REUTERS | August 5, 2011 Syrian tanks tightened their occupation of Hama and massed outside a defiant city in the east as President Bashar al-Assad ignored mounting world condemnation of attacks on protesters the United States says has killed 2,000 people opposing his rule.
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SYRIA: Syrian Tanks Overrun Hama, Kill Scores
Posted in Military, United Nations, Crossfire Injuries, Crossfire Deaths, Targeted Death, Displacement, Ground Assault, Government, Targeted Injury, United States, Gunfire, Russia, Protesters, Civilian Casualties, Middle-East, Shelling, Syria, tagged Bashar al-Assad, Civilian Casualties, European Union, Middle-East, Protesters, Russia, security forces, Syria, Syrian unrest, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, United States on August 5, 2011 |
SOMALIA: Somalis Waste Away as Insurgents Block Escape From Famine
Posted in Africa, Civilian Casualties, Displacement, Ethiopia, Foreign Aid, Government, Horn of Africa, Hostages, Internal Displaced Persons, Kenya, Refugee Camps, Somalia, Terrorists, United Nations, United States, tagged al-Qaida, Al-Shaabab, American Refugee Committee, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, famine, horn of Africa, humanitarian disaster, humanitarian relief, Islamist militants, Mogadishu, Peacekeepers, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government (TFG), United Nations, World Food Programme on August 1, 2011 |
The New York Times | Jeffrey Gettleman | August 1, 2011 The Shabab Islamist insurgent group, which controls much of southern Somalia, is blocking starving people from fleeing the country and setting up a cantonment camp where it is imprisoning displaced people who were trying to escape Shabab territory.
SOMALIA: 6 Killed in Battle to Keep Somali Aid Flowing
Posted in Africa, AMISOM, Civilian Casualties, Ethiopia, Foreign Aid, Government, Gunfire, Horn of Africa, Kenya, Refugee Camps, Somalia, United Nations, tagged African Union, African Union forces, aid, Al-Shaabab, emergency, famine, horn of Africa, Mogadishu, refugees, Somalia, United Nations, World Food Programme on July 28, 2011 |
VOA News | July 28, 2011 At least six people are reported to have been killed in the Somali capital Mogadishu, as African Union and government forces battle to protect the flow of food aid against militant attacks.
SYRIA: Syrian Forces Shoot Dead 14 in Hama – Activists
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Diplomacy, Gunfire, Middle-East, Military, Night Raid, Protesters, Syria, Targeted Death, United Nations, tagged Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, civilians, France, Middle-East, Syria, Syrian unrest, United Kingdom, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, United States on July 5, 2011 |
REUTERS | July 5, 2011 Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad shot dead 14 people on Tuesday in the Syrian city of Hama, activists said, and France called on the United Nations to adopt a firm stance in the face of “ferocious armed repression.”
YEMEN: U.N. says sending human rights team to Yemen
Posted in Fact Finding, Middle-East, United Nations, Yemen, tagged United Nations, Yemen on June 24, 2011 |
Reuters | June 24, 2011 (Reuters) – A team of United Nations human rights investigators will travel to Yemen next week to assess the situation after months of unrest, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Friday. “The U.N. human rights office is due to deploy a three-member delegation to Yemen on Monday for a 10-day mission [...]
