The capture of the al-Omar oil field gives Islamic State control of crude reserves which could be useful to its advancing fighters.

Construction of the corridor is also being financed by the Asian Development Bank that has provided Armenia with a $500 mln loan.

This financing would cover the cost of rehabilitation of three substations essential for Armenia’s power transmission network.

Based off the 1981 book by Joan G. Robinson, Marnie tells the story of Anna, a lonely young girl who meets a strange girl by the name of Marnie.

The drama portrays Georg Elser, a German carpenter who had assembled a bomb and plotted an attack on Hitler in November 1939.

If diplomacy falls short, the risk of Israeli air strikes on Iranian nuclear sites could rise, and with it the threat of a wider Middle East war.

Earlier, al-Arabiya TV reported that Saudi Arabia had deployed 30,000 soldiers along the 900km (560-mile) frontier after Iraqi forces withdrew.

“It’s our hope that the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan will accept Hollande’s invitation to hold a summit in Paris,” the spokesperson said.

The Overijssel motion dissociates itself from the protest rally of genocide deniers and expresses the recognition of the Genocide.