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Syrian Insurgents Say They Have Entered The City Of Hama After Fierce Fighting
Syrian insurgents said Thursday they have entered parts of the central city of Hama after three days of intense clashes with government forces on its outskirts, part of an ongoing offensive in which they seized Syria’s largest city of Aleppo. Syrian state media confirmed violent clashes between government forces and opposition gunmen on the eastern…
Read MoreMan Accused Of Alleged War Crimes In Separatist Region Of Ukraine Stands Trial In Finland
A man has gone on trial in Finland on charges of war crimes allegedly committed against Ukrainian forces in a Russia-backed separatist region of Ukraine in 2014. Prosecutors are seeking life imprisonment for the defendant at the trial which opened Thursday at the Helsinki district court, public broadcaster YLE reported. The suspect’s name was not…
Read MoreExtremist Rebels Linked To Is Kill At Least 9 And Kidnap 3 In Eastern Congo
Extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State group killed at least 9 people, including an 8-month-old baby and a 14-year-old girl in eastern Congo and kidnapped several others, authorities said on Wednesday. Rebels with the Allied Democratic Forces attacked civilians in Tenambo village in the North Kivu province on Tuesday evening, Colonel Mak Hazukay, spokesperson…
Read MoreHamas And Fatah Are Near An Agreement On Who Will Oversee Postwar Gaza
Palestinian officials say Fatah and Hamas are closing in on an agreement to appoint a committee of politically independent technocrats to administer the Gaza Strip after the war. It would effectively end Hamas’ rule and could help advance ceasefire talks with Israel. The rival factions have made several failed attempts to reconcile since Hamas seized…
Read MoreSouth Korea’s Opposition Parties Submit A Motion To Impeach President Yoon Over Sudden Martial Law
South Korea’s opposition parties Wednesday submitted a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over the shocking and short-lived martial law that drew heavily armed troops to encircle parliament before lawmakers climbed walls to reenter the building and unanimously voted to lift his order. Impeaching Yoon would require the support of two-thirds of parliament, and…
Read MoreIsraeli strike near Damascus killed Hezbollah liaison with Syrian army
An Israeli airstrike on a car near Syria’s capital Damascus on Tuesday killed Salman Jumaa, a senior Hezbollah figure responsible for liaising with the Syrian army, a Lebanese security source told Reuters. Syria’s state news agency had reported the strike on the airport road but did not offer details on casualties. The Israeli military confirmed…
Read MoreIsraeli Strikes Kill 11 In Lebanon After Fire Exchanges With Hezbollah That Test Ceasefire’s Limits
Israel unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last week, killing at least 11 people on Monday after the Lebanese militant group fired a volley of projectiles as a warning over what it said were Israeli truce violations. The projectiles were apparently the first time that Hezbollah…
Read MoreSyrian insurgents capture four central towns as government forces reclaim some territory
Syrian insurgents captured four new towns early Tuesday, bringing them closer to the central city of Hama, opposition activists said, while government forces retook some territory they lost last week. The capture of the towns is the latest in the push by insurgents led by the salafi jihadi Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, as well as Turkey-backed…
Read MoreSyria’s civil war reignites in dramatic fashion as Russia joins airstrikes on rebels who seized Aleppo
The Syrian military and its ally Russia conducted deadly joint air raids Monday on areas that Islamist-led rebels seized control of over the weekend. The strikes were a response to a lightning offensive by the rebels that saw them wrest control of swathes of northwest Syria from government forces. The conflict that started more than…
Read MoreIsrael-Hezbollah ceasefire takes effect, halting deadly war in Lebanon
A ceasefire in between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon appeared to be holding after it came into effect at 4 a.m. local time Wednesday (10 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday). President Biden announced the ceasefire deal Tuesday, saying the U.S. and France had helped broker the agreement. Celebratory gunshots were heard in…
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