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Tunisia resumes diplomatic ties with Syria
Tunisia resumes diplomatic relations with Syria following a three-year hiatus, a report says.

Tunisia resumes diplomatic relations with Syria following a three-year hiatus, a report says.

The State Department says the US military will soon start training Ukrainian armed forces which are engaged in a conflict with pro-Russia fighters.

Death toll from Saudi airstrikes against Yemen’s southwestern province of Taiz has climbed to 120.

The Pentagon has asked the armed citizens to stop standing guard at military recruiting offices.

Egyptian security forces kill 12 militants during an operation in the restive Sinai Peninsula.

Hundreds of Palestinians and activists have held a demo against the demolition of Susya village in the West Bank by Israel forces.

Car bombings claim the lives of at least 21 Iraqi army soldiers and allied militiamen in the province of Anbar.

The White House says the United States would not release Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard for political gain.

Putin approves a plan to destroy illegal products imported from countries on Moscow’s sanctions list.

Turkish warplanes launch aerial attacks on ISIL hideouts in Syria and PKK targets in Iraq.

In new operations, the Syrian army has managed to make fresh gains in the country and kill dozens of terrorists.

Zarif dismisses as “incomplete hints” recent remarks made by his US counterpart about talks between Iran and the P5+1.

Yemen’s Ansarullah fighters and allied army forces fire several missiles at Saudi military bases.

Obama is visiting his father’s homeland for the fourth time but for the first time as president.

An explosion in a firework factory in southern Italy has killed seven workers and injured a dozen more.

Turkish police have clashed with anti-ISIL demonstrators in the port city of Istanbul.

John Kerry has warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about planning to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Israel may attempt to kill the Iran nuclear accord with a false flag operation in the United Stataes, a former US Senate candidate says.