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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
