Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The United Nations peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights has lost its leading contributor. Austria has announced that it would withdraw from the UN Disengagement Observers Force in the Golan Heights. The announcement on June 6, after months of consultations, was said to mark a major blow to the UN […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Syrian rebels have destroyed an oil refinery. State television said a rebel force attacked and shelled the refinery in Homs on Feb. 8. The report said two fuel storage tanks were bombed and set on fire. Syria’s energy sector has become a leading target of the rebel movement, based in […]
