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Syria: IS militants hold dozens hostage in police station raid Syria's desert region has seen an uptick in kidnappings from Islamic State fighters who have been dormant since group's downfall Iraqi police hold an Islamic State flag in the Old City of Mosul after taking control of the city from IS militants (Reuters) By Published date: 8 April 2021 11:58 UTC | Last update: 4 sec ago Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria have kidnapped dozens of people in their largest operation since the group's downfall nearly three years ago, accor...

Ian Borg ministry wants Mgarr road to get its Via Sagra The transport ministry led by Ian Borg is requesting a planning permit for a government project that blurs the line with popular religiosity 8 April 2021, 8:00am by James Debono The transport ministry led by Ian Borg is requesting a planning permit for a government project that blurs the line with popular religiosity: a ‘way of the cross’ along Triq ir-Ruħ in the form of 14 permanent tableaux. The 14 commemorative slabs will be set in a hardstone frame along the existing rubble wall, with a statue of the Virgin Mary at a proposed r...

Aleppo expands as displaced population grows Massive displacement from the war has brought thousands of Syrians north, and with them urban expansion. The sun sets over a displacement camp near Deir al-Ballut in the Afrin countryside, in Syria's Aleppo province near the border with Turkey, on Dec. 5, 2020. April 8, 2021 The rural areas to the east and north of Aleppo are seeing urban sprawl as residential construction skyrockets. The areas under the control of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army in northern Syria became a destination for those fleeing the bombing elsewhere in the ...

Maintenance of international peace and security: Mine action and sustaining peace: Stronger partnerships for better delivery Format Statement of the International Committee of the Red Cross to the United Nations Security Council. Thank you for convening this important discussion today. It offers an opportunity to rekindle the attention and resources to global mine action, an area in which the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has direct experience as a humanitarian organization and in its expertise in international humanitarian law. Landmines, cluster munitions as well as more b...

The international community must redouble its efforts to address the challenges facing mine action Maintenance of international peace and security: Mine action and sustaining peace: Stronger partnerships for better delivery, statement of the International Committee of the Red Cross to the United Nations Security Council. Statement 08 April 2021 Thank you for convening this important discussion today. It offers an opportunity to rekindle the attention and resources to global mine action, an area in which the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has direct experience as a humanitari...