DPRK leader Kim Jong-un sends thank-you message to Syria's Al-Assad

19:58, April 23, 2020

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  DPRK leader expresses thanks to Samjiyon builders: Report

  File photo: CGTNKim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK), sent a letter expressing thanks to workers who contributed to the construction of Samjiyon City, the countrys official newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported on Sunday.Samjiyon, where Kims father Kim Jong Il was born, is situated near Mount Paektu and the construction was completed in December.Kim Jong-un has visited the construction site several times and given on-the-spot instructions over the past two years.

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  Turkey sends military gears into NE Syria

  A Turkish army tank is seen in Afrin, Syria, on Jan. 22, 2018. (Photo: Xinhua)DAMASCUS, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Turkey sent new military gears into northeastern Syria on Thursday, the latest military reinforcement to be sent to Turkey-backed rebel groups, state news agency SANA reported.Four military vehicles outfitted with cannons were sent to areas in the Abu Rasain town in the northern countryside of Hasakah province in northeastern Syria, SANA said.The report said the military gears are being sent to the Turkey-backed rebel groups in areas stormed by the Turkish forces and Turkey-backed rebels following a Turkish military campaign against the Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria last October.SANA said the Turkish forces brought also rebels families from the eastern countryside of the northern province of Aleppo and put them in homes that belong to the residents who fled their homes in northeastern Syria.

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  Fighters of UN-backed Government of National Accord in Salah Al-Din frontline, Tripoli

  LIBYA-TRIPOLI-FRONTLINE. Fighters of the UN-backed Government of National Accord observe Libyan National Army (LNA) positions in Salah Al-Din frontline in Tripoli, Libya, on April 27, 2020. (Photo by Amru Salahuddien/Xinhua) .