11 Mar 2019; DW: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived in neighboring Iraq on Monday to kick off a three-day visit as the Islamic Republic is under mounting US pressure over its regional influence.
DAMASCUS, March 11 (Xinhua) -- At least 50 people were killed on Monday by U.S.-led airstrikes on the last Islamic State (IS) stronghold in eastern Syria, state news agency SANA reported.
The airstrikes targeted the IS-held area in the town of Baghouz in the eastern countryside of Deir al-Zour province.
The report said most of the deaths were women and children.
RAMALLAH, March 10 (Xinhua) -- The newly appointed Palestinian prime minister expressed hope on Sunday to form his government soon through his consultations with Palestinian factions as well as social and political powers, official Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported.
Mohammad Shtayyeh made the remarks right after he received the letter of nomination from President Mahmoud Abbas to form a new government.
"I am fully aware of the situation we are going through politically, economically and financially," he said.
GAZIANTEP; 10 Mar 2019; AA: Syrian refugees have found peace and security in Turkey, a UNICEF official in Turkey told Anadolu Agency during his visit to this southeastern province.
"I have seen refugees settling over four years and finding the peace and the security they were looking for while crossing the border [to Turkey]," said Philippe Duamelle.
SANLIURFA, 8 Mar 2019; AA: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday inaugurated the ruins of what is thought to be the world's oldest temple.
“Turkey is an open-air museum,” said Erdogan, speaking at a ceremony at the Gobeklitepe archaeological site located in Turkey's southeastern province of Sanliurfa.
Erdogan added that archaeological research should be promoted in order to uncover more historical artifacts and sites in Anatolia region.
MOSCOW, March 10. /TASS/. Russia and Syria are calling on the world community to realize the truth about the situation at the Rukban refugee camp, the heads of the Russian and Syrian inter-agency coordination headquarters, Mikhail Mizintsev and Hussein Makhlouf, said in a joint statement.
TRIPOLI, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Ambassadors of France, Italy, Britain and the United States on Saturday welcomed the lifting of force majeure at Libya's largest oil field, Al-Sharara oil field, by the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC).
The ambassadors welcomed the decision to lift the force majeure and "immediately resume production at the crucial Al-Sharara oil field," said a joint statement issued by the U.S. Embassy in Libya.
TRIPOLI, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Libya's Civil Aviation Authority on Saturday closed Mitiga International Airport of the capital Tripoli for the second time this week after infiltration of an unidentified drone.
"Air traffic is suspended again until further notice in Mitiga International Airport for the same reason, a drone flying in the airspace of the airport at an altitude of 5,000 feet," the airport administration said in a statement.
The statement said the drone poses danger to the airplanes flying to and from the airport.
DAMASCUS, March 9 (Xinhua) -- A total of 63,500 refugees, most of whom are the Islamic State (IS) militants and their families fleeing the last IS-held areas in eastern Syria, are living in the al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria, a war monitor reported Saturday.
The refugees are mostly non-Syrians either from Iraq or Europe, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
BAGHDAD, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Iraq's capital Baghdad on Saturday ahead of an official visit by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the Iraqi official news agency reported.
Rouhani is expected to visit Iraq on Monday to meet Iraqi top officials, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) said in a brief statement.
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