Canada is considering lifting sanctions imposed upon Syria more than a decade ago as well as removing HTS from its terror list after the Assad regime was toppled earlier this month by rebel forces, sources tell OMNI News.

U.S. troops in the Middle East have launched a barrage of airstrikes onto Sana’a, Yemen. Karling Donoghue reports on the purpose for the strikes and takes a look at Israel’s latest bombardment onto the Gaza Strip.

The de facto leader of Syria is set to announce a new defence ministry and military for the country. This comes as Syrian civilians engage in religious events and ahead of the Holidays and ramp up the search for missing loved ones.

Early Saturday morning, Burnaby RCMP responded to a tragic crash at Boundary Road and Forest Street right by the Burnaby Hospital.