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SHARE Six months on from a blast at Beirut port that killed more than 200, the grief is still raw for the families and friends of the dead. On Thursday, dozens gathered at the port’s entrance under dark clouds for a vigil to mark six months since an explosion that continues to haunt the shattered city. Pictures of the dead Six months ago, the buildings were destroyed by one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. Today the site is a focus One woman collapsed as she broke down ...

Kurds and government end rival sieges in northern Syria In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, pro-government demonstrators protest the siege on their neighborhood by Kurdish security forces, in Hassakeh, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. The state news agency SANA said one Syrian was killed and four injured after Kurdish security forces opened fire at pro-government demonstrators in Hassakeh. A Kurdish-run news agency, Hawar, said security forces at a check...

Tuesday, 2 February, 2021 - 18:45 A member of the Kurdish internal security services known as Asayish stands guard as Syrian Kurds demonstrate in the northeastern city of Qamishli on January 20, 2021. (AFP) Asharq Al-Awsat Kurdish forces in northern Syria ended a weekslong siege of regime-held neighborhoods in two northeastern cities Tuesday, they said, as part of a deal brokered by Russia. As part of the agreement with Kurdish fo...

Doctors treat patients in cars as Lebanons hospitals buckle amid a surge of Covid patients Were getting to the point of true disaster, a doctor warns, as extreme lockdown and economic crisis threaten civil unrest 1 February 2021 • 12:00pm A patient treated in their car at the emergency care unit at St Georges Hospital Credit: Nabil Mounzer/Shutterstock Doctors in Lebanon are treating patients in parked cars, outside hospitals, in corridors, cupboards and canteens as doctors warn the country c...

Many have called for greater protection of women and improved domestic violence laws Kanjos death has been condemned online, with many calling for accountability (Screengrab/Twitter) By Published date: 1 February 2021 14:57 UTC | Last update: 4 weeks 1 day ago The murder of a Lebanese model, Zeina Kanjo, on Sunday evening has been condemned online, and reignited conversations about the protection of women and domestic violence laws in L...

   2021/01/31 19:40 Members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are pictured during preparations to join the front against Turkish forces, near the northern Syrian town of Hasakah, Oct. 10, 2019. (Photo: AFP) ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – One person was killed on Saturday after members of the pro-Assad regime militia known as the National Defense Forces (NDF) fired on the Internal Security Forces in Hasakah city. The local pro-Kurdish Hawar News Agency (ANHA) reported th...

A man was killed in the Lebanese city of Tripoli on Thursday in clashes between security forces and protesters angry over a strict lockdown that has cut off livelihoods in a collapsing economy. Omar Taybah, 30, was hit by a bullet overnight, according to a local hospital that treated him, a security source and residents. Dozens marched at his funeral during the day. Witnesses and local media said police had fired live bullets as protesters tried...

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese rioters set fire to several buildings in the northern city of Tripoli Thursday as outrage over the countrys coronavirus lockdown and inaction of the political class in the face of economic collapse took a more violent turn. After hours of clashes and following the fires, Lebanese military troops deployed around the city in an effort to quell the rage. Firefighters were battling the flames rising from a historic municipal building, after the rioters set fire t...

Disputes, arrests over school curriculum in northeastern Syria Kurdish students attend class at a school in Qamishli, Syria, March 11, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Issam Abdallah) ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The arrest of a number of teachers last week who were privately teaching the official curriculum of the Syrian government highlights the complex situation in northeastern Syria where Damascus and the local self-ruled administration compete over what is taught to the youth who live there. On Jan. 19, ...

Jan 29, 2021 TRIPOLI, Lebanon — Lebanese rioters set fire to several buildings in the northern city of Tripoli Thursday as outrage over the country’s coronavirus lockdown and inaction of the political class in the face of economic collapse took a more violent turn. After hours of clashes and following the fires, Lebanese military troops deployed around the city in an effort to quell the rage. Firefighters were battling the flames rising from a historic municipal building, after the rioters...