Syria: A quick reminder
The pitiless Syrian engine of war grinds on. The waves of the displaced seek refuge. The only realistic escape route is Lebanon and Turkey.
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President Assad contradicted previous statements on Khan Sheikhun made by his allies in Moscow and members of his own government.
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An inquest has heard how a 25 year old man electrocuted himself in his prison cell.
Russia rejects Turkish claims is has committed “an obvious war crime” following the deaths of up to 50 people in bombing attacks on hospitals and schools in Syria.
Frantic staff from Medecins Sans Frontiers say they phoned Nato officials in Washington and Kabul for a full hour – as bombs rained down on their hospital in Afghanistan.
The pitiless Syrian engine of war grinds on. The waves of the displaced seek refuge. The only realistic escape route is Lebanon and Turkey.
ISIS is believed to have used chemical weapons in an attack on a civilian area in northern Syria last week, according local aid groups and rebels, and video footage.
A boat carrying hundreds of people capsizes off the Libyan coast and there are reports of a “significant number of casualties”.
It appears that the already severely degraded medical services available to civilians in Syria are diminishing fast under assault from barrel bombs.
After 42 days without a new case, the west African state of Liberia, the country worst hit by the latest Ebola outbreak, is declared free of the disease by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres.
With Nepalis in villages becoming ever more desperate for help, relief agencies have defended themselves against criticism that the international response has been sluggish.
Yuri Koryagin recalls the moment he saw a flash when he was leaving work whilst phoning his mum. Both legs have now been amputated after a shell burst.
When I ask the President of Guinea whether he knew anyone personally who had died of Ebola, he tells me that for him, every death is personal. After all, he’s the president and these are his people.