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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas alongside Central Elections Commissioner Hana Naser on Friday, January 15, 2021, announcing an election decree (WAFA)
Washington would not object to a Palestinian Authority decision to postpone the legislative elections set for next month, an unnamed US source told the Palestinian Al-Quds newspaper Friday, adding that the potential boost to Hamas’s power could end prospects for a two-state solution.
The newspaper said voices in the PA calling for the postponement of the May 22 election were growing.
The anonymous “informed” source told the outlet: “Certainly, the United States supports and encourages free, fair, transparent and periodic elections everywhere if possible.”
Russian jets wipe out ISIS hideouts in Syria with 95 air strikes in 24-hour bombing blitz
Felix Allen
Updated: 27 Jan 2021, 14:36
Felix Allen
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RUSSIAN jets launched a blitz of 95 air strikes in 24 hours targeting ISIS jihadis in Syria after an ambush killed regime troops.
The Russian Air Force released video footage of guided bombs blowing up what it says are the terrorists desert hideouts.
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The Russian Air Force says it destroyed secret ISIS facilities
The aerial blitz was launched in response to increased activity by suspected ISIS sleeper cells almost two years after the terror group s Caliphate crumbled.
Earlier this week four Assad regime troops were killed and ten wounded when gunmen ambushed their convoy, reports Arabic international newspaper Asharq al-Awsat.