Colombia and Venezuela launched a joint operation to counter guerrilla groups that are fighting in the mountainous northeastern Catatumbo region. The violence broke out after the National Liberation Army (ELN) targeted rival armed groups and their alleged sympathizers in an attempt to assert control over a swath of the border region that is home to coca plantations that supply much of the world’s cocaine.
Colombia, Venezuela launch joint operation to counter guerrilla groups
Israel bulldozes Palestinian-owned olive groves near Ramallah ahead of harvest
News Desk
Israeli bulldozers have destroyed olive groves in Deir Nidham, near Ramallah, disrupting Palestinian farmers ahead of the October harvest. Farmers Abd Alfattah and Nather Tamimi