2022-01-16: News Headlines

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-01-16). Rocket attacks reported on US base in Syria's Deir Ez-Zor. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 16 (MNA) — News sources reported that a US military base in eastern Syria came under rocket attacks on Saturday night.

sputniknews (2022-01-16). Israel Reportedly Made 'Wish List' of Weapons for US to Engage Iran, Hezbollah. sputniknews.com The new Israeli government of Naftali Bennet, which came to power last year, has repeatedly warned that it might act preemptively to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Tehran insists that it doesn't seek to build nukes and that its nuclear programme is peaceful.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-01-15). Iran calls for intensified UN efforts to remove Syria bans. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 15 (MNA) — A senior Iranian diplomat has met with a UN special envoy for Syria calling for the intensified UN efforts to remove foreign sanctions on the deprived Syrian nation.

teleSUR (2022-01-15). Syria and Iran Agree to Establish Joint Bank, Free Trade Zones. telesurenglish.net Iran's Road and Urban Development Minister Rostam Qasemi announced that Tehran and Damascus have agreed on establishing a joint bank with various branches in addition to joint free trade zones. | RELATED: | In a statement, Qasemi confirmed that he had met with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and discussed the Syrian economy. | The Iranian minister also mentioned that he met with Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, where the two agreed to establis…

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-15). Kazakhstan: Kremlin's Turkish partner stabs it in the back again. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com As it has over Crimea, Donetsk, Lugansk, Nagorno-Karabakh, Bosnia, Syria and Libya, even opening a park in honor of the late Chechen separatist chieftain Dzhokhar Dudayev. Russia expects Turkey to refrain from ill-considered statements on Kazakhstan — Zakharova Moscow expects Turkey to refrain from making ill-conceived statements on Kazakhstan and to avoid attempts to "catch …

Staff (2022-01-15). Study reveals first recorded animal hybrids. rt.com Kungas were created in ancient Mesopotamia by breeding domestic donkeys with Syrian wild asses | Donkey-ass hybrids pulled Mesopotamian battle wagons more than half a millennium before horses were bred for the same task, a new scientific report has revealed. | The research published in

Patrik Paulov (2022-01-15). Syrian Extremists Had Free Access To Western Media, Says Award Winning Syrian Photographer. covertactionmagazine.com Issa Touma, photographer from Aleppo, has portrayed the Syrian people before, during and after the war. But it was only …

WSWS (2022-01-15). Nationwide protests break out in Lebanon amid mounting economic, social and political crisis. wsws.org Soaring inflation, including a massive rise in the cost of food, fuel and medicine, has completely devastated workers' living standards.

WSWS (2022-01-15). Nationwide protests break out in Lebanon amid mounting economic, social and political crisis. wsws.org Soaring inflation, including a massive rise in the cost of food, fuel and medicine, has completely devastated workers' living standards.

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