White House: Obama against military action in Syria

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

• Britons are voting in a crucial referendum on whether to remain in the European Union or leave the bloc.
  
• Fresh clashes erupt between Bahraini regime forces and supporters of top Shia cleric Ayatollah Isa Qassim in the south of the island kingdom.
  
• The White House rules out a military invasion of Syria saying any such measure will not be in the best interest of the US.
  
• Iraqi forces are engaged in an operation to retake the northern city of Mosul from Daesh terrorists following the liberation of Fallujah.
  
• Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, rejects a Middle East peace initiative by France saying it ignores Palestinians’ rights and interests.

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