Tag: human rights

Air raids kill at least 28 civilians in Syria’s Aleppo

Air raids kill at least 28 civilians in Syria’s Aleppo

July  16, – The death toll from what residents said an attack with barrel bombs steadily rose throughout the day as bombardment rocked the city, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Air raids on rebel-held districts of Syria’s battleground second city of Aleppo killed at least 28 civilians including children on Saturday, a […]

July 16, 2016 | By | Reply More
U.S.-backed forces advance against Islamic State in Syria

U.S.-backed forces advance against Islamic State in Syria

Jun 18, – The visit came only hours after the Syrian army and its Iranian-backed militias, which have been supported by Russian air power, lost several villages to Islamist rebels as they made significant advances in the countryside south of Aleppo. U.S.-backed Syrian forces edged closer to an Islamic State stronghold on the border with […]

June 18, 2016 | By | Reply More
Residents flee as air strikes shake Syria’s Aleppo

Residents flee as air strikes shake Syria’s Aleppo

Apr 30, – Aleppo was left out of a new temporary US-Russian brokered truce that appeared to be holding in the regime stronghold of Latakia as well as Damascus and the nearby rebel bastion of Eastern Ghouta. Terrified residents fled a new wave of air strikes on rebel-held areas of Syria’s divided city of Aleppo […]

April 30, 2016 | By | Reply More
Fierce bombardment in Syria’s Aleppo province kills 25

Fierce bombardment in Syria’s Aleppo province kills 25

Apr 26, – The attacks are the latest in a surge of violence in and around the city that has severely tested a February 27 ceasefire. A barrage of air strikes and shelling on Syria’s second city Aleppo and a town to its west have killed 25 civilians, emergency workers and a monitoring group said […]

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Truce in peril as Syria bombardments kill at least 30

Truce in peril as Syria bombardments kill at least 30

Apr 23, – The head of a Britain-based monitoring group said the escalating violence meant a ceasefire between the regime and non-jihadist rebels, in place since late February, had effectively collapsed. At least 30 civilians were killed Saturday in regime and rebel bombardment of areas across Syria, threatening an eight-week-old truce at a time when […]

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Air strikes on Syria’s Aleppo kill 25

Air strikes on Syria’s Aleppo kill 25

Apr 22, – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which said regime warplanes carried out the air strikes, earlier gave a toll of 19 dead but said this was likely to rise. Air strikes on rebel-held neighbourhoods in Syria’s second city Aleppo on Friday killed at least 25 people and wounded more than 40, emergency […]

April 22, 2016 | By | Reply More
Prominent al-Qaida figure killed in US drone strike in Syria

Prominent al-Qaida figure killed in US drone strike in Syria

Apr 08, – The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Rifai Ahmad Taha was killed in a strike Tuesday in the northwestern Idlib province. A senior Egyptian al-Qaida figure fighting in Syria was killed in a U.S. drone strike this week, the latest to be killed in such attacks in Syria, a Syrian opposition […]

April 8, 2016 | By | Reply More
Amnesty- Rights took back seat in EU amid refugee crisis

Amnesty- Rights took back seat in EU amid refugee crisis

Feb 24, – The rights group’s chief, Salil Shetty, criticized the European Union — with the exception of Germany for failing refugees in need, saying that European summits increasingly focused on measures designed to keep out refugees or hasten their return. Respect for human rights regressed across Europe in 2015, as countries moved to restrict […]

February 24, 2016 | By | Reply More
IS attack on Syria’s Deir Ezzor kills 35 regime forces- monitor

IS attack on Syria’s Deir Ezzor kills 35 regime forces- monitor

Jan 16, – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the jihadist group had advanced into the northern tip of the city and captured the suburb of Al-Baghaliyeh. At least 35 Syrian soldiers and pro-regime militiamen were killed Saturday in a multi-front attack by the Islamic State group on the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, […]

January 16, 2016 | By | Reply More
Aid workers warn looming Balkan winter threatens migrant children

Aid workers warn looming Balkan winter threatens migrant children

Oct 22, – Shams Dassuki, a 24-year-old from Damascus, wrapped a white blanket tightly around her young daughter against the cold rain as they reached Serbia from Macedonia along with thousands of migrants moving West. Aid workers in Serbia warn children struggling across the Balkans on their way to western Europe face serious health risks […]

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