France detects bird flu at turkey farm

France detects bird flu at turkey farm

The highly pathogenic bird flu, or avian influenza, has been detected at a turkey farm in northern France, causing the cull of at least 8,000 turkeys, a French daily reported. “Regulated protection and surveillance zones have been set up within a radius of 3-10 km,” local authorities of the city of Feuilleres, in the northern […]

Syrian troops thwart attack on key military site

Syrian troops thwart attack on key military site

Damascus, March 26 (IANS) The Syrian army Tuesday thwarted rebels’ offensive against a key military observation site in the northwestern province of Latakia, inflicting hefty losses upon the rebels, the state media reported. The army foiled the attack on the 45 Observatory, a military observation tower atop the al-Turkman mountain in Kasab, Xinhua quoted the report […]