Israeli Prime Minister benjamin Netanyahu is demanding that Cairo removes tanks from the Sinai immediately. After Egypt introduced tanks into northern Sinai as part of its campaign against Islamic terrorists there, the Israeli prime minister’s office sent a sharp message to Cairo, via the White House, requesting that Egypt withdraw its tanks immediately. Israel further… Read More Netanyahu: Remove the Egyptian tanks from Sinai
The drought is drying up the mighty Mississippi as well as farmers’ fields. An 11-mile stretch of the river has been closed due to low water levels, stranding 97 boats while dredging is carried out, and navigation markers are replaced, CBS reports. Officials say it’s not clear when the river, which transports USD160 billion of… Read More 97 boats stranded on sluggish Mississippi
At least three people have been killed and up to 45 wounded in clashes in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. Fighting began Monday night and continued into Tuesday on Syria Street, the symbolic “dividing line” between the Sunni Muslim district of Bab al-Tabbaneh and the Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen in the predominantly Sunni… Read More Sectarian violence in Syria spread into Lebanon
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