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Moscow and its allies are trying to block next year's budget for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons — potentially leaving the entire agency unable to operate — if it includes money for the new Identification and Investigations Team (IIT). — AFP
Russia tries to block new Syria chemical weapons probe
THE HAGUE — Russia urged member states of the global chemical weapons watchdog to vote on Thursday against funding a new team that will identify the culprits behind toxic attacks in Syria.Moscow and its allies are trying to block next year's budget for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons — potentially leaving the entire agency unable to operate — if it includes money for the new Identification and Investigations Team (IIT).The United States hit back by accusing Russia of a "cover-up" of the use of chemical weapons by its ally Damascus, at a tense annual meeting of the OPCW's 193 member countries in The Hague."If the financing for the IIT comes out of voluntary contributions (the annual budget paid for by member states) then this will mean...
November 28, 2019

Russia tries to block new Syria chemical weapons probe

Abbas Mousavi, spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry, gives a press conference in Tehran in this May 28, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Iran says Europeans cannot invoke nuclear deal's dispute mechanism
TEHRAN — Iran said on Thursday European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal such as France could not trigger a dispute mechanism in the agreement that could lead to UN sanctions being reimposed.French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian raised the possibility on Wednesday of invoking the mechanism, but Iran's foreign ministry said this would not be permissible.The deal "does not allow the European parties to invoke the mechanism as Iran is exercising its legal right in response to the United States' illegal and unilateral actions", ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said, quoted by semi-official news agency ISNA.The nuclear deal — known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA — has been unraveling since May 2018 when the United States unilaterally...
November 28, 2019

Iran says Europeans cannot invoke nuclear deal's dispute mechanism

Iraqi protesters clash with Iraqi security forces in Al-Rasheed Street in Baghdad during ongoing anti-government demonstrations against corruption on Thursday. — AFP
Iraq PM sacks new commander after 22 killed in crackdown
BAGHDAD — Iraq's Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi on Thursday sacked the military commander he had dispatched earlier in the day to "restore order" to a protest-hit southern city after a crackdown there killed 22 protesters.Abdel Mahdi, who is also the commander-in-chief of Iraq's armed forces, had ordered military chiefs to deploy across the south on Thursday morning, sending Jamil Shummary to the city of Nasiriyah.But state television announced the premier had "withdrawn" Shummary from the post by the afternoon. — AFP
November 28, 2019

Iraq PM sacks new commander after 22 killed in crackdown

Students and professors of the University of Palestine carry placards during a demonstration against the US policy shift on Israeli settlements in Palestinian Territories in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip in this Nov. 26, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Gaza protests canceled for third week
GAZA CITY — Palestinian protests along the Gaza-Israel border have been cancelled for the third week, organizers said on Thursday, amid declining turnout and fears of a fresh conflict in the Gaza Strip.A statement by the organizing committee said it had decided to postpone this Friday's marches to "avoid giving an opportunity to the Zionist enemy (Israel)" and due to "the very dangerous security conditions" after a deadly flareup in Gaza earlier this month.It argued that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was looking for an opportunity to divert attention after being indicted on corruption charges and a new conflict with Gaza could help him do so.The protests, which began in March 2018 and are backed by Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas, initially attracted...
November 28, 2019

Gaza protests canceled for third week

Iraqi demonstrators gesture as flames start consuming Iran's consulate in the southern Iraqi Shiite holy city of Najaf on Wednesday, two months into the country's most serious social crisis in decades. — AFP
Iraq crackdown kills 25 protesters after Iran mission torched
NASIRIYAH, Iraq — Iraq's southern hotspot of Nasiriyah was in bloody upheaval on Thursday after a government crackdown killed 25 protesters and thousands defied a curfew to march in their funerals, following the dramatic torching of an Iranian consulate. Iraq's capital and south have been torn by the worst street unrest since the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, as a protest movement has vented their fury at their government and its backers in neighboring Iran.Late Wednesday, protesters outraged at Tehran's political influence in Iraq burned down the Iranian consulate in the shrine city of Najaf, yelling "Victory to Iraq!" and "Iran out!"In response, Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi early Thursday ordered military chiefs to deploy in...
November 28, 2019

