Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business As part of the Asset Transfer Agreement signed with ENOC, ADNOC Distribution announced the opening of Seeh Al Mahab, Asraar and Al Ghafia re-branded service stations in Sharjah, taking the total number of service stations within its network in the emirate to 91. Saeed Mubarak Al Rashdi, Acting Chief Executive Officer of ADNOC Distribution, ...

  Aleppo / AFP More than 4,000 fighters left rebel-held areas of Aleppo, the Red Cross said on Thursday, in the “last stages” of an evacuation clearing the way for Syria’s army to retake the city. A week into the rebel withdrawal from the east of Syria’s second city, the evacuation of fighters and civilians from the one-time opposition stronghold ...

  United Nations / AFP The UN General Assembly agreed to set up a panel to gather evidence on war crimes in Syria, taking a first step towards prosecuting those responsible for atrocities in the nearly six-year war. A resolution on establishing the investigative mechanism was adopted in the 193-nation assembly by a vote of 105 to 15, with 52 ...