‘Slim’ hope of truce as fighting rages on Syria battlefields
Fierce machinegun battles broke out near Aleppo’s ancient Umayyad Mosque, as troops fended off rebel attacks on their checkpoints, said a military source.
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Troops, gunmen exchange fire in Beirut as tensions rise
Lebanon has been on edge since Friday, when police intelligence chief General Wissam Al-Hassan died in a Beirut car bombing.
Darfur peacekeepers hit by weapons ‘never used before’
The ambush occurred while a UNAMID convoy of military, police and civilian personnel was on its way to the Hashaba area.