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Suspects, linked to opposition figure Gulen, are accused of helping gunman who was killed by special forces shortly after he assassinated ambassador Andrei Karlov in Ankara

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Author: AFP|Update: 08.03.2021 06:36 Syrians who have fled to neighbouring Turkey have tried to build new lives as best they can / © AFP Some are coping, others struggling, but Syrian refugees in Turkey say they dare not follow their dreams and return home while President Bashar al-Assad remains in power. Of the 5.6 million people who have fled Syrias conflict, more than 3.6 million have settled in neighbouring Turkey. Their arrival since...

Syrian refugees in Lebanon are eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but few know how March 9, 2021 A member of the healthcare staff administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Lebanons Rafik Hariri Hospital in the capital Beirut, 14/2/2021 (AFP) BEIRUT — While pushing his potato cart in the streets of the Shatila refugee camp in the suburbs of Beirut, Hassan Houran said he wanted to get vaccinated against COVID-19 but, like many Syrian refugees, had no idea how to register to get it. “No...

Iraq Humanitarian Needs Overview (February 2021) Format October 2020 to 18 January 2021 After the needs assessments and analysis underpinning this Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) concluded in early October 2020, the Government of Iraq (GoI) announced it would close all camps hosting internally displaced people by the end of the year. From mid-October 2020 to the time of HNO publication in mid-January 2021, 14 formal IDP camps in areas under GoI administration were closed, consolidated or recl...

A Turkish court has sentenced five people to life in prison over the 2016 assassination of Russias ambassador to the country. Andrei Karlov was fatally shot at a photo exhibition in the Turkish capital Ankara by an off-duty police officer on December 19. The gunman, Mevlüt Mert Altintas, was later shot and killed by other officers at the scene. The gunman had claimed he wanted to punish Moscow for its support for the Syrian regime which was then in the process of taking over Aleppo after an in...

5 Sentenced to Life in Turkey for Russian Envoys Murder March 9, 2021 Andrei Karlov, Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated in 2016 while attending an art exhibition in Ankara. Burhan Ozbilici / AP / TASS A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced five suspects to life in jail over the 2016 murder of Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov in Ankara, state news agency Anadolu reported. The suspects were accused of links to the 22...

The devastating conflict that erupted in 2011 is arguably the worst of the 21st century so far on a humanitarian level, but the wanton destruction of a nation's heritage was possibly the worst the world has seen for generations

Mr Andrei Karlov was shot dead by an off-duty policeman while speaking at an Ankara exhibition opening in December 2016.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

No tank is undefeatable and it appears the Leopard 2 suffered just that in Syria. Key point: The Leopard 2 is a very good tank. However, it appears to have met its match in Russian anti-tank weapons and in insurgent suicide bombers. Germany’s Leopard 2 main battle tank has a reputation as one of the finest in the world, competing for that distinction with proven designs such as the American M1 Abrams and the British Challenger 2. However, that reputation for nigh-invincibility has faced setb...