The UN Security Council is expected to vote, probably on Thursday, on a draft resolution demanding a 30-day ceasefire in Syria to allow deliveries of humanitarian aid and medical evacuations, diplomats said. Sweden and Kuwait, which drafted the measure, requested the vote “as soon as possible,” the Swedish mission said ...
Iraq’s Prime Minister Haidar Abadi stressed on Wednesday that the fight for oil was behind the recent crisis of Kurdistan, denying claims that the federal authorities besiege the Kurdish region. Abadi added that it is internationally acknowledged that the federal authorities control the border exits, adding that Baghdad will keep ...
