A judge in the US state of Alabama approved the execution of a prisoner by nitrogen gas. Meanwhile, UN experts warned that the first instance of execution by asphyxiation with inert gas is likely to violate the international treaty against torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.

The Syrian Foreign Ministry, while condemning the aggressions of the American occupying forces in some areas of Deir Ezzor province, emphasized the commitment to end the American occupation.

Iraq’s two leading Shia parliamentary coalitions of Sairoon (Marching Towards Reform) and al-Fatah (Conquest) have renewed their calls for the withdrawal of American forces from the Arab country.

US President Donald Trump is seeking to replace American troops in Afghanistan with private contractors and mercenaries to outsource the US conflict against the war-torn country, says a political analyst in Virginia.