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French police nationwide prepare for fifth wave of yellow vest protests

A CGT labor union demonstration to protest against the French government’s reforms

Paris - Arab Today
France will deploy tens of thousands of police nationwide and around 8,000 in Paris on Saturday to handle a fifth weekend of ‘yellow vest’ protests, although the movement appears to be losing steam after concessions by President Emmanuel... Read more
Al-Jaafari calls for stopping the politicization of humanitarian affair in Syria

Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari

New York - NNA
Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari said that the Syrian government is the keenest side to provide all sorts of humanitarian aid to all its citizens wherever they are in the entire Syrian land, clarifying that it... Read more
Turkey will enter Syria’s Manbij if US doesn’t remove YPG fighters

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Istanbul - DPA
Turkish forces will enter the Syrian town of Manbij if the United States does not remove YPG Kurdish fighters, and it will also target Kurdish-controlled areas further east, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.Erdogan said this week that... Read more
EU leaders offer to 'demystify' Brexit deal but won't change backstop

The 27 EU leaders are expected later to issue a joint statement.

Brussels - DPA
Several EU leaders offered clarifications on Thursday to help British Prime Minister Theresa May sell the Brexit deal to lawmakers in London, while insisting that the text itself cannot be reopened, ahead of summit talks aimed at breaking... Read more
Yemen's warring sides agree on ceasefire in embattled Hodeida

The United Nations' special envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths

Aden - DPA
Yemen's warring parties have agreed on a ceasefire in the embattled port province of Hodeida, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Thursday, on the last day of negotiations aimed at ending the country's four-year war.Addressing the... Read more
Russia points to efforts to undermine agreements on Idlib zone

More than one thousand Syrians arrive in Syria from Lebanon and Jordan

Moscow - TASS
Russia has taken note of attempts to disrupt the Moscow-Ankara agreements on creating a demilitarized zone in Syria’s Idlib, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing on Thursday."Regrettably, far... Read more
Daesh group destruction of rural Iraq hinders hundreds of thousands residents’ return

Daesh fighters burnt or chopped down orchards and sabotaged wells

Baghdad - Arab Today
The Daesh group’s deliberate destruction of agriculture in northern Iraq has hindered the return of hundreds of thousands of residents, Amnesty International said in a report released Thursday.The New York-based rights group said Daesh... Read more
UK’s PM Theresa May wins vote of confidence in her leadership while 117 voted against her

Prime Minister Theresa May

London - Arab Today
Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday survived a bid by her own MPs to unseat her, securing the support of 200 Conservative colleagues while 117 voted against her.The British leader overcame the party no-confidence vote after it was... Read more