Ukrainian lawmaker Maksym Tkachenko said that his earlier statement about 150,000 internally displaced persons (IDP) returning to occupied territories was only his assumption, not based on real data, Ukrinform reported on Nov. 25. "There is no such data. This was my unfounded and emotional assumption," Tkachenko told Ukrinform. "I spoke incorrectly, so I'm taking back […]

Toppled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has released his first public statement since fleeing Syria, claiming he never considered "stepping down or seeking refuge" despite leaving the country for Russia. In a post on the official Facebook page of the Syrian presidency dated Dec. 16, Assad said he was releasing the statement to address "misinformation and […]