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UN envoy: Aleppo residents at risk of extermination
Residents of Syria's Aleppo are at risk of extermination and the clock is ticking on the besieged city as winter sets in, a top UN envoy told the Security Council. Stephen O'Brien, the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, made the comments on Wednesday as at least 45 more civilians, including seven children, were killed whiletrying.. More -
Up to 20,000 flee as the Syrian regime advances
Up to 20,000 people have fled eastern Aleppo over the past 72 hours as Syrian regime forces and its allies continued to advance in the opposition-held part of the city, according to the Red Cross. Situation is Aleppo is a ‘human catastrophe’ Terrified civilians have fled empty-handed into remaining opposition-held territory, or crossed.. More -
Water supply cut off for half of Iraq's Mosul
Fighting between Iraqi forces and ISIL fighters has cut water supplies across a large part of Mosul, affecting 40 percent of residents in the city where poorer families are already struggling to feed themselves. Water was cut to 650,000 people when a pipeline was hit during fighting between ISIL and the Iraqi government forces trying to crush them.. More -
Exodus as Syria revolution forces lose northeast Aleppo
Syria's revolution forces lost all of the northern neighborhoods of their stronghold in east Aleppo on Monday, as the regime army made significant advances in its offensive to recapture the entire city. The regime gains have prompted an exodus of thousands of desperate civilians, some fleeing to districts held by the regime or Kurdish forces, others.. More -
German lawyers seek criminal case against Syria's Assad
A group of lawyers in Germany is planning to launch a case against Bashar al-Assad for war crimes committed by his forces and foreign allies in the Syrian province of Aleppo. The lawyers on Monday presented a criminal complaint against Assad, which they are submitting to German federal prosecutors. German law allows international prosecutions on the.. More -
'Hateful letters' sent to three California mosques
Hateful letters sent anonymously to three mosques in California with a warning that President-elect Donald Trump would "cleanse" the US of Muslims have stirred fears among congregants, according to a community leader. Hussam Ayloush, executive director of the Los Angeles chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), said.. More -
Trump calls recount a 'scam' as Clinton backs effort
President-elect Donald Trump, who called the presidential elections "rigged" for most of his campaign, branded the recount effort aimed at revisiting the vote in three pivotal battleground states a "scam". "The people have spoken and the election is over," Trump declared on Saturday in his first comments about the growing.. More -
Turkish soldiers killed by Syrian air strikes: Military
The Turkish military says three of its soldiers have been killed and 10 more wounded in Syria by an air strike allegedly launched by Syrian regime forces. A statement from the Turkish armed forces on its website said that the attack occurred at 3:30am local time [00:30 GMT] on Thursday. "In the air strike assessed to have been by Syrian regime.. More -
France: World should stop turning a blind eye to Syria
France has accused Syria and its allies of using political uncertainty in the United States to launch "total war" against opposition-held areas in the country and called for new sanctions on Bashar al-Assad's regime for the use of chemical weapons. Making the accusations after a weekly cabinet session on Wednesday, Jean-Marc Ayrault, France's.. More -
Russian tankers defy EU ban to smuggle jet fuel to Syria
Russian tankers have smuggled jet fuel to Syria through EU waters, bolstering military supplies to a war-torn country where Moscow is carrying out air strikes in support of the Syrian regime, according to sources with knowledge of the matter. At least two Russian-flagged ships made deliveries - which contravene EU sanctions - via Cyprus, an intelligence.. More -
Indian shelling kills nine in Kashmir, Pakistan says
At least nine civilians were killed and nine injured in Pakistan-administered Kashmir when an Indian artillery shell hit a passenger bus in the disputed region on Wednesday, Pakistani officials said. "The passenger bus was attacked by Indian shelling at 8.30 in the morning, resulting in the death of nine people on-board," DSP Neelum Valley.. More -
Bulldozers to raze Palestinian village in Israel
The Israeli government has announced plans to demolish Umm al-Hiran, a Bedouin village in the country's southern Negev region that is home to Palestinian citizens of Israel. The Israel Lands Administration (ILA), a governmental body that administers public land, said it will begin razing the village on Tuesday. At least 30 residents will be displaced... More -
Japan: Earthquake triggers tsunami at Fukushima
A powerful earthquake sent a series of moderate tsunamis towards Japan's northeastern shore, raising concerns about the Fukushima nuclear power plant destroyed by a much larger tsunami five year ago. The magnitude 7.4 earthquake, which was felt in Tokyo, sent thousands of residents fleeing for higher ground as dawn broke along the northeastern coast. There.. More -
Conditions in Aleppo gone from 'terrible to terrifying'
Syrian regime forces and allied fighters advanced further into opposition-held Aleppo on Monday, pressing an offensive in defiance of international concern for the fate of the city and its beleaguered civilians. "At least 36 people were killed in Monday's bombing," rescue worker Ibrahim Abu Leith told Al Jazeera. "These are the most.. More -
All hospitals in eastern Aleppo out of action after bombardments: officials
All hospitals in Syria's besieged opposition-held eastern Aleppo are out of service after days of heavy air strikes, its health directorate and the World Health Organization (WHO) said, though a war monitor said some were still functioning. White House national security adviser Susan Rice said the United States condemned "in the strongest terms".. More
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