EU lawmakers: Israel must end settlement expansion

An illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank (file photo)

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

  • The Turkish army shells positions held by Kurds who are fighting terrorists in northern Syria for the second day in a row.
     
  • Saudi Arabia confirms sending warplanes to NATO member Turkey's Incirlik air base, for what Riyadh calls the fight against terrorists.
     
  • The European Parliament severely criticizes Britain for its continued arms trade with Saudi Arabia, amid growing evidence of Riyadh’s indiscriminate bombing of Yemen.
     
  • A group of European parliamentarians call for an immediate stop to the expansion of Israeli settlements and the demolition of Palestinian homes.
     
  • A new UN report shows that civilian casualties of the war in Afghanistan rose to record levels for the seventh year in a row in 2015.

 


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