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August 23, 2019
Mobile cinema brings movie magic to Syria Kurd children
SANJAQ SAADUN, Syria — In a schoolyard of rural northeastern Syria, boys and girls break out into giggles watching Charlie Chaplin's pranks, a rare treat thanks to a mobile cinema roving through the countryside.In Kurdish-held areas of the northeast, filmmaker Shero Hinde is screening films in remote villages using just a laptop, projector and a canvas screen."We've already shown films in towns but we wanted children in the villages to ...
August 23, 2019
Qatari-owned British bank faces probe over money laundering
DUBAI — A Qatari-owned British bank is under investigation over money laundering, The Times reported on Thursday, saying that the bank provides financial services to numerous Islamist-linked organizations. Al-Rayan Bank’s operation has been restricted until the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) reaches an outcome on the investigation, according to the British daily newspaper.The bank, whose largest shareholders are Qatari state institutions, is the oldest and largest Islamic bank in the UK. ...
August 23, 2019
Turkey vows not to quit army post surrounded in Syria
BEIRUT — Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday that Turkish troops will not quit a military observation post in northwestern Syria where they are surrounded by government forces."We are there, not because we can't leave but because we don't want to leave," he told a news conference in Lebanon, denying that Turkish troops had been "cut off" by a government advance into the rebel-ruled Idlib region.Earlier, Syrian regime forces ...
August 23, 2019
Israel bombed Iraq weapons depot: Report
WASHINGTON — Israel has carried out at least one strike against a weapons depot in Iraq, The New York Times reported on Thursday.There have been a series of blasts in Iraq over the past month at training camps and arms depots used by the Hashed Al-Shaabi paramilitary forces, which are mainly composed of pro-Iranian militias.Israel has repeatedly bombed Iranian targets in neighboring Syria, but an expansion of the campaign to ...
August 23, 2019
US will aggressively enforce sanctions over Iran tanker: State Dept official
WASHINGTON — The United States will aggressively enforce its sanctions to prevent the private sector from assisting an Iranian oil tanker that is traveling through the Mediterranean and that Washington wants seized, a State Department official said on Thursday."The shipping sector is on notice that we will aggressively enforce US sanctions," the official told Reuters days after warning countries not to allow the tanker to dock.Ship tracking data has shown ...
August 23, 2019
Erdogan tells Putin Syrian offensive is causing humanitarian crisis
ANKARA — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russia's Vladimir Putin on Friday that Syrian army attacks in northwest Syria are causing a humanitarian crisis and threaten Turkey's national security, the Turkish presidency said.Syrian troops have encircled rebels and a Turkish military post in northwest Syria in an offensive to reclaim territory and towns they lost early in the war.The military observation post near the town of Morek is one of ...
August 23, 2019
Israeli teenager killed by bomb near settlement
DEIR IBZI', West Bank — An Israeli teenager was killed and her father and brother were injured by a bomb near a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Friday, Israeli officials said.The family was visiting a spring in a popular hiking area when an improvised explosive device (IED) blew up, the Israeli military and paramedics said.The Israeli military said it was being treated as a terrorist attack. It was ...
August 22, 2019
Palestinians say receive Israeli part-payment of overdue taxes
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Authority, in deep financial crisis since Israel froze tax transfers in February, said on Thursday it had accepted a partial payment of just over half a billion dollars."An agreement was reached a few days ago with the Israeli side for transferring duties on oil and fuel which the Palestinian Authority bought in Israel to the amount of around two billion shekels ($568 million, 512 ...
August 22, 2019
Pentagon chief confirms death of Qaeda's Hamza Bin Laden
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has confirmed the death of Hamza Bin Laden, the son and designated heir of Al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden."That's my understanding," Esper said in an interview late Wednesday with Fox News, when asked if Hamza Bin Laden was dead."I don't have the details on that. And if I did I'm not sure how much I could share with you," he added.US media ...
August 22, 2019
Syrian offensive puts Turkish troops and border plans in peril
ISTANBUL — Syrian army advances in northwest Syria are putting Turkish troops in the firing line and threaten Ankara's hopes of preventing a new wave of refugees on its southern border.The offensive around Idlib, the last major rebel stronghold in Syria, has already forced tens of thousands of civilians to flee toward Turkey.It has also cut off a Turkish military post deep inside Syria as the deal to limit fighting ...
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