PARIS, (APP/AFP) – Paris prosecutors have charged the uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with corruption, an anti-graft group said Tuesday. Rifaat al-Assad, 78, who was Syria’s vice president in the 1980s, was placed under investigation in April for amassing a 90-million-euro ($100-million) fortune, including a stud farm and luxury apartments, despite being kicked out […]
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Assad’s uncle charged in Paris with corruption: anti-graft group
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11 Kurdish rebels, 3 Guards killed in Iran
TEHRAN, (APP/AFP): Eleven Kurdish rebels and three of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards were killed in clashes near the Iraqi border, the Fars news agency reported on Tuesday. “A group of 11 counter-revolutionaries linked to the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI), who were attempting to infiltrate the country were immediately detected… and were eliminated after […]
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UK minister suggests referendum to set terms of EU break-up
LONDON, (APP/AFP) – British health minister Jeremy Hunt on Tuesday raised the possibility of holding a second referendum on the terms of Britain’s departure from the European Union, but stressed Britain “must” leave the bloc. The minister, who said he was considering running for the leadership of the Conservative party following the resignation of Prime […]
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Turkey ready to pay compensation to Russia over downed jet: PM
ANKARA, (APP/AFP): Turkey is ready “if necessary” to pay compensation to Russia after it shot down one of Moscow’s military jets over Syria in November, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said. “We have said that if necessary we are ready to pay compensation,” Yildirim told public TV network TRT late Monday, hours after President Recep […]
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Jerusalem holy site closed to non-Muslims after violence
JERUSALEM,(APP/AFP) – Israeli authorities announced Tuesday they were closing Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound to non-Muslim visitors after a series of clashes between worshippers and police. The decision will apply until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan next week, a police spokeswoman told AFP. Clashes between Muslims and Israeli police have been […]
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Hamas thanks Turkey for Gaza efforts in Israel deal
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, (APP/AFP) – Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas has thanked Turkey for its efforts on behalf of Gazans in a weekend reconciliation deal with Israel but urged it to increase pressure for an end to a decade-old blockade. In its first reaction to the agreement, Hamas expressed its “thanks and gratitude to Turkish […]