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Here is a brief look at Press TV Newsroom's headlines from 09:00 GMT to 17:00 GMT, November 22, 2017.

Iran Leader hailing Daesh defeat

The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has described Daesh as a cancerous tumor developed by enemies to undermine resistance movements in the region. Addressing members of the Basij volunteer force in Tehran, Ayatollah Khamenei said the terror group created by the US, Israel and some reactionary Arabs was defeated in Iraq and Syria by those who believe in resistance. He said the enemies hatched up plots to brush away the revolutionary thought from the region but they failed miserably. The leader of the Islamic Revolution noted that the Iranian youth brought down the US to its knees through their resistance.

Hariri resignation

Lebanese Prime Minister Sa’ad al-Hariri says he will hold off his resignation as prime minister in response to a request from President Michel Aoun. Hariri said the president had asked him to wait for more talks, and that he was responsiveness to the call. Hariri was speaking after talks with President Aoun and parliament speaker Nabih Berri. The meeting was the first since Hariri returned home on Tuesday night after three weeks. He stayed in several countries, including Saudi Arabia, where he announced his surprise resignation. He cited Iran’s and Hezbollah’s interference in Lebanon as the reasons for the move. But the Lebanese government rejected Hariri’s allegations. Hariri’s absence and his abrupt resignation spiked speculations that his Saudi allies forced him to step down.

US navy aircraft crash

A US military aircraft with eleven people aboard has crashed into waters southeast of Japan's Okinawa Island. The propeller-powered plane was en route to the aircraft carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan in the Philippine Sea. Japanese and American rescuers have so far sailed eight people to safety. A search-and-rescue mission is still underway. Authorities say engine trouble might be the cause of the crash. This is the latest mishap to hit US military forces in East Asia. Two separate incidents left 17 sailors dead earlier this year.

Talks on Syria

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the fight against terrorism has not come to an end yet and regional countries should help the Syrian people until the full defeat of terrorism. Rouhani who was addressing a trilateral summit of the Iranian, Turkish and Russian presidents in the Russian city of Sochi added that the ground is now paved for a political settlement in Syria. Rouhani advised the international community against meddling in Syrian affairs urging the world to help with the reconstruction of Syria. President Vladimir Putin meanwhile called on all Syrian sides to make concessions, stressing that there is a real chance now to end the war in the Arab country. The Turkish leader Rejeb Tayyib Erdogan also hailed the positive developments on the ground in Syria, saying they are the outcome of constructive talks in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Reaction to Mladic verdict

The UN tribunal has found former Bosnian Serbian commander Ratko Mladic guilty of genocide and war crimes in the brutal killing of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica and the siege of Sarajevo. The UN tribunal at The Hague convicted the 74-year old on ten of the eleven charges brought against him. The former Bosnian Serbian commander known as the Butcher of Bosnia who was shouting at the judges was removed from the courtroom before the verdict was read out. Mladic has been found guilty of orchestrating a military campaign of ethnic cleansing to drive Muslims, Croats and other non-Serbs off their land. 45,000 people were killed from 1992 to 1995, among them more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys who were killed after Mladic’s forces overran the UN-protected enclave of Srebrenica. The chief Yugoslav war crimes prosecutor has called the verdict a milestone for international justice.

Syria summit

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says his country along with Iran and Turkey supports the formation of a Syrian People’s Congress as the first step toward a political settlement in the Arab country. Putin says his Iranian and Turkish counterparts have ordered their security and diplomatic bodies to work on the composition and the date of the congress. Putin stressed that the government of President Bashar al-Assad is committed to the peace process, constitutional reforms and elections in Syria. He also said Tehran, Ankara and Moscow have agreed to step up their joint efforts to uproot terrorist groups in Syria.

Slamming Saudi Yemen siege

A humanitarian aid group has warned that the ongoing Saudi blockade on Yemen risks driving 500 children into malnutrition every week. The New York-based International Rescue Committee called the siege a collective punishment. It said the closure of Yemeni ports by the Saudi-led coalition as part of its fight against forces of the Ansarullah movement has created misery for millions of Yemenis. The groups said sanctions and inspections should not be used as weapons of war. It also condemned the international community for remaining tight-lipped in the face of the blockade.

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