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El gobierno alemán se ha negado a someterse a una demanda de EEUU sobre la designación del conjunto de Hezbolá, y no sólo su “rama militar”, como organización terrorista en el marco de las negociaciones sobre el programa nuclear iraní. Dos fuentes norteamericanas próximas a las negociaciones entre EEUU, de …

Un cese el fuego fue acordado el jueves entre el grupo armado Failaq al Rahman y el Ejército sirio. Según una fuente militar en Damasco, el cese el fuego comenzó en la noche del jueves a medianoche en las áreas controladas por Failaq al Rahman. Entre las áreas controladas por …

Kosovo’s opposition has fired teargas during a parliament session to disrupt a vote on a border agreement with Montenegro. Lawmakers of the opposition party Vetevendosje, which translates as the Self-Determination Movement party, used teargas canisters in the hall where the vote on the 2015 demarcation deal was due to start …

The Syrian government has decried the silence of the international community on the incessant terrorist attacks against civilian neighborhoods in Damascus, calling on the United Nations to expose the real goals behind the ongoing foreign-sponsored militancy against the Arab country. The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, in two separate letters …

Turkish warplanes have “neutralized” 38 militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, who were preparing to attack Ankara’s forces, security sources say. Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency cited security sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, as saying on Wednesday that the militants have been neutralized as …

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has visited army positions and talked to Syrian forces in Eastern Ghouta suburb of the capital Damascus, Syrian state news agency SANA reports. President Assad with the heroes of Syrian Arab Army at the frontlines in Eastern Ghouta, SANA reported. Photos released by Syria’s official news agency …

This photo released on March 7, 2018 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian government soldiers advancing during a battle against militants in Eastern Ghouta. Syrian armed forces have entered a strategic town in Eastern Ghouta as they press ahead with their push to liberate the suburban area …

France will take legal action against Google and Apple for “abusive business practices,” Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Wednesday as transatlantic ties threaten to be riven by a trade war. “I believe in an economy based on justice and I will take Google and Apple before the Paris Commercial Court …

The Turkish parliament has begun debating a series of changes in the country’s electoral laws, something that opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan say would further consolidate his powers while affecting the integrity of votes. The debate started on Monday and lawmakers are expected to vote on the amendments sometime …

Iraqi security forces, supported by pro-government fighters from Popular Mobilization Units, have started an operation to clear remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group from villages near the country’s oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk. The Iraq’s Joint Operations Command, in a statement released on Sunday, announced that the counter-terrorism offensive …