Putin ready to extend Aleppo truce as France, Germany up pressure
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said today he was ready to prolong a unilateral cease-fire in Aleppo, after tough talks in Berlin where the leaders of Germany and France refused to rule out sanctions against Moscow. Putin said he told the European leaders that Russia was “intending to extend as far as possible” a halt to its air raids in Syria’s second city, in order to allow civilians and rebels to leave the...
Syrian suspect in Germany bomb plot found dead in cell
A Syrian man arrested on suspicion of plotting a jihadist bomb attack on a Berlin airport was found dead in his cell Wednesday after an apparent suicide, sparking outrage over a “judicial scandal”. Jaber Albakr, who was arrested two days earlier following a nationwide manhunt after police found explosives in his apartment, was discovered hanged in his jail cell in the eastern city of Leipzig, reported Germany’s Bild...
German Police Say Arrested Syrian Bomb Plot Suspect
German police said Monday they have arrested a Syrian man suspected of plotting a jihadist bomb attack, after a massive manhunt lasting almost two days. “We’ve succeeded, really overjoyed: the terror suspect (Jaber) Albakr was arrested overnight in Leipzig,” police said on Twitter about the 22-year-old. Source: AFP
German city on terror alert over bomb plot suspect
The German city of Chemnitz was in lockdown Saturday after armed police launched a huge manhunt for a Syrian suspected of planning a bomb attack, as the country grapples with a weakened sense of security following recent terror assaults. Police, who told people to stay in their homes, named the suspect as 22-year-old Syrian Jaber Albakr. Photographs posted on social media showed armed police clad in black balaclavas and helmets at an...
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