RAMALLAH -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced that the inoperative Palestinian Authority (PA) parliament, better known as the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), was dissolved.

He made the announcement in a speech addressed before a meeting for the Palestinian leadership, including Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee and his Fatah Party's Central Committee. (Palestine-Politics)

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TRIPOLI -- Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez Serraj and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu Saturday agreed to start a joint investigation on two shipments of weapons that came from Turkey to Libya.

"The prime minister expressed his deep concern over the shipment of weapons seized a few days ago in the port of Khoms city from Turkey, stressing the need to reveal the truth of the issue and those behind it," said a statement issued by the Libyan prime minister's information office. (Libya-Turkey-Investigation)

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TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria.

The U.S. military presence in the Middle East fuels insecurity in the region, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said. (Iran-Syria-U.S. troops)

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SANAA -- A United Nations six-member team to monitor a UN-brokered cease-fire in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah arrived on Saturday in the rebel-held capital Sanaa, a Xinhua photographer in Sanaa airport witnessed.

The team is part of an advance monitoring group led by retired Dutch General Patrick Cammaert, who arrived earlier in the day in the government-held Aden city, in the southern part of Yemen. (Yemen-UN) Enditem

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