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Hasaka, Locals in Hasaka province on Monday held a stand before the Justice Palace in denunciation of US President Donald Trump's hostile statements on the occupied Syrian Arab Golan, affirming its Syrian Arab identity and calling upon the international community and the Security Council to adopt a resolution that would stop the US recklessness and its disregard of the international resolutions and conventions.Participants in the stand affirmed that people in Hasaka province stand by the steadfast Syrian people in the occupied Syrian Golan who are adhered to their land and who stand in the face of the barbaric practices of the Zionist enemy.They indicated that the Golan is a Syrian land that must return to its people sooner or later and that the Syrian people will exert all possible effort...

BAGHDAD A member of the House of Representatives for the province of Nineveh Entisar al-Jubouri confirmed the existence of a parliamentary consensus on the removal of Governor Nawfal Al-Akoub and his deputies in the parliament's session on Sunday."What happened in Mosul last Thursday brought things to an end when the governor and his deputies took responsibility for what happened and other things that the province suffers from lack of services and delays in construction and reconstruction," she told NINA."The province and its sons are in dire need of rebuild what the terrorism destroyed and rehabilitating its infrastructure, which was devastated by the war against terrorists," Jubouri said.The agenda of the session of the parliament today includes a vote to dismiss the governor of Nineveh ...

BAGHDAD A member of the House of Representatives for the province of Nineveh Entisar al-Jubouri confirmed the existence of a parliamentary consensus on the removal of Governor Nawfal Al-Akoub and his deputies in the parliament's session on Sunday."What happened in Mosul last Thursday brought things to an end when the governor and his deputies took responsibility for what happened and other things that the province suffers from lack of services and delays in construction and reconstruction," she told NINA."The province and its sons are in dire need of rebuild what the terrorism destroyed and rehabilitating its infrastructure, which was devastated by the war against terrorists," Jubouri said.The agenda of the session of the parliament today includes a vote to dismiss the governor of Nineveh ...

Baghdad The House of Representatives votes in its meeting on Sunday to dismiss the governor of Nineveh, Nowfal al-Aakub and his deputies."The media office of the Parliament said that the agenda of the meeting on Sunday also includes the first reading of the draft law on illegal graft , the draft of the Industrial Cities Law, the draft law to address the abuses of housing, the draft law of the first amendment to the law of seizure and confiscation of movable and immovable property belonging to the officials of the former regime No. (72) 2017 "."The agenda includes reading the report of the fact-finding committee in Nineveh province," it added.Source: National Iraqi News Agency

KSA Ministry of Culture, UNESCO Co-sign MoU, in ParisParis, In the presence of Minister of Culture of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan and the Director General of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay, the Saudi Ministry of Education and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) co-signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), aiming at enhancing cooperation in the field of culture and reparation of heritage.Cooperation between the two parties will also include preserving and repairing of heritage sites, in addition to holding festivals, arts and literature forums, including organizing libraries, book fairs, arts performance, culture, children arts and related initiatives and conferences.Source: Saudi Press Agency

BAGHDAD Former Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi discussed with the National Director of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) Ankota Hansen, Iraq's assistance through its programs to consolidate the democratic system."During the meeting, the NDI programs were discussed in Iraq and their continuation to serve the country, in addition to discussing the general and political situations and the next stage, and assisting Iraq through its programs in order to consolidate the democratic system," the media office of the former prime minister said.Source: National Iraqi News Agency

President Michel Aoun on Wednesday maintained that the Francophonie is deep-rooted in Lebanon, expecting a promising future ahead of it, especially with the imminent inauguration of the Francophonie's Middle East office in Lebanon."The Francophonie is entrenched in Lebanon for centuries and it is still ingrained in our present time; it shall continue with a promising future ahead," Aoun said."In 2020, Lebanon will witness the inauguration of the Middle East of the International Organization of La Francophonie," he indicated.Lauding the acceptance of others, Aoun stressed that Lebanon's pluralist society constituted the best platform to learn how to coexist.The President's remarks came during a reception ceremony he hosted at Baabda palace upon the International Francophonie Day, with the p...

Baghdad, The price of OPEC basket of fourteen crudes stood at $66.87 a barrel on Monday, compared with $66.91 the previous Friday, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations. The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes (ORB) is made up of the following: Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Djeno (Congo), Oriente (Ecuador), Zafiro (Equatorial Guinea), Rabi Light (Gabon), Iran Heavy (Islamic Republic of Iran), Basra Light (Iraq), Kuwait Export (Kuwait), Es Sider (Libya), Bonny Light (Nigeria), Arab Light (Saudi Arabia), Murban (UAE) and Merey (Venezuela).Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Baghdad, The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Oil Minister ThamerGhadhban, stressed Iraq's keenness to support oil prices and work with producers from within and outside the "OPEC" to rebalance the world markets by controlling the supply of oil.He said during his participation in the 13th meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee to monitor the reduction of production between the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the major producers outside it, which is held in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku. This meeting comes within the framework of the keenness of the producing countries in the Organization of Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its supporters from outside to monitor the decision to reduce the oil production, which was taken before the end of last year, which was im...