Six Daesh Militants Killed In Operation In Eastern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 9 (NNN-NINA) – A total of six Daesh militants were killed and seven of their hideouts destroyed, in a two-week operation by security forces to chase the extremist militants in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, a provincial official said on Friday. “The large-scale military operation, which was…

Turkish Police Use Tear Gas Against Women Demonstrators

Photo courtesy ANADOLU ISTANBUL, Turkey, March 9 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish police fired tear gas and rubber bullets, to disperse women, protesting against male violence, in Istanbul, Friday evening. Thousands of women poured into streets across Istanbul, to mark the International Women’s Day under heavy police presence, while many gathered on…

Hezbollah Leader Calls On Supporters To Donate

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 9 (NNN-NNA) – Hezbollah leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, called upon his supporters, to donate funds to help the party face tighter sanctions from Western countries. “The resistance needs your support … because we are in the heart of the struggle,” Nasrallah said, during the 30th anniversary of…

“Grave Concern” Over Health Of 65,000 Displaced, In Syria’s Al-Hol Camp: UN

UNITED NATIONS, March 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Al-Hol camp in north-eastern Syria has swelled to well over 65,000 people displaced by the war, and humanitarian agencies have “grave concern over the fragile health of the camp’s residents,” a UN spokesman said. Thursday night, more than 3,000 people — mostly women and…

Israel Launches Air Strikes On Gaza In Response To Rocket Firing

GAZA, Palestine, March 9 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli war jets carried out at midnight Friday, two air strikes on military facilities and posts that belong to the Islamic Hamas movement, in the northern and eastern Gaza Strip, with no injuries reported, Gaza security officials said on Saturday. The Israeli war jets…

Syrian Army Destroys Terrorists’ Hideouts In Hama

HAMA, Syria, March 7 (NNN-SANA) – Syrian army units destroyed hideouts of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists, in the outskirts of al-Jammasa and al-Sharia villages in the countryside of Hama. SANA reporter in Hama said, army units, positioned at the vicinity of al-Karem, launched missiles on the areas where the terrorist groups…

Flights Resumed At Airport In Libya’s Tripoli After Drone Incident

TRIPOLI, Libya, March 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Flights were resumed at the M’etiga International Airport in the Libyan capital here, a few hours after the authorities closed it, due to “infiltration” of unidentified drone. Eight international flights took off from the airport, following the reopening of the air hub, the airport’s…

EU Grants 262 Million USD To Support Morocco’s Management Of Migration Since 2014

RABAT, Morocco, March 7 (NNN-MAP) – The European Commission has granted Morocco 232 million euros (262 million U.S. dollars), to support the North African kingdom to better manage migration flows since 2014, a statement said. The amount of EU support to Morocco was revealed in a statement by the commission,…

One More Vietnamese Province Hit By African Swine Fever

HANOI, Vietnam, March 7 (NNN-VNA) – Some pigs in Vietnam’s northern Hoa Binh province have recently been infected with the African swine fever (ASF), and all infected pigs have been culled, to prevent the spread of the disease, the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said on Thursday. The…

Separatist Leader Of Indian-Controlled Kashmir Arrested Under Controversial Law

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, March 7 (NNN-PTI) – Senior separatist leader and chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Mohammed Yasin Malik, was arrested under a controversial preventive law, the Public Safety Act (PSA), in Indian-controlled Kashmir, his party spokesman said Thursday. Malik was arrested in his residence in…