Saudi National Football Team Visits West Bank For 1st Time

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Oct 14 (NNN-WAFA) – Saudi Arabia’s national football team, arrived for the first time in the West Bank on Sunday, to play against its Palestinian counterpart, as part of the 2020 World Cup Asian qualifiers. The Saudi sports delegation consisting of more than 100 members, entered the West…

U.S.-Led Warplanes Target Syrian Military Convoy Near Raqqa: Monitor

DAMASCUS, Oct 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – U.S.-led warplanes struck a convoy of the Syrian army, near the northern city of Raqqa on Sunday, with no reports on casualties. The planes targeted the Syrian military convoy in the al-Rasafeh area, in the southwest of Raqqa, as the convoy was moving towards Tabaqa,…

Syrian Kurdish Forces Declare Deal With Gov’t To Confront Turkish Assault

DAMASCUS, Oct 14 (NNN-SANA) – The Kurdish Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, known as Rojava, said, it reached an agreement with the Syrian government, to confront the Turkish assault. “An agreement has been reached with the Syrian government, for the entry and deployment of the Syrian army along…

Oman, Syria Ink Deal To Preserve Syrian Monuments, Antiquities

MUSCAT, Oct 14 (NNN-ONA) – Oman and Syria signed a memorandum of understanding, on preserving Syrian monuments and antiquities in the Sultanate. The Omani Ministry of Heritage and Culture, said that, the agreement was signed by Omani Director General of the National Museum, Jamal al-Musawi, and Syrian Director General of…

Iranian Top Leader Calls For Political Solution To Yemeni War

TEHRAN, Oct 14 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Sunday, called for ending the Yemeni war politically. Iran “has long proposed a plan to end the war in Yemen, which, if implemented, can end the war in a proper way, which can have positive effects on the…

Israeli Scientist Injured In Explosion At Israeli Technion’s Lab

JERUSALEM, Oct 14 (NNN-MA’AN) – A senior Israeli researcher was severely injured, in an explosion in a laboratory, at the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) in the northern city of Haifa. Firefighters rushed to the scene, scoured the building and performed monitoring activities, to avoid additional material leakage, local media…

Erdogan Says Turkish Forces To Push 30-35 Km Into Syrian Territory

ISTANBUL, Oct 14 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said that, Turkish forces would “go down to a depth of 30-35 km” into Syrian territory, as planned under Ankara’s safe-zone project. “Then, the operation would be completed, after taking control of Hasaka and Ayn al-Arab,” Erdogan said. He announced…

Nearly 60,000 Afghan Women Get Breast Cancer Annually: Media Report

KABUL, Oct 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – Some 60,000 Afghan women are reportedly developing breast cancer each year, mostly in the capital Kabul, a private English paper, the Daily Outlook Afghanistan, reported Sunday. According to the paper, a survey, conducted by the Afghanistan Cancer Foundation (ACF), in 10 of the country’s 34…

Turkish Forces Capture New Areas In Syria

DAMASCUS, Oct 14 (NNN-SANA) – Turkish forces, on Sunday, captured new areas in northern and northeastern Syria, as part of the declared military assault against Kurdish forces. Turkish forces and allied Syrian rebels, captured parts of the town of Tell Abyad, in the northern province of Raqqa and stormed a…

Syrian Gov’t Rules Out Communication With Kurdish Forces Amid Turkish Assault

DAMASCUS, Oct 14 (NNN-SANA) – Jayez Mousa, governor of Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah, ruled out any communication with the Kurdish forces, amid ongoing Turkish assault against them in northern Syria, pro-government al-Watan newspaper reported. Negotiation with Kurdish forces is unlikely, “as they were the reason behind the current Turkish…