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Children walk past rubble of damaged buildings at Ain Tarma, eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta. , Syria, July 19, 2017. (photo by REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh)

Civilian Casualties Spiral in Syria

by Louisa Loveluck | Oct 9, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Civilian casualties have spiraled across Syria in recent weeks as pro-regime forces launch hundreds of bombing raids across areas marked for international protection. Groups monitoring the conflict have recorded hundreds of strikes since the end of a sixth...

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Aid Organisation: Hospitals in Syria Are Being Bombed Every Day

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 2, 2016 | Middle East

A Syrian non-governmental organisation (NGO) yesterday announced that bombing carried out by the Syrian regime and its Russian ally on hospitals in Syria has intensified in the past few days, and that a hospital was targeted almost every day last week in opposition...

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A civil defence member carries a child that survived from under the rubble at a site hit by airstrikes in the rebel held area of Old Aleppo, Syria, April 28, 2016.
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WHO: Attacks on Hospitals Killed Nearly 1,000 in 2 years

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 26, 2016 | Middle East

Attacks on medical facilities in conflicts over the past two years have killed nearly 1,000 people worldwide, the World Health Organization said in a report Thursday. The report stressed that such attacks represent an utter violation of humanitarian norms. The report...

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Police officers check a collapsed house after an earthquake in Mashiki town, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo April 16, 2016. Mandatory credit REUTERS/Kyodo

Second Deadly Quake Kills at Least 16 in Southern Japan

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 16, 2016 | World

A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake shook southern Japan early on Saturday, killing at least 16 people, injuring hundreds more and trapping people in collapsed buildings, barely a day after a quake killed nine people in the same region. Thousands of army troops and...

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A Spanish National police officer stands next to wrecked parts of a train at a warehouse in Escravitude, 20 km (12 miles) from Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, July 27, 2013. (Reuters/Miguel Vidal)

Spanish train crash driver leaves hospital, remains in custody

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 27, 2013 | World

Santiago de Compostela, Reuters—The driver of a Spanish train that derailed at high speed killing 78 people was released from hospital on Saturday, but he remained in police custody ahead of an appearance before a judge to answer questions about what went wrong....