Washington Post: Aid convoy heads to besieged Syrian town amid starvation fears
BEIRUT — A convoy carrying desperately needed food aid to a besieged Syrian town set off Monday as part of a U.N-backed agreement to bring relief to people believed to be facing starvation.
Several dozen vehicles bringing food and medical supplies left the Syrian capital, Damascus, for Madaya, a town near the Lebanese border cut off by Syrian forces.
“We have close to 50 trucks and we are heading to Madaya now,” said Pawel Krzysiek, a spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, who was traveling with the convoy.
MIDDLE EAST
Arab foreign ministers accuse Iran of undermining regional security.
Iran seeks to limit diplomatic fall-out from Saudi embassy attacks.
Death toll in Russian raids on Syria's Idlib nears 100.
Nearly 400,000 Syrians go hungry in besieged areas. Madaya Syria: Aid convoy sets off for besieged town.
Bombs laid by Islamic State hamper Iraqi troops in Ramadi after victory.
Saudi-led air strike targets Yemen hospital: Saba news agency.
Masked men attack Saudi intelligence compound with firebombs: activists.
Al Qaeda warns Saudi Arabia it will pay for executing militants.
Islamic State crisis: Naji Jerf murder suspects held in Turkey.
ASIA
Four-way Afghanistan peace talks begin. Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, US seek roadmap to peace.
U.S. may send more strategic weapons to Korean peninsula: South Korea.
South Korea says chief nuclear envoy to meet U.S., Japan, China counterparts.
South Korea-Japan ties improve in wake of North Korea's nuclear test.
North Korea holding U.S. citizen and Canada pastor: CNN.
Britons offering protection against pirates facing five years in Indian jail. India sentences 35 crew of US anti-piracy ship.
China will find it tough to achieve over 6.5 percent growth over 2016-2020: state adviser.
China's stocks start the week with sharp losses.
AFRICA
South Sudan: Finally, South Sudan to form interim govt.
Many Burundi attack victims unarmed, suggests evidence.
Tanzania backs African Union deployment to Burundi, urges cooperation as violence intensifies.
Italy evacuates 15 Libyans wounded in bomb attack.
Egypt holds first parliament in three years.
Nigeria plans to resettle 2.2M people despite Boko Haram threat.
No one is in charge of the Central African Republic.
Hundreds of Congolese troops withdraw from Central African force.
EUROPE
Cologne attacks: New Year's Eve crime cases top 500. Cologne attackers were of migrant origin - minister. German state minister says foreigners behind Cologne violence.
Europe blocks Balkans with razor wire.
Man in failed attack on Paris police lived in German shelter for asylum seekers.
Migrant crisis: New camps to open in northern France.
World would be more balanced if Russia asserted national interests from outset – Putin.
New Catalonia leader pledges secession within 18 months.
Spain's Princess Cristina faces historic tax fraud trial.
AMERICAS
Mexico launches drug lord's US extradition process.
'You don't know the mess you got yourselves into': El Chapo's two sons surface to threaten Mexican government with war after their father's arrest.
Mexican drug lord 'Chapo' Guzman's hometown mourns his downfall.
Violence surges in Central America, threatening new refugee flood.
Argentina's president Mauricio Macri embarrassed by fugitive bungle. Two Argentina fugitives escape manhunt.
Clinton says she did not get classified information through email.
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TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Officials discuss how to coordinate fight against extremism.
About 50 Daesh militants killed in past 24 hours in Afghanistan.
Obama to shut Guantanamo before he leaves office, says White House chief of staff.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
U.S. crude oil prices drop over 2 percent as market loses faith in rebound.
Star Wars breaks China box office record, studio says.
Sri Lankan seeks $300 mn for rare blue star sapphire.
Hefner's Playboy mansion listed for sale for $200 million.
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from Global Research
Syria. Analyzing Madaya’s Starvation Falsification. Western Media Propaganda in Support of US-NATO War Crimes
One of the first and most heartbreaking was one of a healthy young girl followed by a new photo of her on the verge of death because of starvation. This photo published by Saudi owned Al-Arabiya soon quickly engulfed media platforms and the calls for humanitarian intervention was called. However, it was quickly revealed by the Lebanese Daily Star that the girl in question is actually a south Lebanese girl who is in safe hands with her family, and is fit and healthy.--etc. here
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