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Crimea showers Syria with wheat, Ukraine cries foul: Reuters

Reuters) - Using a low-profile fleet of ships under U.S. sanctions, Syria has this year sharply increased wheat imports from the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea that Russia annexed from Ukraine, a sign of tightening economic ties between two allies shunned by the West. Wheat sent to Syria from...

Syria: $26bn in losses due to US presence

The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed yesterday that Syria has incurred $25.9 billion in direct losses due to the American forces' attacks on its territory, including $19.8 billion worth of stolen oil and gas. The ministry said the oil sector has incured $111.9 billion in losses as...

Bomb attack in Turkey targets police van, injuring 9

A remote-controlled bomb exploded on a highway in Turkey as an armored police van carrying officers drove past on Friday, injuring all nine occupants, government officials said. Five people were detained in connection with the attack, which occurred near the predominantly Kurdish-populated...