The Russian and Syrian air forces have stopped airstrike on Aleppo as of 0700 GMT on Tuesday, Russia’s defense minister said, in a move he said was meant to pave the way for an eight-hour truce on October 20. “Strikes in the Aleppo region by the Russian and Syrian air ...
Yemen declined to host the Arab League’s annual summit next March, citing the country’s ongoing conflict, the Cairo-based league announced Sunday. In a statement, league spokesman Mohamad Afifi said Yemen’s Arab League delegate had delivered a verbal message to Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul-Gheit from Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdul-Malik Mekhlafi ...
