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IRAQ INQUIRY: Tony Blair should be IMPEACHED by report into conflict, Alex Salmond says
THE long-awaited inquiry into the Iraq War should "impeach" Tony Blair, Alex Salmond has said. Sir John Chilcot's report on the conflict is due to be published this summer, seven years after it was commissioned. And former SNP leader Salmond last night alleged that Blair took the UK to war to honour a commitment...
Syria conflict: Aleppo ceasefire extended by three days
A truce in the Syrian city of Aleppo has been extended for three days to "prevent the situation from worsening", the Russian defence ministry says. The Syrian army announced a two-day truce on Wednesday, after two weeks of clashes left nearly 300 civilians dead. The truce is part of international efforts to build on a...
Syria conflict: Russia hopes to extend truce to Aleppo
Russia's foreign minister says a unilateral truce declared by the Syrian military could be extended to the city of Aleppo "in the next few hours". Sergei Lavrov said Russia was working with the UN and US to include Aleppo in the "regime of calm" that has covered Damascus and Latakia since Saturday. But...
Syria conflict: US seeks to de-escalate fighting
The United States says it is working on specific initiatives to de-escalate fighting in Syria and revive a nationwide cessation of hostilities. A priority is to stop bloodshed in Aleppo where more than 200 people have died in a week of government air strikes and rebel shelling. The US wants Russia to put pressure on the Syrian...
Syria conflict: Aleppo rocked by fresh fighting
Deadly fighting has resumed in Syria's divided second city of Aleppo, after a brief lull overnight. State media say rebels shelled a mosque in the government-held district of Bab al-Faraj, killing eight people. Rescue workers report that a clinic in rebel-held Marja was targeted in an air strike, the second medical facility...
Syria conflict: Largest aid convoy reaches besieged Rastan
The largest aid convoy so far in Syria has reached a besieged rebel-held town in the centre of the country. Sixty-five lorries are delivering food and medicine to about 120,000 civilians in and around Rastan, in Homs province. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Syrian Red Crescent convoy is the first to reach...