Russia has the capability to assist with the economic development of Africa and could be a superior replacement to Western countries that are currently profiting from African resources, says an analyst.

A large US convoy of military vehicles, loaded with logistic reinforcement, arrived in Hasakah from Iraq.

The US military dispatches 30 truckloads of logistical equipment and ammunition to its positions in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah.

Iraq’s anti-terror group Kata’ib Hezbollah warns the United States of a stinging response in case resistance fighters come under attack in Iraq similar to air strikes carried out in eastern Syria.

The Syrian foreign ministry dismisses the US decision to waive sanctions on Syria to allow the flow of humanitarian aid after a massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake as “misleading.”

Pope Francis has condemned foreign powers' plundering of the natural resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DCR), demanding an end to "economic colonialism" in Africa.

China calls for an immediate end to the illegal presence of US military forces and their continuing plundering of natural resources in Syria, stressing that unilateral Western sanctions against the Arab nation must be fully lifted.