Russia withdrawing Syria forces after Putin's order

This file photo taken on February 16, 2016 shows Russian fighter jets on the tarmac at the Russian Hmeimim military base in Latakia province, Syria. (AFP)

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

  • The first group of Russian warplanes leave their bases in Syria following President Putin’s order of a partial military withdrawal. Moscow says it may keep its S-400 missile systems in Syria.
     
  • Israel says the ties between Tel Aviv and certain Arab states are dramatically warming, a few days after it welcomed their decision to list Lebanon’s Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.
     
  • Iran says it lacks the nukes required for designing and testing nuclear-capable ballistic missiles. Therefore, its missile tests do not breach any UN Security Council resolutions.
     
  • Myanmar's parliament votes to elect a close ally of opposition leader Aung San Suu Chi as the country's first civilian president in decades.
     
  • Americans go to the polls in five states in key Republican and Democratic presidential nominating contests.

 


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