JERUSALEM -- Israeli troops opened fire on Wednesday at Palestinian Islamic Jihad snipers in the Gaza Strip in response to the latter's attack, Israeli military said.

An Israeli military spokesperson said in a statement that the troops identified a sniper squad of the Jihad group that fired from the area of Khan Yunis in Gaza at the Israeli troops. (Israel-Gaza-Attack)

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ANKARA -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday vowed to launch an operation into the Idlib province of Syria if the Syrian government does not retreat by the end of February.

"We are counting down and making our final warnings ... An operation in Idlib is imminent," the president said while addressing his party's members at the parliament. (Turkey-Syria-Warning)

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DOHA -- Qatar's deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs on Wednesday said that Saudi Arabia suspended negotiations with Qatar over the Gulf crisis suddenly without any clear reasons.

"We were shocked by this sudden suspension, but we look forward to talks based on transparent grounds," Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said in statements to Al Jazeera after a meeting of the European Parliament's Foreign Relations Committee in Brussels. (Qatar-Saudi-Talks)

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DAMASCUS -- Syrian officials on Wednesday expressed solidarity with China in its fight against the novel coronavirus, saying China is fighting the epidemic on behalf of the world.

In an event dubbed Together Against Coronavirus held in the evening in the capital Damascus, Faisal Mekdad, Syrian deputy foreign minister, hailed the Chinese efforts in fighting the coronavirus as heroic. (Syria-China-Novel Coronavirus) Enditem

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