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A picture taken on April 16, 2017, shows the damage inside a bus a day after a suicide car bombing attack in Rashidin, west of Aleppo, targeted busses carrying Syrians evacuated from two besieged government-held towns of Fuaa and Kafraya. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)

April 17th, 2017 - 03:00 GMT

More than 60 children among dead in Syria bus bombing

The evacuees were being moved in a so-called population swap between government and rebel-held towns.

Palestinians hold posters against administrative detention and in support of Palestinian prisoners Bilal Kayed, Muhammad and Mahmud al-Balboul outside the United Nations building in the West Bank city of Ramallh, on August 22, 2016. (Twitter)

September 19th, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

Palestinian prisoner rights group demands solution for suffering hunger strikers

A woman wearing a burkini joins a protest outside the French embassy in London on August 25, 2016 against the banning of the Islamic swimwear on some French beaches. (AFP/Justin Tallis)

August 31st, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

UN: Drop burkini ban in French towns

Saudi Arabia has targeted Yemen with airstrikes on an almost daily basis. (AFP/File)

August 25th, 2016 - 02:00 GMT

UN: Saudi cluster bombs Yemen's residential areas

The Saudi-led coalition began bombing Yemen earlier this year. (AFP/File)

August 13th, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

UN warns of mounting civilian deaths in Yemen

Rebel-held neighbourhoods of Aleppo have been effectively besieged by regime forces backed up by Russian air power since July 7. A boy is lifted from the rubble after an air strike. (AFP/File)

July 31st, 2016 - 09:30 GMT

Families escape besieged Aleppo through "corridors" set up by Syrian army

UN says it wants control of Aleppo humanitarian corridors. (AFP/File)

July 30th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

“That’s our job”: Syria envoy De Mistura urges Russia to leave humanitarian corridors to UN

United Nations Human Rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein. (AFP/File)

July 7th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

UN human rights chief describes Medina bombings as ‘attack on Islam’

Mohammed Alloush has resigned over what he called the failure of peace talks. (AFP/File)

May 31st, 2016 - 04:41 GMT

Syrian opposition in chaos following resignation of senior negotiator

A boy walks acros rail tracks during a police operation to clear a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the border between Greece and Macedonia near the village of Idomeni, northern Greece on May 25, 2016. (AFP/Yannis Kolesidis)

May 25th, 2016 - 04:52 GMT

World Humanitarian Summit: Shift needed from response to prevention of refugee crises

Protesters have continued regular protests in Bahrain since a 2011 uprising. (AFP/File)

May 13th, 2016 - 08:15 GMT

Fresh anti-government protests held in Bahrain

Iraqi troops stand guard in Makhmur, outside of Mosul, on February 11, 2016. (AFP/Safid Hamed)

May 12th, 2016 - 03:49 GMT

The battle for radio waves in Daesh-controlled Mosul

Syrians shout slogans during an anti-regime protest in the rebel-held Bustan al-Qasr district in eastern Aleppo on May 5, 2016. (AFP/Karam al-Masri)

May 6th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

At least 30 killed in airstrike on Syrian refugee camp near Turkish border