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A woman affected by what activists say was a gas attack on the town of Telminnes is transferred to Bab al-Hawa hospital, which is close to the Turkish border, to receive treatment April 21, 2014. Chlorine gas attacks in Syria this month, if proven, expose a major loophole in an international deal which promised to remove chemical weapons from Syria and suggest chemical warfare could persist after the removal operation has finished. In addition, chlorine gas that was never included on the list submitted to the OPCW is now allegedly being used on the battlefield, leading some countries to consider requesting an investigation, possibly through the United Nations. On Monday, opposition groups reported a further attack, this time 20 miles (30 km) northeast of Kfar Zeita in the town of Telminnes. Picture taken April 21, 2014. REUTERS/Amer Alfaj (SYRIA – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
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Syrian Regime Commits Genocide in Aleppo
Washington denounces the regime’s strikes and calls on Russia to use its influence on Damascus The US State Department said that the air strikes carried out by the Syrian regime on a hospital in Aleppo is “reprehensible” and called on Russia to use its influence to...Caption:
Pope Francis blesses during a mass on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian mass killings, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. (Reuters)
Pope calls Armenian slaughter ‘1st genocide of 20th century’
Vatican city, AP—Pope Francis on Sunday honored the 100th anniversary of the slaughter of Armenians by calling it “the first genocide of the 20th century” and urging the international community to recognize it as such, a politically explosive declaration...Caption:
Aid workers unload food to be distributed at a camp for people displaced by the recent unrest, at the Mpoko international airport of Bangui February 12, 2014. The United Nations estimates that 1.3 million people – more than a quarter of the population – are in need of urgent food aid after months of communal violence that French and African peacekeepers have been unable to stop. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)
Mass grave found in Central African Republic; UN warns of “cleansing”
Bangui, Reuters—A top UN official warned on Wednesday of “ethnic–religious cleansing” in the Central African Republic, as peacekeepers uncovered a mass grave at a military camp occupied by Muslim Seleka rebels in the capital Bangui. The atrocity is the...Caption:
In this photograph taken on May 13, 2012, Ghulam Azam (C), former head of the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party, is assisted by security personnel as he emerges from the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka. A special Bangladesh court on July 13, 2013, found top Islamist, Azam, guilty of masterminding atrocities during the 1971 war of independence against Pakistan (AFP PHOTO/STR/ FILES)