‘cartoon contest not denial of Holocaust’
Tehran: Iran is staging an international cartoon contest on the Holocaust, saying it is not a denial of the Nazi massacre. Masuod Shojai-Tabatabai, the secretary of the contest, said on Saturday, that they have no interest in denying the Holocaust or “ridiculing its victims.”
Peace deal expected with Afghan militants
Kabul: The Afghan Government is expected to finalise a peace deal with a notorious militant insurgent group within days, marking a breakthrough in attempts to end the 15-year war, an official and a representative of the group said on Saturday.
‘ISIS kills 20 pro-Assad forces’
Beirut: Islamic State group jihadists on Saturday killed 20 members of pro-regime forces in an attack on a Syrian hospital in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, a monitoring group said.
ISIS kills at least five in Iraq suicide raid
Baghdad: The Islamic State group infiltrated a town in Iraq’s Anbar province with several fighters wearing suicide belts on Saturday, in a raid that killed at least five people, security officials said.