by Safwan Badawi | Nov 21, 2016 | Middle East
Aleppo- Residents of besieged Aleppo don’t have many choices as a new wave of deaths emerges with every sunrise due to the sporadic raids carried out by the warplanes of the Syrian regime and Russia. Syrian regime forces continued pounding the eastern parts of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 19, 2016 | Middle East
The United States on Saturday condemned airstrikes on hospitals in eastern Aleppo, Syria, and it called on Russia to takes steps to contain the violence. “The United States condemns in the strongest terms these horrific attacks against medical infrastructure and...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 19, 2016 | Middle East
Hospitals facing complete deadlock in Syria’s rebel-held eastern Aleppo are officially out of service after days of heavy air strikes. The shutdown was pronounced by the Aleppo health directorate and the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. Elizabeth...
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 | Jul 24, 2016 | World
Left powerless and unable to get specialist care for his six-year-old daughter in Libya or a visa for treatment abroad, Abdulhakim Shaybi bought a motor boat and set off with her last month across the Mediterranean. Two-and-a-half hours into their journey from...