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A convoy of UN and Red Cross vehicles left Damascus for Madaya on Monday
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 11, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
Aid convoys headed, on Monday, for a besieged Syrian town where thousands of people, including women and children, have been trapped for six months by a government blockade and have received no aid since October. The United Nations has reported people dying of...
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Turkish riot police take position during a protest at Taksim Square in Istanbul June 11, 2013. Source Reuters/Murad Sezer
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 11, 2013 | World
Istanbul, Reuters—Turkish riot police fired tear gas and water cannon at hundreds of protesters armed with rocks and fireworks on Tuesday as they tried to take back control of a central Istanbul square at the heart of fierce anti-government demonstrations. Hundreds of...