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ISIS jihadist White Helmets evacuated: To be resettled in Europe, US, and Canada (Video)

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed that US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have reportedly asked Israel to evacuate the members of the Western-backed White Helmets from Syria.
Netanyahu said in a video address on Sunday…

“President Trump and also Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau, as well as others, requested us to help take out from Syria hundreds of White Helmets members.”

Israeli Military Evacuates Hundreds of White Helmets From Syria

(ANTIWAR.COM) — An estimated 400 members of Syria’s White Helmets NGO were evacuated from southern Syria over the weekend, with the Israeli military bringing them across the border into Israel and then transferring them to neighboring Jordan. The Israeli military issued a statement after the operation, saying it was done at the request of the US and certain unnamed European […]

World’s Oldest Bread Discovered at Prehistoric Site in Middle East

(MEE) — Charred remains of a flatbread baked about 14,500 years ago in a stone fireplace at a site in northeastern Jordan have given researchers a delectable surprise: people began making bread, a vital staple food, millennia before they developed agriculture. The discovery detailed on Monday shows that hunter-gatherers in the Eastern Mediterranean achieved the cultural milestone […]

75% of Arabs See US and Israel as Biggest Threats to National Security

(MEMO) — A new poll published by the Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies has revealed that 75 per cent of Arabs see Israel and the United States as the biggest threats to national security. The Arab Opinion Index surveyed over 18,000 individuals in 11 Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt, Sudan, Tunisia, […]

China Pledges $105 Million to Palestine, Yemen, Syria and Jordan

(MEE) — Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged on Tuesday $105m in aid to Palestine, Yemen, Syria and Jordan in a speech at the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF) in Beijing. The Chinese government will hand $90m to Yemen, Syria and Jordan, Xi said, with another $15m earmarked for Palestine. The financial assistance for Palestine will target economic development […]

Lavrov: Complete Iranian withdrawal from Syria unrealistic

As the West and its key allies in the region, Israel and Saudi Arabia, insist upon Iran’s complete withdrawal from Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has declared that such a demand is absolutely unrealistic, citing that Iran is a key part of the war on terror in Syria, and a major power in the region during a meeting with Jordan Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in Moscow yesterday. The meeting focused on the Syrian settlement and de-escalation zone in Southwest Syria.