Новости за 24.11.2020

ATME, Syria — Among the olive trees in northwestern Syria, displaced teenager Wissam Diab plucks an oud outside his new home, a tent surrounded by luscious plants.

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Aramco said on Tuesday that a strike by Yemeni rebels on its plant in Jeddah tore a hole in an oil tank, triggering an explosion and fire in another assault on the kingdom’s energy infrastructure.

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah, in a phone call on Monday with US President-elect Joe Biden, discussed the ties of friendship between Jordan and the United States.

ADDIS ABABA — The leader of Ethiopia's dissident Tigray region said on Monday that his people were "ready to die" defending their homeland, rejecting Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's ultimatum that they surrender within 72 hours.

ISTANBUL — Turkey accused the German navy on Monday of conducting an "unauthorised" search on a Turkish-flagged cargo vessel in a bid to enforce a United Nations arms embargo on Libya.

WASHINGTON — US President-elect Joe Biden will name his first cabinet picks on Tuesday, his chief of staff said, even as Donald Trump clung to unsubstantiated claims of fraud despite growing dissent from within his own party.