
Fierce fighting forced the closure of the Libyan capital’s only civilian airport on Monday, officials said, after a militia in charge of security there said it had been attacked. The Facebook page of Mitiga International Airport, in eastern Tripoli, said “flights have been suspended because of fighting that broke out ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday lashed out at US policy on Syria, saying Washington’s actions indicate it does not want to preserve the territorial integrity of Syria. During his annual Q&A news conference in Moscow, Lavrov slammed the US initiative to create a “Border Security Force” using US-backed ...