An Israeli airstrike hit Syria's Latakia port before dawn on Tuesday, sparking a fire that lit up the Mediterranean seafront in the second such attack on the cargo hub this month, Syrian state media reported. Since the outbreak of Syria's civil.
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Mr Heappey, who completed two tours the country, spoke of his first reaction to news that international troops will withdraw later this year: Like every other Afghanistan veteran when I heard of NATO s decision last week,
I couldn t help but ask myself was it all worth it?
He did, however, insist that he hopes there is a successful political outcome in Afghanistan,
telling MPs it is almost certain that a lasting peace settlement will involve the Taliban as part of the Afghan government .
Defence Select Committee chairman Tobias Ellwood warned that Afghanistan is heading towards another civil war with the Taliban on the rise.