News in Brief -- March 13th -- 11:30 GMT!

1. Turkey's Foreign Ministry has summoned the Dutch envoy in Ankara, formally protesting the Netherlands’ treatment of Turkish ministers and protesters.

2. A pro-Ankara demonstration has been held in Amsterdam in protest at the Dutch government’s ban on Turkish ministers’ visits to Netherlands.

3. Iowa congressman Steve King is under fire for his extremist comments on immigrants. 

4. Senior Republican Senator John McCain says US President Donald Trump should either present evidence, proving that his predecessor wiretapped phones at Trump Tower, or retract his claim all together.

5. The Iraqi army has liberated Naft district in western Mosul from Daesh terrorists. The key neighborhood is located on the right bank of the Tigris river. 

6. Israeli soldiers have killed a 25-year-old Palestinian man in the occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds.

7. Delegates from different countries are arriving in the Kazakh capital, Astana, to hold a new round of talks on the Syria crisis.