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DAMASCUS Cheap Men's Nike Air Max 97 All Black , Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Syrian army continued Fridayto advance against the Islamic State (IS) in the southwesterncountryside of Deir al-Zour province in a bid to reach the capitalcity of that key province from its main southern desert road, statenews agency SANA reported.


The Syrian army captured the town of al-Sholah in thecountryside of Deir al-Zour province on Friday, just a day afterstorming the town of Kabajeb, following battles with the IS.


The bomb squads are clearing the town of roadside bombs left byIS.


Al-Sholah is on the main road to Deir al-Zour and it's 25kilometers from the entrance of the capital city of Deiral-Zour.


Capturing al-Sholah comes as part of the military operation inthe Syrian desert through the eastern countryside of Homs provincein central Syria.


The aim of the progress in that area is to open the city andmake another break into the siege of IS on Deir al-Zour city, justthree days after the Syrian army made a breach into the three-yearsiege of IS on the city through the Brigade 137 base in westernDeir al-Zour.


In tandem with the advance on the main desert road Cheap Men's Nike Air Max 97 All White , the militaryunit, which broke the IS siege on Deir al-Zour through the militarybase, was advancing on the eastern rim of the city, reaching thesurrounding of the graveyard area.


Both advancing troops will meet in the graveyard area, toproceed to break the IS siege on Deir al-Zour airbase Cheap Men's Women's Nike Air Max 97 OG Undefeated Black , where Syriansoldiers and allied fighters have been besieged for threeyears.


Breaking the siege of the airport will largely play in the handsf the Syrian government forces in their push to eliminate the ISpresence in the city before proceeding to the countryside where ISalso controls large swathes of areas near the Iraqi border.


Since entering the city, the Syrian government has sent severaltruckloads of food and medicine to the city, where 93,000 civilianshave been besieged for years.


The Russian air force played a significant role in supportingthe ground forces of the Syrian army and allied fighters ofIranian-backed troops and tribesmen fighters.


Earlier in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in astatement that Russian airstrikes killed 40 IS militants Cheap Men's Women's Nike Air Max 97 OG Undefeated Sail White , includingcommanders in Deir al-Zour.


Deir al-Zour is the last major stronghold of IS, as theterror-designated group is also losing its de facto capital ofRaqqa to the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which hascaptured more than 60 percent of Raqqa.


But the SDF is also bracing to launch operations against IS inthe western countryside of Deir al-Zour with the help of theU.S.-led coalition, as the U.S. has interest in that area close tothe southern countryside of Hasakah province in northeastern Syria,where the U.S. is also poising to drive IS from that area.Enditem


ISLAMABAD Cheap Nike Vapormax 2018 Women's Purple , Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan Foreign Minister KhawajaMuhammad Asif and his Afghan counterpart Salahuddin Rabbani agreedon Wednesday to meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly(UNGA) session in New York later this month, the foreign ministryhere said.


Asif spoke to the Afghan foreign minister over the telephone andconveyed that "Pakistan attaches great importance to its relationswith Afghanistan and is prepared to work with Afghanistan in allfields including political, economic, trade and transit, security Cheap Nike Vapormax 2018 Women's Pink ,and other fields for the progress and prosperity of the twocountries," according to a foreign ministry statement.


He also underlined Pakistan's support for Afghan owned andAfghan led peace process to bring lasting peace and stability toAfghanistan, the statement said.


"The two foreign ministers agreed to remain engaged for buildingcloser cooperation between the two countries. They also agreed tomeet on the sidelines of UNGA in New York later this month," thestatement said.


The development came days after Asif welcomed Afghan PresidentAshraf Ghani's statement that his country is ready forcomprehensive dialogue with Pakistan. Ghani said that peace withPakistan is on his country's national agenda.


Asif had hailed the Afghan president's remarks in his responseand said Pakistan is willing to hold talks with Afghanistan in linewith a bilateral mechanism.


He also said Pakistan and Afghanistan have bilateral,trilateral Cheap Men's Nike Vapormax CS Mesh Blue Black , quadrilateral and multilateral mechanisms for dialogueand interaction and that those mechanisms should be utilized totheir full potential. Enditem


HEFEI, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have developed a new material that can absorb heavy metal ions from fertilizer, decreasing environmental pollution.


The material, a nanocomposite, was developed by a team led by Wu Zhengyan of the Hefei Institute of Physical Science under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It can "grab" arsenic and copper ions from manure with high efficiency.


The results were published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry.


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Using clay and charcoal, Wu's team managed to develop a material that can absorb the heavy metal and keep the ions away from crop roots.


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