by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 14, 2016 | Middle East
Beirut – Hundreds of thousands were killed during 66 months of the Syrian revolution, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said in a statement on Tuesday. SOHR was able to document 301,781 human losses since the fall of the first casualty in Daraa on...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 30, 2016 | World
NAIROBI- After rescuers were still searching in the scene of the six-story building that collapsed in Nairobi’s Huruma residential estate on Friday, today the death toll in Kenya’s capital has risen to 7 where in addition to those who have lost their lives, the...
by Mahmud El Shafey | Jul 6, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt continued to spiral out of control on Saturday after national political forces sought to get a handle on the violence that has broken out across the country following Mohamed Mursi’s ouster. Egypt’s interim president Adly Mansour met with...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 14, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The United States has announced that it will supply direct military aid, including arms, to the Syrian rebels for the first time. US president Barack Obama took the decision after his administration concluded that Assad regime forces have...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 13, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The UN Human Rights Office issued a report on Thursday which revealed that at least 93,000 people have been killed in the Syrian civil war so far, with the actual figure estimated to be far greater. The UN report found 92,901 documented...
