Syrian army in offensive near Damascus
Fighting forces people to flee as military tries to regain control of suburbs on the eastern edge of the capital city. View full post on AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)
Fighting forces people to flee as military tries to regain control of suburbs on the eastern edge of the capital city. View full post on AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)
Landless families who were evicted after losing legal battle with owner fight police with sticks and clubs. View full post on AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)
Quarterly growth slips to 8.9 per cent but analysts predict “soft landing” for world’s second largest economy. View full post on AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)
Police in Kosovo have used force to disperse hundreds of people who were blocking traffic entering from neighboring Serbia. View full post on Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
(Reuters) – Iran launched a military maneuver near its border with Afghanistan on Saturday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, days after naval exercises in the Gulf increased tensions with the West and pushed up oil prices. Mohammad Pakpour, commander of the Revolutionary Guards’ ground forces, said the “Martyrs of Unity” exercises near Khvat, 60 [...]
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Brent crude fell toward $112 a barrel on Friday as unabated euro zone debt woes and a surprise build in U.S. oil stockpiles tempered gains from fears of supply disruption on mounting tensions between Iran and the West. View full post on Iraq Updates – Latest News
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish air strikes killed 23 Kurdish villagers in the southeast near the Iraqi border early Thursday, an official of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) said. View full post on Assyrian International News Agency
The attack on the Iraqi Interior Ministry came after more than 60 people were reported killed in a wave of explosions in Baghdad on December 22 against a backdrop of tension between the Shi’ite-led government and minority Sunni political forces. View full post on Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices rose above $100 a barrel Friday as worries over global security issues outweighed weak economic data in the U.S. Benchmark crude ended the day at $99.68 per barrel in New York, up 15 cents. It rose as high as $100.23 during the session. Brent crude finished 7 cents higher [...]
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Foreign Minister Receives Two Calls from the British Minister of State for Near Eastern Affairs and Assistant Secretary of State of America View full post on Iraq Updates – Latest News