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Iran bans state bodies from using Telegram app, Khamenei shuts account

Iran bans state bodies from using Telegram app, Khamenei shuts account

Iran banned government bodies on Wednesday from using the popular Telegram instant messaging app as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s…
What traces of chemical weapons could OPCW investigators still find in Syria?

What traces of chemical weapons could OPCW investigators still find in Syria?

After several delays, inspectors with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) will soon enter the Syrian town…
Russia’s Lavrov to hold talks with UN Syria envoy on Friday: RIA

Russia’s Lavrov to hold talks with UN Syria envoy on Friday: RIA

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold talks with Staffan de Mistura, the United Nation’s Syria peace envoy, on Friday,…
Delays keep inspectors from reaching Syria attack site

Delays keep inspectors from reaching Syria attack site

International chemical weapons inspectors do not appear to have visited the site of a suspected attack in Syria after days…
US mulls military support in Syria from Arab allies

US mulls military support in Syria from Arab allies

The Wall Street Journal on Monday outlined the Trump administration’s wish to form an Arab military force in Syria to replace…
Syria says chemical weapons experts may visit Douma on Wednesday

Syria says chemical weapons experts may visit Douma on Wednesday

Syria’s U.N. ambassador said a United Nations security team traveled to the Syrian town of Douma ahead of a planned…
Iran says will make or buy any weapons it needs, lambasts ‘invading powers’

Iran says will make or buy any weapons it needs, lambasts ‘invading powers’

Fighter jets and bombers flew overhead as Rouhani told the Tehran crowd and a live TV audience on Wednesday that…
Israel at 70: Satisfaction and grim disquiet share the stage

Israel at 70: Satisfaction and grim disquiet share the stage

Is Israel a success as it turns 70? As Israelis commemorate the milestone this week, satisfaction and a grim disquiet…
Assad prepares to assault last rebel enclave near Damascus

Assad prepares to assault last rebel enclave near Damascus

The Syrian army began preparatory shelling for an assault on the last area outside its control near Damascus on Tuesday,…
False alarm, not outside attack, sets off Syria air defenses

False alarm, not outside attack, sets off Syria air defenses

A false alarm set off Syrian air defense systems early on Tuesday, the military said, denying earlier reports of an…
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