TRIPOLI, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Higher Commission of Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday announced the launching of the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) in Libya for the year 2020.
The 2020 Humanitarian Response Plan for Libya was launched at the weekend, seeking 115 million U.S. dollars to help respond to the mounting humanitarian needs, UNHCR said in a statement.
DAMASCUS, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following years of blind mortar shelling on its residential areas, Syrian northern city Aleppo has become safe from shelling after a wide-scale military operation.
After its liberation in 2016, the provincial capital of Aleppo remained subject to mortar shelling by the rebels in the western and northwestern countryside of Aleppo, which claimed the lives of many people whose number is yet unknown.
RAMALLAH, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinians are calling on the international community to help resolve their conflict with Israel, while rejecting the U.S. peace plan, known as "The Deal of the Century".
A senior Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) official on Monday called for the establishment of an international assembly based on rights and justice, so as to end the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad congratulated his forces Monday for recent gains in northwestern Syria that led to his troops consolidating control over Aleppo province, pledging to press ahead with a military campaign to achieve complete victory “sooner or later.”
Assad, who rarely appears in public, said in a televised address that the onetime economic hub of Aleppo, the provincial capital, will “return stronger than it was before.”
17 February 2020; AFP: The coronavirus epidemic could damage global economic growth this year, the IMF head said Sunday, but a sharp and rapid economic rebound could follow.
"There may be a cut that we are still hoping would be in the 0.1-0.2 percentage space," the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, told the Global Women's Forum in Dubai.
She said the full impact of the spreading disease that has already killed more than 1,600 people would depend on how quickly it was contained.
(Reuters) - The top United Nations envoy to Iraq condemned on Monday the use of hunting rifles firing birdshot against peaceful protesters in Baghdad and urged the government to ensure they are not harmed.
Iraq faces an extraordinary domestic crisis as nearly 500 people have died in months of protests demanding the ouster of what demonstrators see as a corrupt ruling elite and an end to foreign interference mainly by Iran and the United States.
DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iranian man accused of violating U.S. sanctions and detained in Germany has been freed and has returned to Iran after diplomatic efforts by Tehran, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday.
The man, Ahmad Khalili flew home with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who had been in Germany to attend the Munich Security Conference, Iranian state TV quoted spokesman Abbas Mousavi as saying.
German authorities declined to comment on the case.
17 Feb 2020; MEMO: For the first time, an Israeli plane has flown through the Sudanese airspace, Ynet News reported yesterday.
BEIRUT, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani announced on Sunday that Iran is keen on maintaining excellent bilateral ties with Lebanon, LBCI local TV channel reported.
"Lebanon is an influential country in the region and Iran is keen to always see that the country is free, sovereign and independent," Larijani said upon his arrival at Beirut's airport.
Larijani also congratulated Lebanon on its new government.
17 Feb 2020; MEMO: The Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, has hacked hundreds of Israeli soldiers’ smartphones, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported an Israeli army spokesperson stating on Sunday.
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