UNHCR hails Iran's "astonishing" refugee efforts

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) shakes hands with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi in Tehran on June 18, 2016. © IRNA

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

  • Iraq’s army opens another front south of Mosul in its battle to retake the city from Daesh, as it purges more areas of terrorists in the newly-liberated city of Fallujah.
     
  • The Russian defense minister promises increased military assistance to Damascus as he meets the Syrian president and inspects Russian Air Force operations.
     
  • The UN refugee chief says the international community has forgotten Afghan refugees, while he praises Iran’s efforts in hosting a large number of displaced Afghans.
     
  • Press TV exclusive: Rohingya refugees, fleeing persecution in Myanmar, are in dire situation in make-shift camps in the Jammu region of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
     
  • And, tens of thousands of Palestinians are left with no water supplies as Israel keeps turning off taps to the occupied West Bank. We’ll have a report from Ramallah.

 


Press TV’s website can also be accessed at the following alternate addresses:

www.presstv.co.uk

SHARE THIS ARTICLE
Press TV News Roku