Oil refineries in northeastern Syria are making people sick
A pond of oil at an oil field controlled by a US-backed Kurdish group, in Rmeilan, Hassakeh province, Syria.
Across northeastern Syria, makeshift refineries are a major source of income for local residents who have endured more than a decade of conflict. But this critical resource is also making people sick and destroying the environment. And, US and Caribbean officials have reportedly told Haitians leaders they have 24 hours to name a transitional council that will appoint a new Haitian prime minister. US State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel about US policy options in Haiti and Gaza. Also, in Germany on Wednesday, a court is weighing whether to remove the far-right party Alternative for Germany’s designation as a suspected far-right extremist organization by the country’s spy agency, the BfV, or the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. Plus, a remembrane of Egyptian musician Zakaria Ibrahim.
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