Hamas warned on Tuesday that Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas’s delay in easing sanctions on Gaza was putting at risk a landmark unity deal signed last week. “The continuation of the punitive measures against our people in Gaza a month after the dissolution of the administrative council spoils the general ...
Iraqi forces took control of the two largest oil fields in the disputed northern province of Kirkuk on Tuesday after Kurdish forces withdrew, police said. “Federal police units took control of the Bai Hassan and Havana oil fields,” north of the city of Kirkuk, a statement said. The loss of ...