Over 100 Indonesian Nationals With Alleged Terrorist Links Remain In Syria: Minister

JAKARTA, Jan 11 (NNN-ANTARA) – Over 100 Indonesian nationals, who allegedly have linkages with terrorist activities in Syria, are still in the Middle East country, and the government is mulling repatriating some of them. “We have many FTF’s (foreign terrorist fighters). We must return them home. In Syria, there are…

Russian Ambassador To Lebanon Urges End Of U.S. Presence In Iraq

BEIRUT, Jan 11 (NNN-NNA) – Russian Ambassador to Lebanon, Alexander Zasypkin, said, the U.S. presence in the region is illegitimate and should end immediately, a local media outlet reported Friday. “America is occupying Iraq and its presence there does not have any strategic benefit. The presence of the U.S. forces…

US rolls out new Iran sanctions after airstrikes

WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin jointly announced a new raft of economic sanctions against several senior Iranian officials and major companies. The financial penalties came as a response to Iranian airstrikes against US bases in Iraq, which were in…

14 Soldiers Injured In Clashes With Protesters In Tripoli

BEIRUT, Jan 11 (NNN-NNA) – The Lebanese army said, on Friday, that 14 soldiers were injured, in the clashes a day earlier, with protesters, who closed roads in a town north of Tripoli, against increased power rationing. The soldiers were injured by stones and petrol bombs protesters threw at them.…

Russian Warship Close To Collision With U.S. Destroyer In Arabian Sea

MANAMA, Jan 11 (NNN-BNA) – The U.S. Fifth Fleet said Friday, it continued to “remain vigilant” after a Russian Navy ship “aggressively approached” the U.S. warship, USS Farragut, in the Arabian sea. “On Thursday, Jan 9, while conducting routine operations in the North Arabian Sea, USS Farragut was aggressively approached…

Unknown Gunmen Kill Two Media Workers In Iraq’s Basra

BAGHDAD, Jan 11 (NNN-NINA) – Unknown gunmen shot dead a reporter and a cameraman, on Friday, after they covered anti-government protest, in Iraq’s southern city of Basra. The reporter, Ahmed Abdul Samad, and the cameraman, Safaa Ghali, worked for Dijlah TV. They were shot dead inside their car, while they…

Diwan Of The Royal Court Of Oman Issues Obituary On The Death Of Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed

MUSCAT, Jan 11 (NNN-ONA) – To the people of the beloved homeland in all its districts, to the Arab and Islamic nations and to the world at large. It is with hearts filled with faith in Allah and his Providence, and with great sorrow and deep sadness— yet with complete…

Iran likely downed Ukraine airliner with missiles: says Canadian PM Trudeau

OTTAWA, Jan 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Ukraine airliner that crashed in Iran, killing all 176 people aboard, was likely brought down by an Iranian missile, Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, said, citing intelligence from Canadian and other sources. Trudeau told a Thursday news conference in Ottawa that the destruction of…

US Pres Trump uses campaign rally to trumpet Soleimani killing as ‘justice’

TOLEDO (Ohio, US), Jan 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump made the killing of Iranaian general Qassem Soleimanii a theme of his re-election campaign on Thursday, drawing cheers from thousands at a rally when he said the death saved lives and delivered “American justice.” At the campaign rally in Toledo, Ohio, Trump…

Egypt FM to visit Algeria over development in Libya

CAIRO, Jan 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is heading to Algeria over the recent escalations in Libya, said the country’s Foreign Ministry in a statement. “Shoukry carries a message from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmadjid Tebboune,” said the Foreign Ministry in a…
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