The Pentagon will end its faltering program to train a moderate Syrian rebel force to battle the Islamic State, shifting instead to a plan to support already existing tribal and other forces, a senior US defense official told USA TODAY on Friday.
At the time, Napier said that the interim summary “is not what we’re saying at all” and added that the message “is not a true message” and did not capture “the feeling of the whole synod”.
The rebels known as Huthis seized much of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa, with the help of renegade troops loyal to ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Saraj, a lawmaker from Libya’s internationally recognized House of Representatives (HoR), would work with three deputy prime ministers on the Presidential Council, Bernardino Leon, head of UNSMIL, told a press conference in the Moroccan city of Skhirat.
The Nobel committee confounded predictions Friday by awarding the prestigious peace prize to the Tunisia National Dialogue Quartet – an alliance of civil groups relatively unknown outside the North African country.
The Scotland hooker’s love of the oval ball is such that he didn’t even bother tuning into the Hampden heartache on Thursday night. They are a very proud nation and will want to restore a few pride in the jersey by finishing on a high.
“Dozens of combatants were killed on both sides” as IS drove out rebels from nearby localities as well as a military base, said Rami Abdel Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. “Russia launched the attacks to protect Assad”, says Abdul Latif,...
The Yemeni government returned from exile in Saudi Arabia and set up temporary headquarters in Aden’s al-Qasr hotel last month after Gulf Arab and Yemeni troops retook the major southern port city from Houthi forces.
Boehner said he would remain in his job until a new speaker was installed, an ironic outcome considering conservatives’ desire to shove him out the door.
A Palestinian was also shot dead by Israeli security forces when clashes broke out in east Jerusalem as they went to search the home of one of the alleged attackers. Ten Israelis have been stabbed in the recent violence and four have been killed.