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A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency on Tuesday President Hassan Rohani speaking during the opening of a factory in the capital Tehran. — AFP
Iran says to resume enrichment at underground plant
TEHRAN — President Hassan Rohani said on Tuesday that Iran would resume uranium enrichment at an underground plant south of Tehran in its latest step back from a troubled 2015 agreement with major powers.The suspension of all enrichment at the Fordow plant in the mountains near the Shiite holy city of Qom was one of the restrictions on its nuclear activities that Iran accepted in return for the lifting of international sanctions.But Washington's abandonment of the deal in May last year followed by its re-imposition of crippling sanctions prompted Iran to begin a phased suspension of its own commitments in May this year.Rouhani recalled that under the terms of the agreement Iran had retained more than 1,000 centrifuges at the plant which had been running empty since it went into...
November 05, 2019

Iran says to resume enrichment at underground plant

A convoy of US armored vehicles patrols the village of Ein Diwar in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on Monday. — AFP
Turkey, Russia carry out new joint patrol in Syria
ISTANBUL — Turkish and Russian troops in armored vehicles on Tuesday began their second joint ground patrol in northern Syria near the town of Kobani, under a deal that has forced a Kurdish militia away from Turkey's border.Nearly a month ago, Turkey and Syrian rebel allies launched a cross-border incursion against Kurdish YPG fighters, seizing control of 120 km (75 miles) of land along the frontier.Under a subsequent deal, Russia and Turkey agreed to push the YPG militia to a depth of at least 30 km (19 miles) south of the border and to hold joint patrols to monitor the agreement.President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that the YPG had not withdrawn from that planned "safe zone", despite Turkey's agreements with both Russia and the United States.Tuesday's patrol...
November 05, 2019

Turkey, Russia carry out new joint patrol in Syria

Omar Shakir, Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine Director, looks up before his hearing at Israel's Supreme Court in Jerusalem in this Sept. 24, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
Israel's top court clears way for deportation of HRW official
JERUSALEM — Israel's Supreme Court upheld a government decision to deport a Human Rights Watch (HRW) official accused of backing an international pro-Palestinian boycott campaign, an edict he said was aimed at stifling criticism of Israel.The court ratified an Interior Ministry refusal to renew the work visa of Omar Shakir, a US citizen representing New York-based HRW in Israel and the Palestinian territories, and ordered him to leave within 20 days.Israel says he supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement which it has criminalized.It has lobbied Western powers to follow suit, and Shakir's case was a test for its anti-boycott legislation.Shakir contested the argument that his past pro-Palestinian statements, before being appointed to the HRW post in 2016,...
November 05, 2019

Israel's top court clears way for deportation of HRW official

Mourners carry the casket of an Iraqi protester, who was killed the day before in the capital, during his funeral in the central Iraqi city of Najaf, on Tuesday. — AFP
Mounting toll in Iraq protests as internet cut again
BAGHDAD — A mounting death toll in Baghdad and across southern Iraq coupled with reimposed internet restrictions sparked concerns on Tuesday that anti-government protests would once again trigger chaos.A first wave of protests that erupted on October 1 met with brutal violence, with at least 157 people killed over six days, most of them protesters in Baghdad, according to an official investigation.Many were shot dead from rooftops by "unidentified snipers", the probe found.Protests restarted after a two-week lull, with fewer deaths and an easing by the government of internet restrictions on social media sites.But late Sunday and early Monday, the bloodshed resumed, with four protesters killed near the Iranian consulate in Karbala.On Monday evening, security forces fired live...
November 05, 2019

Mounting toll in Iraq protests as internet cut again

An Iraqi demonstrator wearing a Guy Fawkes mask takes part in one of the ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad on Monday. -Reuters
At least three people killed as security forces use live rounds on Iraqi protesters
BAGHDAD - Security forces killed at least two people when they opened fire on protesters in southern Iraq late on Monday night, police and medical sources said, as thousands continued to take part in the largest wave of anti-government protests for decades.Security forces killed two people and wounded 12 in Shatra, 45 km north of the southern city of Nasiriya, security and medical sources said. Hospital sources said the protesters died from bullet wounds to the head.The protesters had tried to attack the house of a senior government official, security sources said.Separately, at least one protester was killed and 34 others wounded when security forces opened fire on protesters camped out at the entrance to the main Gulf port of Umm Qasr.The sit-in has halted operations at the port near the...
November 05, 2019

At least three people killed as security forces use live rounds on Iraqi protesters

