French foreign minister Laurent Fabius suggested Friday that troops loyal to Bashar al.-Assad could be used to fight the Islamic State group, but only in the framework of a political transition without the Syrian President. Source: Reuters/France24
Eskom said on Friday unplanned breakdowns at its plants were affecting just under 12,000 megawatt of generating capacity, forcing it to burn diesel and use water from pumped storage schemes to augment its base load. Source Iol
Strikes are continuing in France today (Friday December 13) with some unions threatening to carry on through Christmas, after Prime Minister Édouard Philippe spoke to a mixed response this week. Source Connextion
Turkey is close to sealing an agreement with Russia on joint missile production and securing know-how via a technology transfer to develop its own defense systems, Head of Defense Industries Presidency (SSB) İsmail Demir said Friday. Source Daily Sabah
