Video: New achievements 'underway', says political advisors at corridor

22:59, March 10, 2018

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  Turkey, allies say siege of Syria’s Afrin underway

  Turkish troops and allied Syrian opposition fighters have begun a siege of the Syrian Kurdish-held town of Afrin, the Turkish military said Tuesday, marking a significant advance in Ankara’s seven-week operation that also almost fully encircles hundreds of thousands of civilians.The military said in a brief statement that the siege of Afrin, the main town in the enclave of the

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  Proposals from energy sector delegates at two sessions highlight pressing issues

  A worker checks a voltage transformer in Taizhou, East China's Jiangsu Province in January 2018.(Photo: IC)The array of proposals and statements by lawmakers and political advisors from the energy circle at the ongoing "two sessions" is connected to a series of national campaigns, including supply-side structural reforms, poverty alleviation and environmental protection, which all rest with the central government to

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  Putin praises Trump, says US political system eating itself

  Russian President Vladimir Putin lavished praise on President Donald Trump, but added that he was sorely disappointed with the U.S. political system, saying that it has been “eating itself up.”Speaking in a series of interviews with Russian state television which were included in a documentary released Wednesday, Putin described Trump as a great communicator.“I have no disappointment at all,” Putin