Syrian Army Close to Cutting Off the Last Access Road to Aleppo
Some 300,000 civilians and 30,000 fighters are believed to be in Syria's largest city, which could be under total siege by the regime's forces within the next few days.
Breaking:
- Defense executive Ofir Shaham resigns from post after six years (Haaretz)
- 13-year-old dies for unknown reasons in Kiryat Tiv'on near Haifa (Haaretz)
- Military police vehicle attacked by rioters overnight in ultra-Orthodox area of Ashdod (Haaretz)
- Police arrest 16-year-old female Palestinian who tried to stab them in Jerusalem (Haaretz)
- New report says over 1 million trapped in besieged areas in Syria (AP)
- South Korea says working with U.S., Japan on 'strong' North Korea sanctions (Reuters)
- Judge again denies Texas' efforts to block Syrian refugees (AP)
- Earthquake measuring 5.7 magnitude felt in New Zealand capital (Reuters)
- U.S.: Widow of Islamic State leader charged in death of American (Reuters)
- Knesset approves first reading of so-called 'NGO transparency bill' (Haaretz)
- Obama to meet with Jordan's King Abdullah in White House later this month (Reuters)
- Iran awards medals of honor to its nuclear negotiators (AP)
- 11-year-old wounded in suspected stabbing in central Israel (Haaretz)
- Australian hostage released by Al-Qaida in Burkina Faso; husband still held captive (AP)
- 11 migrants drown trying to cross from Turkey to Greek island of Lesbos (AP)
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