Tag: Civilians
Iran vows to protect civilians in Syria’s Idlib
TEHRAN: Iran said Monday it is committed to protecting civilians if its Syrian regime ally launches a full-scale offensive on the country's last rebel...
Coalition says Yemen raid ‘might have’ killed civilians
RIYADH: The Saudi-led coalition backing the Yemeni government acknowledged Thursday there may have been "collateral damage" from August 23 strikes that the UN says...
UN envoy suggests civilians leave Syria’s Idlib
MOSCOW: The UN envoy for Syria is proposing that civilians evacuate the rebel-held region of Idlib into government-held areas, warning that nearly 3 million...
Gunmen kill 4 civilians in mosque in Afghanistan
KABUL: Gunmen opened fire on worshippers inside a mosque in eastern Nangarhar province, killing four people, according to a provincial official.
Attahullah Khogyani, the provincial...
Air strikes kill 15 civilians in southern Syria: monitor
BEIRUT: Air strikes on Tuesday killed more than a dozen civilians in parts of Syria's south near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, a war monitor...
Damascus, IS using civilians as ‘pawns’: UN rights chief
GENEVA: Civilians fleeing attacks on rebel-held towns in southern Syria are being used as "pawns", the UN rights chief said, lamenting reported demands for...
Syria’s Assad presses assault in southwest, civilians flee
BEIRUT: Syrian government forces pounded rebel-held areas of the southwest with artillery on Thursday, in a steady escalation by President Bashar al-Assad who has...
Pakistanis rank 4th in world for holding firearms: report
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistanis are ranked as fourth among the list of 25 countries in which civilians hold firearms, said a report.
According to details, out of...
LoC firing: Women, children among 19 civilians injured in AJK
RAWALPINDI: Women and children among 19 Pakistani civilians were injured as Indian forces resorted to unprovoked firing across the Line of Control (LoC) on...
Civilians stay put despite ‘pause’ in Syria Ghouta bloodshed
Civilians in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta shunned Russia’s offer to quit the besieged enclave for a second day Thursday, as rebels and Moscow blamed each...
Civilian martyred, three injured in unprovoked Indian firing at Nakyal sector
ISLAMABAD: A civilian was martyred and three others injured in unprovoked firing by the Indian troops at a village in Nakyal sector, according to...
Air strikes pound rebel strongholds, gas chokes civilians in Syria
IDLIB: Warplanes launched heavy attacks on the two last major rebel-held areas in Syria, killing at least 29 people in the Ghouta suburb near...
Two women among three injured in Indian firing across LoC
ISLAMABAD: Three people, including two women, were injured as Indian forces opened fire along the Line of Control (LoC), said the Inter-Services Public Relations...
Russian forces evacuate Syria civilians from Eastern Ghouta
DAMASCUS: Russian military of the Centre for a reconciliation of the warring parties in the Syrian Arab Republic continues a humanitarian evacuation from Eastern...
Rohingya insurgents say 10 found in Myanmar grave ‘innocent civilians’
YANGON: Rohingya Muslim insurgents said on Saturday that ten Rohingya found in a mass grave in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state last month were “innocent civilians”,...
Iraq forcibly returning civilians from refugee camps to unsafe areas
AMRIYAT AL-FALLUJA: Iraqi security forces are forcibly returning civilians from refugee camps to unsafe areas in the predominantly Sunni Anbar province, exposing them to...
Saudi-led air strikes on Yemen market kills 14 civilians
ADEN: Saudi-led air strikes killed 14 civilians in a village market near Yemen’s battleground third city Taez as a nearly three-year bombing campaign intensified,...
