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Civilians ride a bus to be evacuated from the besieged Damascus suburb of Daraya, after an agreement reached between rebels and Syria’s army. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
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A Syrian army soldier is seen through the reflection of a bus filled with people to be evacuated from the besieged Damascus suburb of Daraya, after an agreement reached on Thursday between rebels and Syria’s army, Syria August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
First Evacuees Leave Syrian Daraya
Besieged residents and Syrian opposition combatants and non-combatants began evacuating the Damascus suburb of Daraya on Friday, witnesses told Reuters. The exodus takes place during one of the longest stand-offs in Syria’s five-year war began. Syrian Opposition...Caption:
Rebels hold a young man at gunpoint, who they accuse of being a loyalist to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, between the towns of Brega and Ras Lanuf, March 3, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
6 Western Governments Call on Libyan Parliament to Endorse New Cabinet
Cairo- National Reconciliation Government Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj revealed that he requested U.S. military assistance at the time when five Western governments urged him to present a new cabinet line-up to the Libyan parliament to be endorsed within ten days....Caption:
Iraqi soldiers gather to go to battle against ISIS militants south of Mosul [Reuters]
U.N. Props for Refugee Exodus from Iraq’s Mosul
As the battle to retake Mosul nears, human rights organizations, chiefly the U.N. refugee agency UNCHR, fear further displacement of Iraqis. Hundreds of thousands in and around Mosul could be uprooted by the military assault to retake the city from ISIS, UNHCR said on...Caption:
Libyan pro-government forces hold a position as they fight to clear the Islamic State group from its main Libyan stronghold of Sirte on August 13, 2016. AFP