German Chancellor Angela Merkel has backed the controversial idea of imposing a no-fly zone over northern Syria to alleviate the refugee crisis as the country plays along with Ankara’s demands for the creation of a “buffer area” along its border. “In the current situation it would be helpful, if there[…]
Russia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Venezuela are ready to freeze oil production at January’s level if other producers do the same. The agreement came after a meeting in Doha on Tuesday. Oil prices have dropped below $30 a barrel in recent months, a fall of 70 percent since 2014. Counting[…]
A defence lawyer for four US journalists who were arrested in Bahrain says they are heading to the airport to fly out of the country. Mohammed al-Jishi told The Associated Press that the journalists had left a police station and were on their way to the airport to fly out[…]
France and Turkey have called the bombing of two schools and five hospitals in Syria “war crimes”, while hopes for a ceasefire faded as President Bashar al-Assad played down prospects of a truce. Up to 50 civilians, including children, died when missiles hit at least five medical buildings and two[…]
Islamic State (IS) fighters have used mustard gas to attack Kurdish soldiers, a diplomat told Reuters on Monday. The gas was used in two attacks in Iraq near the Kurdish capital of Erbil in August last year, sources close to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the world’s[…]
Israeli soldiers raided a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Monday, and shot at Palestinians resulting in the injuries of 28. Hundreds of young men from the al-Amari camp responded to the Israeli presence by throwing rocks, leaving 28 with gunshot injuries. The Palestinian health ministry said 28[…]
The health of Palestinian prisoner Muhammad al-Qiq has deteriorated further, one of his lawyers said Monday, as the imprisoned journalist entered his 83rd day on hunger strike. Hanan al-Khatib, a lawyer with the Palestinian Authority Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs, said in a statement that al-Qiq was suffering sharp pain in his[…]
Australian police have seized more than $900M in methamphetamine, a narcotic known as ice, which had been hidden in gel bra inserts and art supplies, in one of the country’s biggest drug busts ever, authorities said. Three people from Hong Kong and a Chinese national were arrested during the joint[…]
Ehud Olmert, the former Israeli prime minister, has begun serving his prison sentence, making him the first Israeli head of government to go to prison. Olmert will enter Ma’asiyahu prison near Tel Aviv on Monday to start serving a 19-month sentence for bribery and obstruction of justice. Hours before, Olmert[…]
A report by the Syrian Center for Policy Research has said that nearly 12 percent of the Syrian population have been killed or injured in civil war. According to the report released on Thursday, 470,000 Syrians were killed and 1,900,000 others injured in the war which has entered in its[…]
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