Shooting, explosions in West Bank’s Jenin as Israel presses raid

Gunfire and explosions rocked the Jenin area of the occupied West Bank yesterday, an AFP journalist reported, as the Israeli military kept up a large-scale raid for a second day.The operation, launched just days after a ceasefire paused more than a year of fighting in Gaza, has left at least 10 Palestinians dead, according to […]

Syria FM says scrapping sanctions ‘key’ to country’s stability

Syria’s top diplomat said yesterday that lifting economic sanctions imposed during the rule of ousted president Bashar al-Assad was “key” to restoring stability in the war-torn country.For weeks, Syria’s new authorities have been lobbying Western powers to scrap restrictions that had targeted Assad’s administration over his brutal 2011 crackdown on anti-government protests, which triggered the […]