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Syria: Death toll due to civil war tops 170,000, a third of them civilians

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UK-based human rights group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Thursday reported that the death toll due to the Syrian civil war is now more than 170,000 people, and that over a third of them are civilians. The conflict in the war-torn nation has also forced nearly half of its population to flee to neighboring countries. “Ever since the first …

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Iraq: Maliki accuses Kurds of accommodating extremists

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On Wednesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki accused the autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq of harboring militants, further increasing tensions despite a call for unity against the extremist offensive that started a month ago, overrunning five provinces to the west and north of Baghdad and displacing thousands. The ongoing offensive continues to heap pressure on Maliki as he prepares for …

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Syria: rebel and government forces readying for showdown in Aleppo

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Elite government forces, supported by the Hezbollah converged in the city of Aleppo on Tuesday as rebels boosted their own forces in preparation for a major showdown, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The monitor’s director Rami Abdel Rahman said that it was likely that government forces will lay siege to rebel-controlled parts of Aleppo; rebels, fighting to depose …

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Crimean Tatar activist given official warning for “extremist activities”

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On Monday, Refat Chubarov, a leader of the minority Muslim group the Crimean Tatars, said that the new Russian leadership had threatened to prosecute them “for extremism”. Chubarov, who leads the ethnic minority’s assembly, said that the Chief Regional Prosecutor on Sunday gave him an official warning to stop “extremist activities”. During the weekend, hundreds of pro-Ukraine Tatars clashed with …

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