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The decision was reached after a parliamentary group meeting of UNF Saturday morning and the case will be filed on Monday.  UNF and some smaller parties termed the move as illegal, unconstitutional and unacceptable.  The new governmen has sought to defend the dissolution saying President is empowered to do so. President Maithripala …

Pro-Syrian government forces have been battling for weeks to recover al-Hajar al-Aswad district and the adjacent Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp since driving rebels from eastern Ghouta in April. A state television presenter said the recovery of al-Hajar al-Aswad meant the area south of Damascus had been completely cleared of insurgents. …