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Palmyra after ISIS withdrawl and pro-Assad forces enter-Getty

Russia Sends Experts to Palmyra for Mine Neutralization, Asks U.S.-led Coalition to Join

by Taha Abed alWahed | Mar 30, 2016 | Middle East

Moscow- Russia continues its attempts for the U.S., and the international coalition it leads against terrorism, to widen their scope on cooperation concerning the Syrian crisis. After regaining control over Palmyra (Tadmur) city, Russia aims to convince the U.S. to...

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Syrian young man taking a “selfie” with armed Syrian Opposition armed forces in Aleppo, Syria – Reuters

Syrian Opposition May End Truce, De Mistura Documents Lack Assad Leaving Authority

by Paula Astih and Nazeer Rida | Mar 30, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- After a month of implementation, the Syrian truce is now on stake, especially after the armed Syrian Opposition convening today in Turkey to decide on whether to continue with their commitment to ceasefire or not. Items on the political settlement paper...

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Hezbollah militants

Gulf Counter-Hezbollah Campaign Threatens to Deport Lebanese MP

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 30, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- Gulf ambassador to Lebanon told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the decision on Gulf countries confronting Hezbollah is of a strategic nature. The decision will be implemented within the framework of fighting the Iranian regional project on expanding its...

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Mohammad Javad Larijani, secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights and advisor to the chief of the judiciary on international affairs, who is leading Iran’s delegation, speaks during the United Nations (U.N.) Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group meeting to review Iran’s human rights record, at the (U.N.) European headquarters in Geneva 2014.

Sunni Convicts Facing Hostile Discrimination in Iranian Prisons

by Adil Alsalmi | Mar 24, 2016 | Middle East

London- An Iran-based humanitarian rights agency published a report on Iranian authorities detaining over 70 Sunni activists for allegations on political crimes and compromising homeland security. The report reveals that activists are being held in Gohardasht Prison,...

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U.N. envoy Ould Cheikh Ahmed announces ceasefire in Yemeni, E.P.A

Yemen a Little Relieved, Insurgents Coincide to End Hostility

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 24, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh- After the U.N. special envoy to Yemen announced the Houthis acceptance of implementing resolution 2216 – which stipulates ceasefire, abandoning arms and application of the Gulf initiative and national negotiated agreements- Yemenis across the Sadaa governorate...