Posted in Civilian Casualties, Gunfire, Iraq, Middle-East, tagged Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, Gunfire, innocent victims, Iraq, Middle-East on September 13, 2011|
AFP|September 13 2011
RAMADI, Iraq — Gunmen killed 22 passengers on a bus coming from Syria late Monday in a desert region of Iraq’s western province of Anbar, police general Haider Rzayj told AFP.
“Some armed men stopped the bus coming from Syria Monday around 9:30 pm (1830 GMT), they made the 22 passengers get off the bus and killed them with automatic weapons,” he said.
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Gunfire, Middle-East, Uncategorized, tagged Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, civilians wounded, Gunfire, innocent civilians, innocent victims, Middle-East, Pakistan, Taliban on September 13, 2011|
AP|Riaz Kahn|September 13 2011
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Taliban gunmen attacked a school van in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing four children and the driver in an assault they said was carried out to punish local tribesman for resisting the insurgent movement.
At least 14 other children and two female teachers were wounded in the attack in Matani on the outskirts of the main northwestern city of Peshawar, said police officer Ejaz Khan.
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Government, Gunfire, Middle-East, Military, tagged Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, Gunfire, Middle-East on September 7, 2011|
BEIRUT (AP) — A barrage of gunfire by security forces that left residents cowering in their homes killed at least nine people and wounded several others Wednesday in Homs, a hotbed of opposition to President Bashar Assad’s autocratic regime, activists and residents said. Two others were shot dead during raids in Sarameen, in northern Syria.
In a step the opposition says shows the regime is intractable, a planned visit by the Arab League secretary general Wednesday to push Assad to make major concessions to defuse the 6-month-old crisis was called off at the last minute at the government’s request.
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Government, Gunfire, Middle-East, Military, Night Raid, Protesters, Shelling, Syria, Targeted Death, tagged Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, Gunfire, Middle-East, sectarian, sectarian fighting, security forces, Syria, Syrian unrest on July 19, 2011|
BBC | July 19, 2011
Security forces have opened fire at a funeral procession in the volatile Syrian city of Homs killing 10 people,
activists say.
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…)
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