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Yemen’s cholera outbreak became the fastest growing in modern history
October 23, 2017
Yemen’s cholera outbreak became the fastest growing in modern history
The cholera epidemic in Yemen is now the largest and fastest growing outbreak of the disease in modern history – the result of a crippling war that has devastated the country, long the poorest in the Arab world, and unleashed…
UNICEF: war on Yemen shutters one in 10 schools; teachers unpaid for a year
October 23, 2017
UNICEF: war on Yemen shutters one in 10 schools; teachers unpaid for a year
The war on Yemen – now into its third year – continues to take a toll on millions of children, with their education now under threat, adding to an already long list of bitter hardships including malnutrition, displacement and violence,…
Syrian army troops, allies liberate central town in Homs from Daesh
October 23, 2017
Syrian army troops, allies liberate central town in Homs from Daesh
Syrian government forces, supported by fighters from allied popular defense groups, have managed to wrest complete control over a town in the central province of Homs as they continue to score more territorial gains against the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group…
Bombings hit two Shia mosques in Afghanistan, 72 killed
October 21, 2017
Bombings hit two Shia mosques in Afghanistan, 72 killed
At least 72 people, including women and children, have been killed and scores of others injured in two bomb attacks that targeted two Shia mosques in Afghanistan. At least 72 people, including women and children, have been killed…
Bahraini rights groups appeal to International community over Manama’s abuses against detainees
October 21, 2017
Bahraini rights groups appeal to International community over Manama’s abuses against detainees
Bahraini rights groups called on international organizations, UN – Special Rapporteurs, and member states of the UN Human Rights Council to seek “unconditional access” to Bahrain’s detention facilities and urgently look into the plight of the detainees. Bahraini…
Syrian Army advances towards Khasham, clashes with ISIS in Deir Ezzor
October 21, 2017
Syrian Army advances towards Khasham, clashes with ISIS in Deir Ezzor
Syrian Arab Army units operating in Deir Ezzor carried out concentrated operations against ISIS, advancing towards the town of Khasham in the northern countryside and clashing with terrorists in Huwaijet Sakr on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River. …
10 dead as Saudi warplanes bomb civilian targets in Yemen
October 21, 2017
10 dead as Saudi warplanes bomb civilian targets in Yemen
Saudi warplanes have bombed residential areas in the Sa’ada and Hajjah provinces of Yemen, killing at least 10 civilians, including an entire family. Saudi warplanes have bombed residential areas in the Sa’ada and Hajjah provinces of Yemen, killing…
PMUs free 80 civilians, eliminates 8 ISIS militants
October 21, 2017
PMUs free 80 civilians, eliminates 8 ISIS militants
A paramilitary brigade of the Popular Mobilization Units has freed dozens of families from ISIS in a town near the west part of Mosul city. A paramilitary brigade of the Popular Mobilization Units has freed dozens of families…
ISIS suffer heavy casualties in latest US airstrikes in Nangarhar province
October 19, 2017
ISIS suffer heavy casualties in latest US airstrikes in Nangarhar province
ISIS terrorist group suffered heavy casualties in the latest airstrikes conducted in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. ISIS terrorist group suffered heavy casualties in the latest airstrikes conducted in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The provincial police commandment in…
Bombing kills 7 in southwest Pakistan
October 19, 2017
Bombing kills 7 in southwest Pakistan
A roadside bomb has killed at least seven people, including five policemen, and injured about two dozen others in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta. A roadside bomb has killed at least seven people, including five policemen, and injured about…