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Firefighters inspect the site after a truck ran into a crowded Christmas market and killed several people in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. (Michael Sohn/AP)

Twelve Dead as Truck Hits Berlin Christmas Market

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 20, 2016 | World

Berlin- At least 12 people were killed and 48 were injured on Monday evening after a truck rammed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Berlin. According to German media sources, the police believe the incident is an intentional act. The Berliner Morgenpost reported...

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An Associated Press photographer at the scene reports this man shot Andrei Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, at a photo gallery in Ankara on Monday.

Turkish Police Officer Kills Russian Ambassador

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Dec 20, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara — A Turkish police officer,who used “Jihadi” rhetoric to denounce the bloodshed in Syria, gunned down the Russian ambassador to Turkey in Ankara on Monday during an official ceremony at an art gallery. As the ambassador, Andrei Karlov, lay on the floor, the...

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Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir attends the Arab Foreign Ministers extraordinary meeting to discuss the Syrian crisis in Cairo, Egypt December 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

International Observers in Aleppo without Russian Veto

by Sawsan Abu Husein and Jordan Dakamseh | Dec 20, 2016 | Middle East

New York, Cairo – The Security Council requested on Monday the United Nations and other relevant institutions to carry out “adequate, neutral monitoring and direct observation on evacuations from the eastern districts” of war-battered Aleppo. Based on a...