West Asia
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Syrian troops continue advancing in southern Idlib, liberate six more villages
Feb 27, 2020 18:18Syrian forces, backed by allied fighters from popular defense groups, have retaken control of a number of villages in the southern countryside of the northwestern province of Idlib following clashes with foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists.
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Bahrain: Court gives prison sentences to seven anti-regime activists
Feb 27, 2020 14:04A court in Bahrain has handed down prison sentences to seven anti-regime protesters as the ruling Aal-e Khalifah regime does not shy away from its heavy clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy activists in the tiny Persian Gulf island State.
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Lebanon to ask for week-long grace period for March 9 bond: Source
Feb 27, 2020 12:46Lebanon reportedly plans to ask for a week-long grace period for a 1.2-billion-dollar Eurobond that is due on March 9, in an attempt to give financial advisors more time to come up with a restructuring plan.
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Turkey says 2 soldiers killed in Syrian airstrike in Idlib
Feb 27, 2020 08:07Turkey says two of its army soldiers have been killed in an airstrike launched by the Syrian army in Syria’s Northwestern Province of Idlib, the last terrorists' bastion in a nine-year war.
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Saudi Arabia suspends Umrah pilgrimage for fear of COVID-19
Feb 27, 2020 06:55Saudi Arabia says it has temporarily suspended entry for individuals aiming to perform Umrah pilgrimage or to visit the Prophet's Mosque in the holy city of Medina over concerns of the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus.
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US imposes illegal sanctions on senior commander of Iraq’s PMU
Feb 27, 2020 06:42The United States has imposed sanctions on a senior commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), a group known for its fight against Daesh terrorists in Iraq.
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Yemeni forces intercept, shoot down Saudi-led reconnaissance drone in Najran
Feb 27, 2020 06:27Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have intercepted and targeted an unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition as it was flying in the skies over a mountainous region in the kingdom’s southwestern border region of Najran.
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West funding White Helmets, helping them in propaganda campaign against Syria: Top Russian official
Feb 26, 2020 15:52A high-ranking Russian official says Western intelligence services are sponsoring members of the so-called civil defense group White Helmets and offering complete support to them to propagate fake news in a bid to incriminate Syrian government forces as a pretext for possible acts of aggression on army troops.
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Arab League wants intl. observers back to protect Palestinians
Feb 26, 2020 11:34The Arab League has called for the redeployment of international observers to al-Khalil and other Palestinian cities to protect the Palestinians against Israeli crimes a year after the regime expelled the civilian observer mission from the occupied territories.
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Sanders calls Israeli premier Netanyahu a 'reactionary racist'
Feb 26, 2020 09:08US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “reactionary racist,” days after the American senator said he would skip the annual conference by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).