Iraq crackdown kills 25 protesters after Iran mission torched

Palestinians check the house of a man who reportedly carried out an attack against Israelis in August, after it was demolished by Israeli authorities in the village of Beit Kahel near the West Bank town of Hebron, on Thursday. — AFP
Israel demolishes homes of 4 suspected Palestinian attackers
HEBRON, West Bank — Israel on Thursday demolished the West Bank homes of four Palestinians accused of a deadly attack, sparking clashes with stone-throwing protesters, the army and a journalist said.The houses in the village of Beit Kahil near Hebron in the occupied West Bank were home to men who were "part of the squad that carried out the stabbing attack" which killed an off-duty soldier in August, the army said.Clashes broke out during the demolitions, the army said, with Palestinians hurling "rocks and burned tires at troops"."In response, troops used riot dispersal means."Residents stared at piles of concrete after bulldozers reduced one house to rubble, a photographer said.After the demolitions one Palestinian died in a car accident at a junction near...
November 28, 2019

Israel demolishes homes of 4 suspected Palestinian attackers

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Fayez Al-Sarraj, the head of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA), during their meeting in Istanbul, on Wednesday. — AFP
Turkey signs military deal with Libya govt
ISTANBUL — Turkey signed a military deal late Wednesday with Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) following a meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, his office said.Erdogan met with the head of the GNA, Prime Minister Fayed Al-Sarraj, to sign agreements on security and military cooperation, as well as maritime jurisdictions."We are confident that we will improve the security situation for the Libyan people together," Fahrettin Altun, communications director at the Turkish presidency, wrote on Twitter.He called on other countries to support the GNA."Stability of Libya is critically important for the safety of Libyans, regional stability, and prevention of international terrorism," Altun tweeted.Libya has been mired in chaos...
November 28, 2019

Turkey signs military deal with Libya govt

Protesters call foe demand 'regime change now' in Iran in Washington in this March 8, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Iran arrests 8 'linked to CIA' in street unrest
TEHRAN — Iran has arrested eight people it accused of CIA links and sending abroad information on recent urban unrest, days after the United States said it had received thousands of messages on a protest crackdown in the Islamic republic.New York-based Human Rights Watch has accused Tehran of "deliberately covering up" more than 140 deaths that it said came when security forces suppressed demonstrations against a sharp fuel price hike.Iran said that among the more than 500 people arrested were eight who were "linked to the CIA", state news agency IRNA said late Wednesday, citing the head of the intelligence ministry's counter-espionage department."Some elements who tried to collect information about the recent riots and send them out of the country... were...
November 28, 2019

Iran arrests 8 'linked to CIA' in street unrest

The burnt Iranian consulate is pictured in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf on Thursday, two months into the country's most serious social crisis in decades. — AFP
Iraq crackdown kills 13 protesters after Iran mission torched
NASIRIYAH, Iraq — Iraqi security forces cracked down on anti-government protesters in the strife-torn south on Thursday, leaving 13 people dead in a bloody escalation hours after the torching of an Iranian consulate.Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi, as commander in chief of the armed forces, dispatched military chiefs to several restive provinces to "restore order" there, the military said in a statement.Iraq's capital and its south have been torn by the worst street unrest since the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, as a youth-dominated protest movement has vented their fury at their government and its backers in neighboring Iran.Late Wednesday protesters burnt down the Iranian consulate in the city of Najaf, yelling "Victory to Iraq!" and...
November 28, 2019

Iraq crackdown kills 13 protesters after Iran mission torched

Iraqi demonstrators gather as flames start consuming Iran's consulate in Al-Najaf on Wednesday. (AFP)
Iraqi protesters set fire to Iranian consulate in Najaf
Najaf — Iraqi Protesters set fire to Iran's consulate in the holy city of Najaf on Wednesday night, two months into the country's most serious social crisis in decades.Tall flames and thick clouds of smoke rose from the entrance of the consulate in the southern city, AFP's correspondent there said."Victory to Iraq!" and "Iran out!" protesters chanted, outraged at the country they blame for propping up a government they've been demonstrating against for nearly two months.Since October 1, protesters in Iraq have been calling for the fall of a central government they see as both irretrievably corrupt and beholden to Tehran.Iraq's capital and its Shiite-majority south have been gripped by the largest grassroots protests since 2003.The change of regime...
November 27, 2019

Iraqi protesters set fire to Iranian consulate in Najaf

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