As time goes on and the death toll steadily rises in Turkey and Syria from the massive earthquakes a week ago — and with hopes of finding people alive amid the rubble all but gone — homeless, grief-stricken and, in…
Baby born in rubble of Syria earthquake is named Aya and has new guardian
A Syrian baby girl whose mother died after giving birth to her under the rubble of their home during this week’s earthquake now has a name: Aya, Arabic for “a sign from God”. With her parents and all her siblings…
Earthquake in Turkey, Syria is deadliest in a decade as deaths pass 9,400
The earthquake in Turkey and Syria has killed more than 9,400 people, making it the deadliest seismic event in more than a decade. Turkish authorities updated the country’s death toll on Wednesday to 6,957. In Syria’s government-controlled area, the country’s…
Earthquake in Turkey and Syria kills hundreds with fears casualties will rise
More than 1,300 people were killed when an earthquake struck central Turkey and north-west Syria, in one of the most powerful quakes in the region in at least a century, while a second powerful shake hours later threatened to overwhelm…
Earthquake: 105 reported dead in Syria
The Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) reported that, at least 105 people died in Syrian opposition areas due to a strong earthquake on Monday morning. The Chairman of SAMS, Bassel Termanini, told dpa that the organisation covered about 50 per…
Syria: Bus blast near Damascus leaves many soldiers dead
Eighteen soldiers were killed and 20 wounded when an explosive device detonated on a military bus in the Damascus countryside on Thursday, local outlet Sham FM reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based activist group that counts casualties…
Syrian torturer is sentenced to life in jail for crimes against humanity
A German court sentenced a former Syrian intelligence officer to life in prison yesterday for crimes against humanity in a landmark ruling against the Assad regime. The conviction is the first time the regime has been held responsible for state-sponsored…
Fight for life as Polish services pull migrants from freezing swamp
Four migrants from Syria and Iraq were rescu ed from a swamp in Poland near the border with Belarus late on Tuesday in a life-or-death operation as bitter winter conditions set in, security services said. While the number of migrants…
*Vehicle knocks groom dead on wedding day in Nasarawa (Nation)*Lagos resumes clampdown of illegal abattoirs, veterinary premises April 19 – Commissioner (Guardian)
Vehicle knocks groom dead on wedding day in Nasarawa (Nation) A gay atmosphere was turned into a mournful one in Ikyangedu community, Keana Local Government Area, Nasarawa State last Saturday as a would be groom was knocked dead by a…
Syria marks 10 years since uprising began
Syrians are marking 10 years since peaceful protests against President Bashar al-Assad’s government erupted in March 2011, touching off a popular uprising that quickly turned into a full-blown civil war. Despite a decade of fighting and a broken country, al-Assad…