ground assault to wrest the city from the rebels they founded rebel positions with strikes the naval tillery officials say more than one hundred fifty fighters on both sides were killed over the weekend. a convoy of seventy trucks carrying lifesaving aid has reached every more to come for the displaced on syria's border with jordan the united nations and the syrian arab red crescent said their joint convoy will provide aid for fifty thousand people in. the pacific acapella go of new caledonia has voted against independence for france there was strong participation in the referendum and united nation observers and delegates from metropolitan france said the vote was peaceful and orderly french president emmanuel mccall welcomed the outcome. iranians have staged mass protests against the united states one day before new american sanctions go into effect anger against the u.s. has spiked since president trump decided to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal and tens of thousands took part in protests across the country which also mocked the storming of the u.s. embassy thirty nine years ago a key