Tag: Syria
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TNG Deal Breakers: Earthquakes: Today’s Turkey, Syria and elsewhere, but it cannot happen in Nigeria?
Every day we read about the phenomenal human lives wasted since the massively destructive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, a country that has recorded large-scale calamities from wars it waged on itself. The death toll was 34,000 at the beginning of this week and hopes are gradually dimming on possibilities of digging out more survivors.…
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Woman pulled out of rubbles alive after 52 hours in Turkey
A woman was pulled out alive after being trapped in the rubble of a building that collapsed 52 hours earlier due to a devastating earthquake in southeast Turkey.
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Israel missiles hit South Damascus
Israel has fired several surface-to-surface missiles targeting sites south of Syrian capital Damascus, Syrian state news agency SANA reported. The shelling struck a town south of Damascus on Wednesday evening, causing material damage. This is the second Israeli aerial strike on Syria this month, after it targeted anti-aircraft batteries on February 9 in response to…
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Syria reopens Aleppo airport after 8-year closure
A plane operated by Syria’s national carrier on Wednesday landed in Aleppo’s airport, marking the reopening of the facility after an eight-year closure, the state Syrian news agency SANA reported. Syrian government forces, supported by allied Russian forces, announced their capture of the countryside around Aleppo from rebels earlier this week, in the north of…
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Syria: Trump’s Defence Secretary, Jim Mattis resigns
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, whose experience and stability were widely seen as a balance to an unpredictable president, resigned on Thursday in protest of President Trump’s decision to withdraw American forces from Syria and his rejection of international alliances. Mr. Mattis had repeatedly told friends and aides over recent months that he viewed his responsibility…
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Largest mass grave of IS victims discovered in Syria
Bodies of some 1,400 people killed by the Islamic State Terrorist Group (IS, outlawed in Russia) have been found in a mass grave in the Syrian City of Raqqa. The Head of Damascus-based Syrian Human Rights Network, Ahmad Kazeem said this to Sputnik on Wednesday. “The biggest mass grave with 1,400 bodies has been found…
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Suicide bombings kill 38 in southern Syria
Authorities said 38 people were killed and 37 others wounded in a series of bombings and attacks in the southern province of Sweida on Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said suicide bombers from the Islamic State (IS) detonated bomb vests and explosive devices in Sweida city in tandem with an attack by this…
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Facebook records increased graphic violence
The number of posts on Facebook showing graphic violence rose in the first three months of the year from a quarter earlier, possibly driven by the war in Syria, the social network said on Tuesday, in its first public release of such data. Facebook said in a written report that of every 10,000 pieces of…