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Here is a brief look at Press TV newsroom's headlines from 18:00 GMT, January 20, 2017 to 08:00 GMT, January 21, 2018.

Turkey's offensive against Kurdish forces in Syria

Turkey has launched a fresh operation against Kurdish forces on the other side of the border with Syria. The offensive has drawn a strong reaction from the Syrian government. Damascus vehemently condemns what it calls the brutal Turkish aggression on the country’s northern Afrin region, stressing that the area is an inseparable part of the Syrian territory. 

'Pence not welcome '

The Palestinian political groups of Fatah and Hamas have voiced anger over the US vice president’s four-day tour of the Middle East.

Hamas’s spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said there is no justification to receive the US official. Fatah's spokesman, Osama Qawasmi stated that  “Mike Pence's visit to the region is totally unwelcome since he is a blind supporter of Israel." He called on the Arab countries not to receive Pence in response to the U-S recognition of Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s capital. The US vice president has arrived in Jordan after holding talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo. After the meeting, Pence told reporters that President Sisi described his objection to US President Donald Trump’s decision regarding al-Quds.

Yemeni resistance

In response to intensified Saudi airstrikes and ground operations, the Yemeni army, backed by Ansarallah fighters, inflicted heavy losses on Saudi mercenaries in a matter of 48 hours. As Press TV’s Mohammed al-Attab reports, in a single operation over 20 soldiers were killed while trying to advance towards Yemen from deep inside the kingdom.

Kabul hotel siege over 

The Afghan interior ministry says an attack on Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel that left at least six people, including a foreigner, dead is now over.

According to an interior ministry spokesman, four attackers were among those killed during 12 hours of gun battle between security forces and gunmen. He said 153 people, including more than 40 foreigners, were rescued after the gunmen stormed and seiged the building. A group of four gunmen were reportedly involved in a coordinated assault. No group has yet taken responsibility for the attack which comes just days after the US embassy issued a warning of possible attacks on hotels in Kabul. 

Trump headaches

One year after millions of women took to the streets to protest US President Donald Trump’s inauguration, demonstrators gathered in cities across the United States to send a defiant message to the president and slam his policies. In New York, officials say more than 120,000 demonstrators hit the streets. 
 


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