Saudi Arabia has recalled its ambassador to Berlin in protest over comments made by the German foreign minister perceived as suggesting that Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri had been held against his will in Riyadh. Early Saturday, Riyadh’s state news agency SPA released a statement protesting comments on the crisis ...
The town of Abu Kamal in the Deir Ezzor province had been the last major ISIL stronghold in Syria until it was liberated by the government forces with Russia’s aerial assistance last week. “On November 17, six Tu-22M3 strategic bombers, which took off from an airfield in Russia, having flown ...
