Syria government approves US-Russia truce deal

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a press conference following their meeting in Geneva where they discussed the crisis in Syria on September 9, 2016. (AFP)

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

  • Syria approves a ceasefire deal brokered by Russia and the US. The foreign-backed opposition is yet to make a decision.
     
  • More bloodshed in Iraq ahead of the Muslim festivities of Eid al-Adha; five explosions in and around Baghdad claim a dozen lives.
     
  • Iran says last year’s deadly Hajj stampede is a black stain on the Saudi regime’s reputation that will never be erased.
     
  • Thousands of Greeks protest in the country’s second-largest city against more austerity measures by the government as Prime Minister Tsipras pledges growth and recovery.
     
  • And, the war of words between US presidential candidates intensifies as Hillary Clinton calls supporters of Donald Trump a basket of deplorables.

 


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