In compensation London yielded nearly one-quarter of the oil production of Iraq’s Mosul region to France, which secured oil-less Syria. London’s regional hegemony was bolstered by its continuing control of the Suez Canal and its mastery of Palestine. . ..…

(Photo by AFP) British Prime Minister Theresa May has called on European leaders to unite against Russia and stop what she referred to as Russian “atrocities” in Syria, a call that is expected to further strain ties between Moscow and London. . ..…

The London-based monitoring group added that at least six militants from the Takfiri group were killed as well. . Syria has been gripped by a foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. ..…

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said a total of 400 Daesh terrorists have been killed in Syria’s weeks-long battle to retake Palmyra, also known as the Peal of Desert. . The London-based group also described Palymra’s recapture as one of Daesh’s biggest defeats..…