Posts Tagged ‘alawite’

Glencore, Vitol near deal to buy Iranian crude

TEHRAN—Glencore PLC and Vitol Group, the world’s two largest independent oil traders, are close to signing a long-term deal to purchase Iranian crude, a top Iranian official said. The potential deal would mark the return of two of Iran’s biggest oil trading partners before Western sanctions over the country’s nuclear program were tightened in 2012. […]

Syrian Islamist group Jaysh al-Islam admits using banned weapons against Kurds in Aleppo

Shocking images show victims of chemical attack on Aleppo neighborhood in Syria (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) The hardline Islamist group did not not specify what substances were used, but claimed that it will punish those responsible. The group’s statement reads: “During the clashes one of the Jaysh al-Islam brigade leaders used [weapons] forbidden in this kind of […]

Terrorist attacks increased 9 times since ‘War on Terror’ declaration 14 years ago (interactive map)

The statistics by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland includes all global terrorist acts, from the 9/11 bombings in the US to the Hebdo attacks in France and those further afield. The GTD’s interactive map show that the impact of terrorism over time […]

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