Jordan's Prime Minister Omar Al-Razzaz speaks to the media during a news conference in Amman in this April 9, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
Jordan government resigns ahead of a reshuffle
AMMAN — Jordan's Cabinet on Monday resigned ahead of a government reshuffle expected in the next few days, the state news agency said.Officials say the reshuffle will solidify Prime Minister Omar Al-Razzaz’s mandate to accelerate economic reforms, seen as crucial to spur growth in the debt-ridden country.Razzaz was quoted by Petra state news agency as saying the move was needed "to face up to the challenges of the coming period".It was not clear how extensive the reshuffle would be but an official said it would not affect key portfolios, but focus on merging some ministries to cut waste and curb expenditure.Under an IMF austerity plan, Jordan must rein in spending to cut spiraling debt that stands at around $40 billion, equivalent to around 95 percent of gross domestic...
November 04, 2019

Jordan government resigns ahead of a reshuffle

Police and emergency services are at work ti take care of 41 migrants who were found alive in a refrigerated truck near Xanthi, northern Greece, on Monday. — AFP
Police find 41 migrants alive in truck in northern Greece
ATHENS — Greek police found 41 migrants, mostly Afghans, hiding in a refrigerated truck at a motorway in northern Greece on Monday, officials said.The discovery came 10 days after 39 bodies, all believed to be Vietnamese migrants, were discovered in the back of a refrigerated truck near London. Two people have been charged in Britain and eight in Vietnam over the deaths.The refrigeration system in the truck where the migrants were found in northern Greece had not been turned on, and none of the migrants was injured, though some asked for medical assistance, a Greek police official said.Police had stopped the truck near the city of Xanthi for a routine check, arresting the driver and taking him and the migrants to a nearby police station for identification.Greece is currently struggling...
November 04, 2019

Police find 41 migrants alive in truck in northern Greece

A file photo of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Qatar's Emir Tamim Bin Hamad meeting in Ankara.
Turkey news outlet takes aim at Qatar's Al Jazeera English
Saudi Gazette reportJEDDAH — In an interesting opinion piece on the Turkey-Qatar relations, a pro-government Turkish daily Al-Sabah published in Turkey, has an interesting take on an emerging threat to the Turkey-Qatar alliance.It unerringly points to Al Jazeera English as the veritable spoiler and a possible chink in the growing Turkey-Qatar strategic partnership.It starts off the opinion article with the fact that Turkey and Qatar are strategic partners, and since 2015, the two countries have taken their political, economic and military relations to the next level, citing examples of how Turkey and Qatar have repeatedly come to each others’ assistance.Today, that seemingly unshakable alliance is now under threat — from within, it wrote, stating, Al Jazeera English, Qatar's...
November 04, 2019

Turkey news outlet takes aim at Qatar's Al Jazeera English

Sudanese protesters chant slogans during a demonstration by supporters and relatives of detained former regime officials to demand their release, in front of the government headquarters in the capital Khartoum, in this Oct. 30, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Sudan protest group has 'no objection' to handing Bashir to ICC
KHARTOUM — The protest movement that led to the ouster of Sudan's longtime president Omar Bashir said on Sunday it was not against handing over the deposed autocrat to the International Criminal Court to be tried for genocide.Bashir, who was ousted by the army in April after a nationwide agitation against his rule, has long been accused by the Hague-based ICC of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity for his alleged role in the devastating conflict in Sudan's Darfur region."We have no objection in handing over Bashir to the ICC," Ibrahim Al-Sheikh, a leader of umbrella protest movement the Forces of Freedom and Change, told reporters late on Sunday."All the members of the Forces of Freedom and Change agree on that."Global rights groups, rebel...
November 04, 2019

Sudan protest group has 'no objection' to handing Bashir to ICC

Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu speaks during a news conference for foreign media correspondents in Istanbul, Turkey, in this Aug. 21, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
Turkey to return militants stripped of citizenship
ANKARA — Turkey will send captured Daesh (the so-called IS) members back to their countries even if their citizenship has been revoked, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Monday, criticizing the approach of European countries on the issue.Turkey launched an offensive into northeastern Syria against the Kurdish YPG militia last month following a decision by US President Donald Trump to withdraw troops from the region. The move prompted widespread concern over the fate of Daesh prisoners in the region.The YPG is the main element of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which has been a leading US ally in beating back Daesh in the region, and has kept thousands of militants in jails across northeastern Syria. The United States and Turkey's Western allies have said Ankara's...
November 04, 2019

Turkey to return militants stripped of citizenship

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