Новости за 30.11.2016

ALEPPO, Syria — More than 50,000 Syrians have joined a growing exodus of terrified civilians from east Aleppo, a monitor said Wednesday, as the UN Security Council was set for emergency talks on fighting in the city.

NEW YORK — Oil prices soared more than 8 per cent on Wednesday as some of the world's largest oil producers agreed to curb oil output for the first time since 2008 in a last-ditch bid to support prices.

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's King Salman approved the allocation of 100 billion riyals ($26.67 billion) from the kingdom's reserves to the Public Investment Fund (PIF) on Wednesday, according to a statement carried by state news agency SPA.

MOSCOW — The Kremlin on Wednesday demanded an explanation after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara intervened in the Syria conflict solely to topple President Bashar Assad.

RAMALLAH — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reelected as Fateh Party leader Tuesday as the movement opened its first congress since 2009 with talk mounting of who will eventually succeed the 81-year-old.

BEIRUT  — Syria and its allies aim to drive rebels from Aleppo before Donald Trump takes office as US president, a senior official in the pro-Damascus military alliance said, as pro-government forces surged to their biggest victories in the city for years.

AMMAN — Around 350 workers of the Jordan Abyad Fertilizers & Chemicals Company (JAFCCO) protested in front of the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company (JPMC) on Tuesday over overdue salaries and a decision to liquidate JAFCCO.

AMMAN — Foreign Ministry officials on Tuesday told Shaheen Merie that the Israeli authorities have approved issuing visas to allow family members to visit his brother Muneer, who is imprisoned in Israel, according to a ministry source.

BEIRUT — The government said on Tuesday it will study the policy recommendations issued by participants in a two-day Euro-Med women’s rights conference, and will consider the application of some of them.