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People carry a stretcher amid debris after a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders was hit near Maaret al-Numan, in Syria’s northern province of Idlib. (AFP)

MSF: Syrian Regime Used Chemical Weapons in Hama

by Youssef Diab | Apr 2, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Doctors Without Borders (MSF) accused the Syrian regime and its allies of using chemical weapons in their bombardment of the Hama governorate on March 25. MSF reported that the “regime targeted Latamneh hospital in the northern Hama governorate, killing two...

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People with amputated legs are pictured at a prosthetic limbs centre in southwestern city of Taiz, Yemen, May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Anees Mahyoub

Yemen: MSF Withdraws from Ibb Hospital following Houthi Disturbances

by Abdul Hadi Habtor and Saeed al-Abyad | Mar 24, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh, Jeddah – “Doctors Without Borders” (MSF) announced on Thursday it would stop its assistance program in al-Thawra hospital in the province of Ibb located in north of Yemen, as it was prevented from carrying its work with impartiality. Hugues Robert, MSF Program...

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A displaced Iraqi family flees from clashes during a battle between Iraqi forces and Islamic State in Mosul, Iraq March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

400,000 Trapped in West Mosul, UN Says ‘Worst Is Yet to Come’

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 23, 2017 | Middle East

About 600,000 Iraqis remain in the areas of west Mosul held by the ISIS group, including 400,000 who are “trapped” in the Old City under siege-like conditions facing food shortages and growing panic under shelling that could provoke a mass exodus, the...

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Iraqi Federal Police member rides a bike at Dawassa district as the battle against Islamic State’s fighters continues in the city of Mosul, Iraq, March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

Mosul: ISIS’ Random Shelling on Liberated Areas Injures Dozens of Civilians

by Dalshad Abdullah | Mar 23, 2017 | Middle East

Mosul – Displaced civilians in liberated areas have become ISIS’ main target now that battles have intensified in the center of Mosul’s Old City. ISIS militants have resorted to shelling areas recaptured by Iraqi forces in western Mosul, hitting civilians fleeing the...

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MSF Member Lost to Shelling in Taiz

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 19, 2016 | Middle East

Taiz- Doctors Without Borders, known by the French acronym MSF, announced that one of its members was killed in the shelling of a busy civilian market located east of the Yemeni city of Taiz. “Sadly, one of our colleagues who works as a watchman at the MSF...