Health Minister Khaled Ait Taleb recovers his portfolio

Syria: Army of Islam shells Damascus, government responds with airstrikes

Shells fired by the Army of Islam militants into the Syrian capital Damascus have killed at least 5 people and there are threats that more will follow. The government responded by launching more than 70 airstrikes in the Eastern Ghouta district, where the militants are based. This is the second attack the group has launched […]

Libya Pipeline Blast Sends Oil Prices Soaring

Reports of a pipeline explosion in Libya sent oil prices soaring to $60 a barrel, that is a two-and-a-half year highs. The blast reportedly sidelined 90,000 barrels a day of supply in a country that produced 973,000 barrels a day in Novem-ber. A Libyan military source said earlier that armed men had planted explosives at […]

Eight Individuals in Preventive Detention over Fishmonger’s Tragic Death

The general prosecutor has ordered the preventive detention of 8 individuals out of 11 people charged in the gruesome death on Friday of the fishmonger crushed in a trash truck as he attempted to save his confiscated merchandise. The fishmonger, Mouhcine Fikri, 31, was killed when he jumped to save his swordfish, confiscated by the […]