International tensions over situation in Syria make the visit of UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura currently impossible, Ramez Tarjaman, Syria’s information minister, told Sputnik on Friday. “De Mistura’s visit is linked to international context. Currently there is much fuss over the situation in Syria. Moscow’s and Washington’s ...
Twenty-two soldiers have been killed in an attack blamed on Takfiris against a camp in Niger sheltering Malian refugees, a security official said on Friday. The attack against the camp in Tazalit, in the Tahoua region some 300 kilometers northeast of the capital Niamey, took place in broad daylight on ...