LJUBLJANA, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Israel will open its first embassy in Slovenia on Wednesday in a turnaround in relations between the countries after populistJanez Jansa formed a centre-right government this year.

The rapprochement comes as Israel faces growing diplomatic isolation elsewhere over its West Bank policies, includingimport bans by Britain, France and Canada on products from Israeli settlements.

TEL AVIV, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Wednesday that the government does not plan to deport Palestinians from Gaza, after two Israeli ministers this month floated proposals for the mass removal of Palestinians from the coastal territory.

• "We are not planning to expel or to deport anyone from (the) Gaza Strip," Saar told a press conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Sept 9 (Reuters) - Western powers have submitted a proposed resolution to the U.N. nuclear watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors that would report Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years for breaching its obligations under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Diplomats at the International Atomic Energy Agency say the text proposed by the United States, Britain, France and Germany is almost certain to pass, with a vote expected later on Wednesday or on Thursday.

Below are some key facts about the treaty.

PURPOSE OF THE NPT

VIENNA, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors passed a resolution on Wednesday drawing a line under Syria's secret nuclear activities during the Assad family's rule, saying the new authorities had helped resolve all outstanding questions.

After Israel bombed a site in the eastern province of Deir al-Zor in 2007 that it said was a secret nuclear reactor near completion, the International Atomic Energy Agency demanded Syria come clean on its nuclear activities, which it did not do.

The UN nuclear watchdog's board of governors on Wednesday decided to close a long-time probe against Syria launched under ousted leader Bashar al-Assad after the country's new authorities led agency experts to key nuclear sites.

Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) last month visited two sites, one in Deir Ezzor and a second in an undisclosed location identified to them by Syrian authorities.

Salama Saeed and her son fled for their lives when shelling and gunfire from Yemen's Houthi rebels engulfed their village, forcing her to leave other children behind.

They are among thousands of people driven from their homes since the Iran-backed rebels launched a broad offensive in areas near the Red Sea last week, their biggest in years.

Choking back tears as she shelters in a rudimentary hut of wood and straw, the mother describes her anguish for her four adult children who were unable to escape, trapped by the fighting.

Oil prices hovered above $100 a barrel on Thursday, a day after Iran said it attacked more than a dozen vessels trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Tehran tightened its grip on the vital oil and gas shipping route on Wednesday, expanding a no-go zone outside the waterway where it has restricted traffic since the war with the United States began on February 28.

By Michael Georgy and Ahmed Rasheed

DUBAI/BAGHDAD, Sept 9 - Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi could face a credibility crisis if Iran-backed Shi'ite militias fail to heed his call to hand over their weapons to the state.

After a July meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, Zaidi pledged to disarm the powerful groups by September 30, the same date scheduled for the withdrawal of the remaining U.S.-led international coalition forces from Iraq.

(Corrects CEO name in paragraph 33 to Gary from Greg)

By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila

DAKAR, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo plans to tighten control over geological data that guides billions of dollars in mining exploration, potentially extending state influence over the development of future mineral discoveries.

The country is accelerating geological mapping, airborne surveys and digitisation of historical archives to build a comprehensive national geological databank on its critical minerals and reduce exploration risk, officials say.

(Corrects story that ran on September 5 to show that the Palestinian woman's deceased husband was a U.S. permanent resident, not a citizen; that he was killed by border police officers during a settler attack, not that he was killed by settlers directly in paragraphs 1, 17-18.)

By Ali Sawafta and Alexander Cornwell