DIYARBAKIR (AFP) — Turkey began Saturday building a major dam on the Tigris River, overriding fierce criticism that the project will devastate a millenia-old historic site and displace thousands of Kurds.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Months of bombings and shootings had left US soldiers of every rank in the army’s 502nd Infantry Regiment emotionally ragged and strained. They had lost dozens of their colleagues — more than most units.

Secretary General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah Hassan Nasrollah has said that the Zionist regime has been caught off guard by Hezbullah resistance fighters on the battlefield, forcing the Zionist troopers to flee.