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Russia: Ukraine strikes tanker in the Sea of Azov

ALBAWABA - A Ukrainian drone hit a tanker during its route to enter the Azov-Black Sea Canal, Yury Slyusar, governor of Russia's Rostov region, revealed in a statement on Sunday, according to The Moscow Times. A fire erupted at the tanker, but it was controlled, and there was no risk of an oil spill because the ship was empty, Slyusar added via his channel on Telegram. Additionally, no casualties were ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan reached a deal on March 5 to create a security corridor with joint Turkish and Russian patrols starting on March 15 along the key M4 highway in northern Syria, which runs roughly parallel to the border with Turkey, from northeastern Kurdish-controlled regions to the Mediterranean coast. Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP

March 24th, 2020 - 07:52 GMT

Drone Shot Down Near Russia's Airbase in Syria's Hmeimim

Yemeni Mother Rescues Her 9 and 10-Year Olds From Child Marriages

March 24th, 2020 - 06:32 GMT

Yemeni Mother Rescues Her 9 and 10-Year Olds From Child Marriages

Syrian refugees are picture in a building under construction they have been using as a shelter in the city of Sidon in southern Lebanon, on March 17, 2020 amidst the coronavirus COVID-19 epidemic. AFP/File

March 18th, 2020 - 12:18 GMT

Syrian Regime Attack Leaves 2-Month-Old Baby With One Eye

Syrians protest and burn tyres in an attempt to block traffic on the M4 highway, which links the northern Syrian provinces of Aleppo and Latakia, before incoming joint Turkish and Russian military patrols (as per an earlier agreed upon ceasefire deal) in the village of al-Nayrab, about 14 kilometres southeast of the city of Idlib and seven kilometres west of Saraqib in northwestern Syria on March 15, 2020. AFP/File

March 16th, 2020 - 09:55 GMT

When Will The Killing Fields in Syria Stop?

Doctor Ali Ghazal holds an awareness workshop on Coronavirus (COVID-19) at a camp for displaced people in Atme town in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, near the border with Turkey, on March 14, 2020. AAREF WATAD / AFP`

March 16th, 2020 - 07:00 GMT

UNICEF: 9000 Kids Killed in Syrian War Since it Began Nine Years Ago

Coronavirus and Israeli-Extremists Clasping Hands Against the Palestinians

March 8th, 2020 - 10:46 GMT

Coronavirus and Israeli-Extremists Clasping Hands Against the Palestinians

Turkey has sent thousands of reinforcements and truckloads of equipment into Idlib. AFP/File

February 27th, 2020 - 07:17 GMT

Erdogan Vows to Push Back Syrian Regime Forces in Idlib

An Afghan refugee (R) distributes sweets to celebrate the 'reduction in violence' agreed earlier between Taliban, US and Afghan forces, in the Khurasan refugee camp on the outskirts of Peshawar on February 22, 2020. AFP

February 23rd, 2020 - 09:57 GMT

Despite Peace Talks 10,000 Afghans Injured in 2019 UN Reports

A Turkish soldier patrols with troops in the town of Atareb in the rebel-held western countryside of Syria's Aleppo province on February 19, 2020. AFP

February 19th, 2020 - 01:20 GMT

Russia, Turkey in Brutal War of Words Over Idlib Assaults

The shelling is an escalation of hostilities in Syria that have sparked the biggest exodus of people since the civil war began nine years ago. AFP

February 13th, 2020 - 12:16 GMT

Syrian Regime Airstrikes Through The Eyes of Children

Hundreds of troops returned from serving in Yemen [Twitter]

February 11th, 2020 - 12:31 GMT

UAE Withdraw Hundreds of Troops From Yemen

A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stands guard in a prison where men suspected to be afiliated with the Islamic State (IS) group are jailed in northeast Syria in the city of Hasakeh on October 26, 2019. Photo: FADEL SENNA / AFP

February 3rd, 2020 - 11:12 GMT

Syria: 161 Cases of Arbitrary Arrests, 109 Disappearances for January – Rights Body