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Massacre Complicates ‘Population Swap’ in Syria

by Youssef Diab | Apr 16, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – At least 100 people were killed and around 500 were injured on Saturday when a bomb ripped through one of the buses carrying refugees from the towns of Kefraya and Fua on their way to the city of Aleppo, northern Syria. The convoy was carrying residents...

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Saudi Arabia Sends 600 Tons of Medical Supplies to the Yemeni People

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Jan 19, 2017 | Middle East

A Saudi official said that Saudi convoys carrying about 600 tons of medicines and medical supplies will enter Yemeni territory next week in coordination with the relevant Yemeni organisations. The General Supervisor of the King Salman Centre for Relief and...

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Turkish Opposition Leader is Targeted in Attack and the Authorities Accuse the PKK

by Said Abdul Razzak | Aug 26, 2016 | World

Turkey’s main opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu’s convoy was subjected to an attack and gunfire on its way to the city of Artvin, north east Turkey, yesterday. A security officer was killed and three others were wounded. Security forces and private security guards...

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Saudi Funded Food Convoy is the First to Enter Taiz After Blockade is Partially Lifted

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 23, 2016 | Middle East

While cautious calm prevailed over some sites on the frontline in Taiz, the national army and the Popular Resistance continues to advance and control large areas of the western front that was formerly controlled by Houthi militias and forces loyal to the ousted...

U.N. Convoy Brings Food to Besieged Syrian Town of Daraya

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 10, 2016 | Middle East

For the first time since 2012 an international aid convoy made its way to the Opposition-held Syrian town of Daraya overnight to deliver food supplies, the United Nations said on Friday. The town was completely sieged by Assad’s so-called regime forces. Aid trucks...