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Senior ISIL Leader Surrenders to Afghan Forces with 152 Fighters

Senior leader of the ISIL Mawlavi Habib Ur Rehman surrendered to the Afghan forces together with his 152 militants.
News ID: 71516    Publish Date : 2018/08/01

Turkey-Backed Militants Engage in Fresh Clashes over Looting Civilian's Assets in Northern Syria

Ankara-backed militants clashed again over their share of the looted assets in Afrin region in Northwestern Aleppo on Wednesday.
News ID: 71515    Publish Date : 2018/08/01

Syrian President to Armed Forces: Final Victory over Terror Near

President Bashar Assad hailed the achievements of Syrian Armed Forces on the battlefield against foreign-backed militant groups, saying final victory over terrorism is close thanks to their sacrifices.
News ID: 71514    Publish Date : 2018/08/01

Zimbabwe's Ruling Party Wins Most Seats in Parliament

Zimbabwe’s ruling party ZANU-PF won the majority of seats in parliamentary elections, official results show, as vote counting continues separately in the presidential vote.
News ID: 71513    Publish Date : 2018/08/01

UN Officials Demand Protection of Palestinian Children

Three senior United Nations officials operating in the occupied Palestinian territories called on Wednesday for protection of Palestinian children, demanding concrete steps to allow them to live free of fear.
News ID: 71511    Publish Date : 2018/08/01

Report: UK PM's Brexit Deal Would Cost Each Brit £500 Every Year for A Decade

A leading think tank warned that The government's official plan for the post-Brexit economy would leave a major dent in Britain's national income equivalent to about £500 a year per person.
News ID: 71510    Publish Date : 2018/08/01

Norway: Israel Must Explain Seizure of Gaza-Bound Boat

Norway’s Foreign Ministry calls on the regime in Israel to explain the legal grounds on which it seized a Norwegian-flagged boat taking humanitarian aid supplies to the Tel Aviv-blockaded Gaza Strip.
News ID: 71509    Publish Date : 2018/08/01

Israel Detains Palestinian Journalist, Fifth One in Week

The Israeli military detained on Wednesday Palestinian journalist, Mohammad Muna, who runs Hawa Nablus radio station, after raiding his home in the Northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to local and Palestinian security sources.
News ID: 71508    Publish Date : 2018/08/01

Tensions Rising between Civilians, US-Backed Militias in Northeastern Syria

A fresh round of clashes was reported on Wednesday between the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and civilians in Raqqa city.A number of civilians engaged in heavy fighting with the SDF in Baq al-Rashid district in Raqqa city, leaving a number of people and gunmen injured.
News ID: 71507    Publish Date : 2018/08/01

Commander: Kurds Most Likely to Cooperate with Damascus to Retake Turkey-Occupied Lands

The Kurdish militias are most likely to strike an agreement with Damascus to cooperate in retaking Syria's Northern territories occupied by Turkey, a senior Kurdish commander underlined.
News ID: 71506    Publish Date : 2018/08/01

Senior Turkey-Backed Militant Commander Killed in Kurdish Militia Attack in Northern Syria

One of the commanders of Faylaq al-Sham was gunned down by a Kurdish sniper in occupied Afrin in Northwestern Aleppo, a media outlet reported on Wednesday.
News ID: 71505    Publish Date : 2018/08/01

Envoy warns of outside attempts to return Iran to FATF blacklist

Iranian ambassador to UK said the US, Saudi Arabia, Argentina and Israel made a lot of efforts to return Iran to FATF blacklist at the last plenary session of the global financial watchdog in Paris
News ID: 71504    Publish Date : 2018/08/01

Yemen's Houthis unilaterally halt retaliatory attacks in Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement has unilaterally suspended its retaliatory attacks in the Red Sea, from where Saudi-led warships have been targeting the war-torn state, especially its strategic port city of Hudaydah.
News ID: 71503    Publish Date : 2018/08/01

Iran’s Top Diplomat, Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker Discuss Closer Ties

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks with Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker Karu Jayasuriya on ways to boost the bilateral relations between the two Asian countries in diverse fields.
News ID: 71502    Publish Date : 2018/08/01

Syrian refugees to return home: Iranian diplomat

Senior assistant to Iran's foreign minister for political affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari said on Tuesday that bylaw for the activities of committee for return of Syrian refugees mome was approved during Sochi meeting and the refugees are to return home.
News ID: 71496    Publish Date : 2018/08/01

President agrees to change gov’t spokesman

Incumbent government spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht announced President Hassan Rouhani’s agreement to change government spokesman.
News ID: 71497    Publish Date : 2018/08/01

More Notorious Commanders Killed in Northeastern Syria

Three more senior commanders of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) were killed in attacks by unknown raiders in Idlib and Lattakia provinces on Tuesday.
News ID: 71495    Publish Date : 2018/07/31

Russia, Turkey Urge US to Stop Threatening Rhetoric over Arms Deals

Moscow and Ankara slammed the United States for using the language of threats when it comes to arms deals between other countries that Washington does not favor.
News ID: 71494    Publish Date : 2018/07/31

VP Vows Fundamental Moves to Improve Economic Conditions in Coming Days

Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri declared on Tuesday the government's new plans to control inflation and Iran's currency fall.
News ID: 71493    Publish Date : 2018/07/31

Pentagon to Spend $885mln on AI to Compete with Russia, China

The US Department of Defense will spend $885 million on a large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) systems to boost the country's military performance in a bid to compete with China and Russia.
News ID: 71492    Publish Date : 2018/07/31

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