The Pentagon said Tuesday that intelligence errors resulted in a US-led coalition air strike in Syria in September that reportedly killed around 90 Syrian government forces. There were “errors in the development of intelligence, as well as missed opportunities for coalition members on duty to recognize and voice contrary evidence ...
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas was re-elected leader of his Fatah party on Tuesday during the movement’s first congress in seven years, a Fatah spokesman said. The 81-year-old was reappointed to head Fatah, the largest and oldest Palestinian movement, in a vote “by consensus,” spokesman Mahmud Abu al-Hija said at a ...