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A family eat breakfast outside their hut at a camp for people displaced by the war near Sanaa, Reuters
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Anti-Gadhafi fighters celebrate the fall of Sirte in the town, Libya. (Reuters)
War Diaries in Libya: The Clash of Local Militias
Libya- As a four wheel vehicle mounted by three fighters and a 14.5 machine gun departed from Sirte’s port, a trail of nine similar automobiles followed. Soldiers riding the convoy raised ‘V’ signs and chanted quotes of victory—they had just returned from battle with...Caption:
Syrian pro-regime militias secure a street as civilians come back to the neighbourhood of Bani Zeid, on Aleppo’s northern outskirts on July 29, 2016, a day after Syrian government forces took control of the previously rebel-held district. Regime forces have surrounded rebel-held districts in eastern Aleppo since July 17, sparking fears for an estimated 250,000 people who live there. / AFP PHOTO / GEORGE OURFALIAN
Russia Announces Deploying S-300 Missile System to Syria
The Russian Defense Ministry stated officially on Tuesday it had deployed an S-300 missile system to its Tartus naval base in Syria. U.S. media reported earlier this week that Russia had sent the S-300 system to Syria at the weekend in its first foreign deployment of...Caption:
Marwa al-Sabouni in Homs, Syria, in March. She and her family were largely confined to their apartment during two years of heavy fighting in the city. Credit Ghassan Jansiz/Marwa al-Sabouni
Trapped in Homs, Architect Imagines a New Future for Syrian Cities
Did Syria’s urban architecture help fuel the civil war that has shattered the country and claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people? This is the provocative theory proposed by Marwa al-Sabouni, a young architect from Homs who spent two years confined to her...Caption:
Civilians fleeing Basra, Iraq, March 2003. Paolo Pellegrin/Magnum Photos