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Syrian army deals new blows to terrorists
Army soldiers and their allies launched an operation in Homs and established control over a number of districts on the road linking the village of Tiyas to the ancient city of Palmyra.

Army soldiers and their allies launched an operation in Homs and established control over a number of districts on the road linking the village of Tiyas to the ancient city of Palmyra.

Trump’s anti-immigration orders have triggered a major demonstration in New York City.

Libyan National Army (LNA) forces say they have seized full control of Ganfouda, a key western district in the city of Benghazi.

Chilean officials have raised the death toll from the ongoing wildfires in the country to six.

At a meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan in Moscow, Putin praised Jordan’s role in supporting the ongoing efforts to achieve peace in Syria.

An analyst says the Israeli settlements are a "flagrant violation of international law."

Austria’s OMV and Iran’s Dana Energy have signed a basic agreement over cooperation in Iran’s oil and gas development projects.

PLO chief Saeb Erekat lashes out at the new US government for its refusal to comment on Israel’s settlement expansion plans in the West Bank and Eastern Jerusalem al-Quds.

President Trump is ordering the Pentagon to establish “safe zones” in Syria, a policy he once said would “lead to World War III.”

A South Korean Foreign Ministry official says Seoul is considering countermeasures against alleged Chinese retaliation for the planned deployment of a US missile system in South Korea.

The protesters rallied across the streets in the village of Sanabis on Wednesday evening, chanting slogans like “Zealot martyrs will remain in our hearts.”

Nigerian police use tear gas against peaceful protesters demanding the release of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria.

The US will fund President Trump’s construction of a wall on the Mexican border, Paul Ryan says.

Mexico’s opposition calls on the government to bring legal action against US President Donald Trump before the UN.

The US must stop support for terrorism either through Turkey and Saudi Arabia or direct funding of Daesh, says a US lawmaker after a secret meeting with Syria's President Assad.

People gather on the streets of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province in protest to the suspicious death of a Shia political prisoner.

Lebanese security forces arrested five people over working for the Israeli spy agency Mossad.

The UK and US will “lead together again,” as Britain prepares to exit the EU and Donald Trump becomes the American president