“There is a link between America’s flawed interventionist policy, especially the Iraq war, and the refugee crisis, that’s why my advice would be that we shouldn’t tell each other what we have done right or wrong,” Germany’s deputy chancellor and minister for the economy, Sigmar Gabriel said. Source: Guardian
Israeli media are reporting that Iran is building a factory in northwest Syria to manufacture long-range rockets. The Times said Iran was also helping Hizballah build subterranean factories in Lebanon to make Fateh-110 medium-range missiles. Source: RadioFreeEurope
Germany’s second biggest airline Air Berlin filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday after Abu Dhabi’s Etihad – its leading shareholder – refused to finance another bailout. Source: CNN
China urged the US and North Korea to urgently “put the brakes” on provocative actions and words on Tuesday after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared to back away from a threat to fire missiles toward the US Pacific territory of Guam. Source: CNN
