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Turkish officers arrested for treason after intercepting weapons destined for Syria
3 Turkish officers, involved in the inspection of an intelligence agency’s weapons-filled trucks, destined for Syrian terror groups, have been arrested on treason and espionage charges. Meanwhile journalists who broke the news face similar charges. A few days after the trucks were bombed, the Turks have claimed that the convoy was allegedly carrying only humanitarian aid for Syrians.
On Saturday,...
Russian convoy enters Ukraine without Kiev's permission
Several dozen trucks in the Russian humanitarian convoy have crossed the Ukrainian border and started moving in the direction of Lugansk, after Moscow ordered the convoy to proceed, without waiting for further permission from Kiev.
Moscow has accused Kiev of deliberately holding up the delivery of Russian humanitarian aid to the Donetsk and Lugansk regions in eastern Ukraine, according to a new statement...
5 NATO oil tankers torched in Pakistan
Pakistani firefighters extinguish burning NATO supply oil tankers in southwestern Pakistan on August 19, 2011.
Militants in southwestern Pakistan have attacked yet another convoy carrying fuel to NATO forces in neighboring Afghanistan, and set the oil tankers alight.
The attackers sprayed the oil trucks with bullets, causing them to catch fire on a main highway in the Dasht area, some 20 kilometers...