People trying to get out of Myanmar amid a violent military crackdown on dissent after the February 1 coup are being refused entry to neighboring Thailand and India, activists and media reports claim. Around 2,000 refugees crossed into Thailand over the weekend after villages along the border area were targeted by airstrikes, but were forced […]
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Myanmar refugees fleeing military crackdown turned away by neighboring Thailand & India – reports
Israel Now Threatening Military Escalation with Neighboring Syria
As 21WIRE reported earlier this week, Israel’s violation of Lebanese airspace (supposedly to bomb a Hezbollah convoy driving from Syria to Lebanon) prompted the Syrian Arab Army to launch a SA-5 (S-200) ground to air missile, towards the Israeli jets flying over Lebanon, which then prompted the Israeli Air Force to retaliate by flying over […]
China asks U.S. to recognize Pakistan’s role in neighboring Afghanistan
nsnbc : China’s top-diplomat Yan Jiechi defended Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan. During a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Jiechi reminded […]
Ammar Hakim stresses importance of talks with Iran, neighboring countries
FNA- Head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Ammar al-Hakim said holding talks between Iran and its neighboring countries is of great importance. “Iraq enjoys close ties with Iran and Iran is also interested in holding talks with neighbors on bilateral relations,” al-Hakim said on Tuesday. The head of Iraq’s ISCI, meantime, pointed […]
Syrian army rejects Aleppo hospital shelling claim
The Syrian army has dismissed accusations that its warplanes targeted a hospital in the northwestern city of Aleppo. Syria’s official news agency SANA quoted an unnamed military source on Thursday as saying that reports about the Syrian Air Force targeting a hospital in al-Sukkari neighborhood in Aleppo “is untrue and aimed at covering the terrorists’ crimes against […]
Tayyebnia’s forex posture unclear
In the annual Public-Private Sectors Dialogue Council held this month Economy Minister Ali Tayyebnia made some ambiguous remarks on the extent of the government’s role in setting foreign exchange rates. “Foreign exchange rates are determined by supply and demand, and any intervention by the Central Bank of Iran to regulate foreign exchange rates would merely […]
Ansari: Interaction with Turkey, Iran’s major policy
Tehran, Jan 25, IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari said Iran’s principled policy was to maintain interaction with Turkey. During his press briefing on Monday, he told Iranian and foreign reporters that Turkey was a big and important neighbor of Iran which has a long history of cooperation and also certain cases of […]
Iran, Russia to boost banking ties: Official
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The managing director of Iran’s Tose-e Saderat (exports development) Bank said new banking deals have been signed with Russia as part of efforts to boost bilateral transactions between the two countries in their national currencies. With the cooperation of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), a currency swap agreement has been signed […]