News in Brief - Wed, Sep, 02, 2015 - 22:30 GMT

Iraqi men mourn over the grave of general Abdulrahman Abu Raghif, deputy head of the Anbar Operations Command who was killed by a suicide attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group in Anbar province, during his funeral in the holy city of Najaf on August 28, 2015. IS overran large areas of Iraq in 2014 and seized Anbar capital Ramadi earlier this year. It also controls major territory in Syria, where it has thrived amid a bloody civil war. AFP PHOTO / HAIDAR HAMDANI

1. The Syrian army has made fresh advances in liberating the city of Zabadani in the Damascus countryside from foreign-backed terrorists.

2. A monthly UN report shows more than 13-hundred Iraqis were killed in violence across the country in August. 

3. At least 28 people have been killed in two car bomb blasts near a mosque in the Yemeni capital Sana’a.

4. The US secretary of state says sanctions and threats could not prevent Iran from developing its nuclear capabilities. 

5. Meanwhile, US president Barack Obama has amassed enough Senate votes to ensure the Iran deal survives in Congress despite opposition from Republicans.

6. The British prime minister has rejected calls for his country to accept more refugees as Europe faces a sharp surge in asylum seeker entries. 

7. Israel is planning to give its soldiers more authority to shoot at young Palestinian stone throwers. 

8. US police have clashed with protesters outside a court where pre-trial hearings began over Freddie Grey’s case.


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