Новости за 31.07.2016

BAGHDAD — It promises to be the biggest and perhaps last major battle against the Daesh terror group in Iraq.

DAMASCUS — UN Deputy Syria Envoy Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy on Sunday invited Damascus to new peace talks with the opposition at the end of August, drawing a positive response from the government.

TUNIS — Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid lost a confidence vote in parliament Saturday, in a move that risks plunging the country into fresh political uncertainty.

AMMAN — The legislation and procedures to combat trafficking in Jordan are “improving”, the government human rights coordinator, Basel Tarawneh, said on Sunday. 

AMMAN — The government has signed an annual action plan with the EU to support civil societies, Planning and International Cooperation Minister Imad Fakhoury said on Sunday. 

AMMAN — Iraq’s decision to reportedly ban the import of a number of Jordanian food products is an attempt to tarnish Jordanian industries, Foodstuff Traders Association President Khalil Haj Tawfiq charged on Sunday.

ANKARA/ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkey dismissed nearly 1,400 more members of its armed forces and stacked the top military council with government ministers on Sunday, moves designed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to put him in full control of the military after a failed coup.

BEIRUT — Advancing Kurdish and Arab fighters backed by US-led air strikes now control 40 per cent of the Daesh terror group’s stronghold of Manbij in northern Syria, a monitor said Sunday.

PARIS — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday said any reboot of peace talks with Israel should happen within a clear timeframe and under international supervision, after meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Paris.

COLOGNE, Germany — Tens of thousands of supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rallied in the German city of Cologne on Sunday as tensions over Turkey’s failed coup put authorities on edge.