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Syrian warplanes bomb Kurdish forces in Hassakah city for first time since 2011

Aug 18, 2016

Syrian government jets have reportedly bombed Kurdish-held areas of the north-eastern city of Hassakeh for the first time since the civil war began in 2011.The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that Kurdish…

About 18.000 prisoners died of torture in Syria, Amnesty International reported

Aug 18, 2016

Nearly 18,000 people have died in government prisons in Syria since the beginning of the uprising in 2011, according to Amnesty International.A new report by the charity, based on interviews with 65 "torture survivors", details…

Egypt state TV suspends female presenters, demands they go on diet

Aug 18, 2016

Egypt's state broadcaster has suspended eight of its female TV presenters and told them to go on a diet, sparking uproar among women's rights groups.The Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) has given the women one month to…

Uber to deploy self-driving cars for customers

Aug 18, 2016

The ride-sharing firm Uber will, for the first time, allow users to hail self-driving cars within a fortnight, the company has confirmed. Uber said the launch would take place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It added that it was teaming up…

Unconfirmed reports about arrest of Tunisian IS leader Abu Nassim in Zintan

Aug 18, 2016

According to unconfirmed Libyan sources, the Zintani forces allied with Dignity Operation, led by Khalifa Haftar, arrested Abu Nassim Fezzani, who was proclaimed Tunisia’s most wanted terrorist in February, and some 20 other IS…

Libyan forces kill three IS suicide bombers after two car bomb blasts in Sirte

Aug 18, 2016

The media bureau of the military operation of the UN-backed Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord, Al-Bunayn Al-Marsou said two car bombs were exploded Thursday by the IS militants in Sirte attempting to repossess…

Photo of injured boy by Russian airstrikes on Aleppo sparks outrage

Aug 18, 2016

Syrian activists have released striking pictures of a young boy rescued from a destroyed building after an air strike in the divided second city of Aleppo.Video and photos of the boy sitting dazed and bloodied in an ambulance were…

US abandons long-time CIA asset Khalifa Haftar, brands him as spoiler

Aug 18, 2016

As the US war in Libya moves into its third week, officials and analysts are seeing a lot of problems with their plans, but perhaps the biggest problem is one of their own creation, the Libyan leader and long-time CIA asset Gen. Khalifa…

Libya’s Football League to enter finals

Aug 17, 2016

The teams of Al-Ahli and Al-Naser from the eastern region's group 1 have qualified to the five-team final round of the Libyan Football League with 18 points and 17 points respectively as the first and second top teams.In the second…

Tens of injuries in a train hit a tree in southern France

Aug 17, 2016

Dozens of people were hurt, eight of them seriously, when a regional train hit a tree uprooted during a hailstorm in the south of France.Witnesses said one passenger had been thrown out of the train by the force of the crash, at…

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