Mohammed Hamo is the first Syrian officer to face trial in Europe over military operations in the civil war.
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Washington has urged Israel to avoid escalation, but Gaza track record raises doubts US will be heeded, analysts say.
More than 1,000 people have arrived in Cyprus on boats from Lebanon this month amid deepening tensions in Middle East.
International law decrees that embassies are ‘inviolable’. Attacks on embassies have breached that, prompting anger.