A total of 243 attacks on ambulances located in Syria have been reported in a matter of one year. After further investigation, it became clear that more than half the attacks were intenitial. The attacks are being held out by the Syrian government and their Russian allies in an attempt to destabilize and intimidate workers through weaponization and healthcare. The… Read more »
After a month strolling the gold market in Libya’s capital, retired public servant Milud Farhat was unable to find any jewelry he could afford for his daughter’s wedding. People shop at a market in the old city of Tripoli, Libya November 24, 2018. REUTERS/Hani Amara The 60-year-old is typical of Libya’s once well-to-do middle class, impoverished by high inflation and… Read more »
A team from Yemen’s Saudi-backed government arrived in Sweden to attend peace talks starting on Thursday with members of the Iran-aligned Houthi group, in a renewed U.N. push to end a war that has pushed the country to the brink of starvation. A U.N. source said the two sides were unlikely to hold direct talks at a renovated castle outside… Read more »
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ambulances have been intentionally and repeatedly targeted in Syria, researchers said on Tuesday, calling for more efforts to protect medical workers caught up in the conflict. The research, in the peer-reviewed journal BMJ Global Health, analyzed reports of 243 attacks on ambulances in 2016 and 2017 and found more than half were deliberately targeted. “There… Read more »
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Output from Iraq’s Basra Gas Company (BGC) is expected to reach 1,050 million standard cubic feet per day (mcf/d) by the end of 2018, an increase of 150 million mcf/d from current levels, the oil ministry said in a statement on Thursday. Iraq’s gas development plans have long focused on BGC, a $17 billion joint venture between… Read more »