Russia rejects calls for departure of Syria’s president

A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency on March 30, 2016 shows President Bashar al-Assad speaking to a journalist during an interview.

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

  • Russia rejects calls for the departure of Syria’s president from office, saying any such demand blocks a political solution to the Syrian crisis.
  • Lebanese Hezbollah fighters attack a Daesh position in the northern village of Ras Baalbek, destroying the terror group’s fortifications.
  • In the West Bank town of Qabatiya, the homes of three Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, are demolished over their alleged anti-Israel attacks.
  • The first group of the Europe-bound migrants, driven back by Greece, arrive in the Turkish port of Dikili, under a much criticized EU-Ankara deal.
  • Rights groups slam anti-Muslim rhetoric by Myanmar’s Minister of Religious Affairs, saying it puts more pressure on the already persecuted Muslim minority.

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