
THE number of people killed in Israeli strikes in Syria has risen to 14 with more than 40 wounded, Syrian media said yesterday.
The Israelis have also continued to carry out military raids in the occupied West Bank, as well as the continuing devastation of Gaza.
Israeli strikes in central Syria hit several areas late on Sunday, damaging a highway in Hama province and sparking fires, Syrian news agency Sana said.

ROGER McKENZIE expounds on the motivation that drove him to write a book that anticipates a dawn of a new, fully liberated Africa – the land of his ancestors

While much attention is focused on Israel’s aggression, we cannot ignore the conflicts in Africa, stoked by Western imperialism and greed for natural resources, if we’re to understand the full picture of geopolitics today, argues ROGER McKENZIE