of 87 Istanbul University employees who may be linked to Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen accused of orchestrating the July coup attempt, local media reported Friday. The police are currently carrying out searches in 12 provinces, looking for the suspects who include the university’s academics, according to ...

December 9, 2016

Middle East

Cairo Blast Kills Six Egyptian Policemen

Six Egyptian policemen were killed, including two officers, when an improvised explosive device exploded in the capital city of Cairo on Friday, local media reported. According to the Al Mayadeen television channel, the device was likely to have been planted in a garbage bin near a police post. The attack ...

December 9, 2016

Lebanon

Hezbollah Denies Media Claims on Alleged Promise Not to Respond to Israeli Strikes in Syria

Lebanese Islamic Resistance of Hezbollah denied as untrue on Friday the news circulated by certain media outlets about an alleged promise made by the party to Russia. Some media outlets and websites reported – citing the enemy [Israeli] media – that an alleged pledge has been made by Hezbollah to ...

December 9, 2016

Middle East

Hashd Shaabi volunteer forces during battles west of Mosul

Iraq’s Hashd Shaabi Secures Syria Border

The Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Force) in Iraq announced it had secured the border with Syria after the volunteer forces liberated Tal Abta west of Mosul from ISIL Takfiri terrorists. Commander in Hashd Shaabi, Jawad al-Tulaibawi, said liberation of Tal Abta paved the way to secure the border between Iraq ...

December 9, 2016