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Several civilians, soldiers killed in US strikes in eastern Syria

US strikes in eastern Syria killed several civilians and regime soldiers, injuring others, state-run news agency SANA reported on Saturday, Anadolu reports. “The American occupation forces launched a blatant air attack on a number of sites and towns in the eastern region of Syria and near the Syrian-Iraqi borders,” SANA quoted a statement by the Syrian Defense Ministry as saying. The strike led to the killing of “a number of civilians and […]

4 February 2024

International News

Australia special forces troops face sack for unlawful killings

Australia has told 13 special forces soldiers that they face dismissal in relation to a report on alleged unlawful killings in Afghanistan, the head of the country’s army said on Friday. Lieutenant General Rick Burr, the head of the Australian army, said the soldiers have been issued with “administrative action notices,” which would terminate their service in two weeks unless they successfully appealed. A years-long investigation last week reported that […]

27 November 2020

International News

‘Mali rebel fighters’ kill 17 Tuareg civilians

Suspected rebels have killed at least 17 civilians belonging to the Tuareg ethnic community in northern Mali, just days after 40 Tuaregs were killed during a similar raid on nearby villages, authorities say. The attacks occurred on Tuesday in the village of Tindibawen, 160km east of the town of Menaka near the border with Niger, and in a nearby village, Nanout Kotia, mayor of Menaka, told Reuters news agency. Violence […]

3 May 2018

Opinions

Syria war: Leaving Ghouta is not an option

By Haid Haid The public attention (both in the region and the west) - as a result of the Syrian army's ongoing attack on the besieged enclave of Eastern Ghouta - has been gradually shifting away from blaming the government for launching a war of extermination against its citizens. Instead, many have started wondering, and even blaming, rebel groups for fighting back. The argument goes something like this: Syrian President […]

23 February 2018

International News

Hundreds suffer from food poisoning in camp near Mosul

At least two people have died and hundreds more have fallen ill after suffering food poisoning in a camp for displaced Iraqis east of Mosul, officials said. People started vomiting and some fainted after eating the fast-breaking iftar meal on Monday, lawmaker Zahed Khatoun, a member of the Iraqi parliament's committee for displaced people told Reuters news agency on Tuesday. Iraq's health minister told The Associated Press that a girl […]

13 June 2017

International News

Kabul death toll rises to 90

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has condemned the "cowardly" truck bomb attack that ripped through the heart of Kabul's diplomatic district, killing at least 90 people and wounding hundreds. The powerful explosion on Wednesday was described by officials as "one of the biggest" to have hit the Afghan capital. The explosives were hidden in a tanker truck used to clean out septic systems, Najib Danish, deputy spokesman for the interior minister, […]

1 June 2017

International News

Civilians killed by barrel bombs near Damascus: reports

At least 14 civilians have been killed and several others wounded in a series of barrel-bomb attacks on rebel-held areas near Damascus, Al Jazeera has learnt. Syrian government air strikes targeted the town of Wadi Barada, northwest of the capital, on Monday, injuring dozens of people, including several children, activists told Al Jazeera. According to videos posted on social media by opposition groups, the Syrian government intensified its assault on […]

27 December 2016

International News

At least 22 killed in troubled North Kivu province

At least 22 civilians were killed in Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province over the weekend, an official said, blaming the attacks on an armed group led by Ugandan rebels. The killings happened in Eringeti, a town 55km north of the regional hub Beni, a city plagued by a wave of deadly attacks, according to regional official Amisi Kalonda. "Yesterday, they killed 10 civilians. Twelve other bodies were found […]

26 December 2016

International News

Refugees killed and robbed as convoy flees Aleppo

Only a day after the evacuation of Aleppo residents began, numerous reports emerged that a convoy of at least 800 civilians was taken hostage by pro-Assad militias near Ramoussa on Friday. “A group of cars carrying hundreds of people out of east Aleppo was stopped by tanks belonging to Shia militias and taken hostage for two hours,” said Seraj Alomar, manager of Boraq news agency and a witness who was […]

17 December 2016

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