A source told news agency AFP that an agreement was reached between Hamas and PIJ after which mediators were informed of the prisoner-hostage exchange deal and ceasefire.
A video by Flightradar24 showed how close these flights came within a few hundred metres of each other while approaching Phoenix airport.
After being quite comfortable with al-Assad’s tyranny for decades, Israel now fears what Syrian democracy could do.
The Syrian revolution was sparked by a few teens who wrote anti-government graffiti on the walls of their school.
Security was tight around ceremony as opposition says more than 300 killed in protests claiming election fraud.
The incoming US leader's terms to help end the war remain unclear as fighting rages in western Russia and east Ukraine.
Outgoing US president urges unity before farewell address from the White House, just days before Trump takes office.
Sixth-seeded Ruud becomes latest victim of a teenaged player's dominance over favourites on day four in Melbourne.
The MP resigned on Tuesday over links to her aunt, former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
After seven-week hijack, Puntland locals say they are victims of foreign trawlers. But China calls the attack 'vicious'.