Middle East

Moscow: Washington Blocks The Exit Of Displaced Syrians From Al-Rukban Camp

Moscow, Russia, Feb 23 (NNN-SANA) – Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said that, the United States is blocking the…

Palestinian Killed, Dozens Injured In Clashes With Israeli Soldiers In Eastern Gaza

GAZA, Palestine, Feb 23 (NNN-WAFA) – One Palestinian teenager was killed on Friday, and dozens injured, in clashes between hundreds…

Peninsula Shield Military Exercise To Start In Saudi Arabia

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Feb 23 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia announced, on Friday, the arrival of all teams participating in the…

Canada Donates Military Equipment To Lebanese Army

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb 23 (NNN-NNA) – The Lebanese Army, on Friday, received military equipment donated by Canada, local media reported.…

More Evacuees Flee Daesh Holdouts In NE Syria

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 23 (NNN-SANA) – In a fresh displacement, some 2,500 people, mainly women and children, fled fighting in…

Civilian Deaths Reported In Yemen Despite Hodeidah Ceasefire Deal

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 23 (NNN-SABA) – Eight Yemeni civilians have been killed by shelling, earlier this week, in Hodeidah, despite…

Switzerland: Former army officer Johan Cosar sentenced by military court for fighting Daesh

Former Swiss soldier Johan Cosar, photographed in Syria in 2015  GENEVA, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Swiss military court has sentenced a…

U.S. to leave around 400 troops in Syria

WASHINGTON/NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The United States will leave a total of about 400 U.S. troops split…

Syria war: Largest Daesh mass grave yet found outside Raqqa

RAQQA (Syria), Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two feet deep, below a plot of farmland outside the Syrian city of Raqqa,…

Syria War: Civilians evacuated from last Daesh group enclave

The UN had warned some 200 families were trapped BAGHUZ (Syria), Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Civilians have been evacuated from…