Canada lifts sanctions on Syria, following US

TORONTO, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada on Friday removed Syria from its list of states that support terrorism, and revoked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s (HTS) designation as a “terrorist entity,” joining a list of countries to ease sanctions on Damascus. The moves come after HTS ousted former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad…

Arab, Muslim Countries Oppose Israel’s One-Way Rafah Reopening Plan

ABU DHABI, Dec 6 (NNN-WAM) – Foreign ministers from several Arab and Muslim countries, yesterday, expressed concern over recent Israeli remarks, suggesting the Rafah Crossing be opened only in one direction to transfer Gaza residents into Egypt. In a joint statement, ministers from the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia,…

Iraq Sets Up National Database To Track Weapons

BAGHDAD, Dec 6 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq has set up a National Data Bank for Weapons, to tighten state control over arms, and help strengthen international tracking. Major General Mansour Ali Sultan, rapporteur of the Interior Ministry’s State Arms Control Committee, said that, the measure is part of the government’s weapons-regulation…

Yemen Gov’t Handed Over 26 Bodies To Houthis As Gesture Of “Goodwill” Ahead Of Talks

SANAA, Dec 6 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s government said, it handed over 26 bodies of the Houthis yesterday, as a gesture of “goodwill,” ahead of the expected resumption of talks sponsored by the United Nations. In the statement, broadcast by state-run television, the government said, the bodies were handed over to…

UN sounds alarm on landmine deaths amid funding cuts for demining

GENEVA, Dec 5 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The United Nations has sounded the alarm as landmine deaths rise amid funding cuts to demining programmes. International experts meeting in Geneva say the legacy of conflicts old and new continues to kill and maim civilians on a near-daily basis. The UN Mine Action Programme…

Tanzania lures Turkish investment at Vision 25 Conference

INSTANBUL (Turkiye), Dec 5 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — TANZANIA continues to deepen its business and investment ties with the government of Turkey, as the Vision 25 Connectivity Conference affirms it. The coference was organized by the Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association in Turkey (MÜSIAD). At the conference, Tanzania’s Ambassador to Turkey, Iddi Seif Bakari…

Lebanon-Israel Talks To Continue As Fresh Israeli Airstrikes Hit Southern Towns

BEIRUT, Dec 5 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese President, Joseph Aoun, vowed yesterday that, his country will make no concessions regarding its sovereignty, in ongoing talks with Israel, while the barbaric Israeli army launched fresh airstrikes in southern Lebanon. A day after the first session of the talks in south-western Lebanon’s Naqoura,…

Syria Dismantles Drug Trafficking Network In Capital Damascus

DAMASCUS, Dec 5 (NNN-SANA) – Syria’s anti-narcotics department, has dismantled a drug trafficking network in the capital Damascus’s countryside, and confiscated over 160,000 Captagon pills, it was reported, yesterday. Two suspects were arrested during the operation, and legal proceedings have been initiated against them. Some of the seized pills had…

France detects two MERS virus cases among tour group

PARIS, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French authorities have isolated two people infected with the virus that causes Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (MERS) who were among a tour group visiting the region, the health ministry said. MERS is a more deadly but less contagious variation of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome…

Arab police chiefs meet in Tunisia to discuss fight against drug crimes

TUNIS, Dec 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — The 49th Conference of Arab Police and Security Leaders kicked off Wednesday at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers in Tunis, the council said in a statement on its Facebook page. The two-day meeting is discussing a wide…
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