As Yemen’s political crisis entered its seventh month, the situation further deteriorated Tuesday as Yemen’s ruling party postponed a vote to approve “a modified Gulf-brokered power transition plan which aims to pull…[Yemen]…out of its bloody political deadlock.”
Posts Tagged ‘bombings’
YEMEN: Yemen’s Continued Political Deadlock Threatens Further Violence
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Government, Middle-East, Military, tagged bombings, Government, transition, Yemen on September 7, 2011 |
SYRIA: Fearful Syrians seek refuge in Lebanon
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Government, Gunfire, Internal Displaced Persons, Middle-East, Shelling, Syria, tagged bombings, Gunfire, Lebanon, refugees, Syria on May 17, 2011 |
ReliefWeb, By Rana Moussaoui
17 May, 2011
WADI KHALED, Lebanon — Hundreds of Syrians fleeing a deadly crackdown on two-month-old protests are pouring into Lebanon, some saying they had to wade through rivers and find new routes to avoid gunfire.
“Anyone crossing those rivers is risking their life,” said Tarek, a labourer who arrived in Lebanon late on Sunday, when close to 1,000 Syrians crossed the border. (more…)
LIBYA: NATO must step up bombing campaign in Libya, says British defence chief
Posted in Air Strike, Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Government, Libya, Middle-East, NATO/Allies, tagged bombings, Civilian Casualties, Libya, Nato on May 17, 2011 |
Daily Mail
16 May, 2011
NATO must step up bombing missions over Libya to increase the pressure on the Gaddafi regime or risk allowing the dictator to cling to power, the head of the UK’s armed forces said today.
Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir David Richards called on the alliance to ‘up the ante’ by allowing the bombing to include infrastructure targets. (more…)
IRAQ: 9 Policemen Killed in Bombings Around Iraq
Posted in Body Count, Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Iraq, Middle-East, NATO/Allies, Police, tagged baghdad, bombings, Iraq, Middle-East, Mosul, policemen on June 25, 2010 |
By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS and DURAID ADNAN
NYT
June 24, 2010
BAGHDAD — Nine Iraqi police officers were killed during a series of attacks in Mosul and Baghdad late Wednesday and Thursday as the country’s political stalemate dragged on. (more…)
IRAQ: Dozens killed in Baghdad in ‘revenge al-Qaeda attacks’
Posted in Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Insurgents, Iraq, Middle-East, tagged Al Qaeda, baghdad, bombings, Civilian Casualties, civilians wounded, Iraq, Shia on April 23, 2010 |
By BBC News
A wave of bombings in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has killed at least 58 people and wounded more than 100. (more…)
