Written by Thousands flee as Syrian rebels push on towards Homs Thousands of people fled the central Syrian city of Homs overnight and into Friday morning, a war monitor and residents said, as rebel forces sought to push their lightning offensive against government forces farther south. They have already captured the key cities of Aleppo in the […]
Fighters led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham armed group are near the outskirts of Homs, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Thousands of people have fled the Syrian city of Homs as antigovernment forces push their lightning offensive further south towards Damascus, according to a war monitor. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights […]
Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir spends day in the field alongside troops, commending their training standards, operational readiness and high state of morale. RAWALPINDI – Chief of the Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir, NI (M), on Tuesday visited troops participating in a field training exercise near Narowal and Sialkot, says a […]
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir has reaffirmed the Pakistan Armed Forces’ commitment and capability to address the full spectrum of threats facing the country, according to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Tuesday. Speaking to troops participating in a field training exercise near Narowal and Sialkot, COAS Munir […]
Airstrikes aim to weaken supply lines feeding a resurgent Islamist rebel movement. Source link
Rebel forces have taken control of large parts of Aleppo, Syria’s second biggest city, after launching a surprise attack since Wednesday. The lightening assault led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied factions was years in the making, FRANCE 24’s Wassim Nasr said in an analysis, adding that the rebel forces used drones and armoured […]
Russia’s military said Friday that its Air Force had bombed anti-government forces in Syria to repel “extremists” that have launched a major offensive on the city of Aleppo, state news agencies reported. Jihadists and their Turkish-backed allies reached Syria’s second city on Friday, pressing a lightning offensive against forces of the Iranian- and Russian-backed government. […]
3 Pakistani protesters flooding the capital on Tuesday to demand the release of ex-prime minister Imran Khan killed four members of the nation’s security forces, the government said. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said in a statement the members of the paramilitary Rangers force were “killed in the attack” by protesters in central Islamabad. Source link
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Mozambique security forces killed at least 10 children and injured dozens of others while trying to suppress weeks of protests following a disputed presidential election, Human Rights Watch said Monday. Hundreds of other minors were detained by security forces, some of them for days in violation of international law, […]
Mark Siemens is a third-generation egg farmer in B.C.’s Fraser Valley and he recalls his grandfather sharing a story about fighting an unknown disease that raced through the farm decades ago, forcing him to cull the entire flock. Siemens didn’t expect to be facing a similar fight so many years later. He noticed some birds […]