Turkish-backed armed groups in Syria announced on Thursday that they had taken full control of the northern town of Al-Bab from the ISIL ‘jihadist’ group after weeks of deadly fighting. “We are announcing Al-Bab completely liberated, and we are now clearing mines from the residential neighborhoods,” said Ahmad Othman, commander ...
Israeli environment ministry announced on Wednesday it would not renew an ammonia storage tank’s permit to operate in the coastal city of Haifa. Last week, the Haifa Court for Local Affairs gave the Haifa Group, a fertilizer producer that operates the tank, until February 26 to remove the liquid-form chemical ...
