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Syria: Fears of civilian carnage in Aleppo amid threat of impending assault on city
Fears for the safety of civilians in eastern and western Aleppo city are mounting amid the looming threat of a…
November 4, 2016
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Syria: End unlawful attacks in western Aleppo city by armed opposition groups
The fierce offensive on western Aleppo city launched by armed opposition groups on October 28 has been marked by indiscriminate…
October 31, 2016
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US must come clean about civilian deaths caused by coalition air strikes in Syria
U.S.-led coalition forces carrying out air strikes in Syria must conduct thorough investigations into reports of civilian casualties from its…
October 25, 2016
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Amnesty releases new satellite imagery of Aleppo ahead of UN meeting
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) must step in to fill the void left by the Security Council members’ catastrophic failure…
October 19, 2016
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Jordan: Aid deliveries to refugees trapped in desert must be followed by long-term solution
Reports about the resumption of humanitarian aid to 75,000 refugees stranded in a remote, arid area along the Jordanian-Syrian border…
October 10, 2016
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Syria: Horrific attack on UN aid convoy is a flagrant violation of international law
Last night’s attack on a UN/Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy, intended for 78,000 people in Aleppo, is a flagrant…
September 20, 2016
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Syria-Jordan border: 75,000 refugees trapped in desert no man’s land in dire conditions
Video footage and satellite images showing makeshift grave sites and burial mounds offer a rare glimpse inside a desert no…
September 14, 2016
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New video highlights escape from IS of two wheelchair-bound refugees
Footage released by Amnesty International today shows the remarkable journey of two refugees, Alan Mohammad, 30, and his sister Gyan,…
September 8, 2016
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Obama must offer urgent support to Syrian refugees on Jordan border
Over 80,000 refugees stranded in the desert at the border between Jordan and Syria are facing dire circumstances caused by…
August 18, 2016
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‘It breaks the human’: Torture, disease and death in Syria’s prisons
Harrowing accounts of torture, inhuman conditions and mass deaths in Syria’s prisons The horrifying experiences of detainees subjected to rampant…
August 16, 2016
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Syria: 10-year-old girl to receive urgent surgery following evacuation from besieged Madaya
A 10-year-old Syrian girl seriously wounded by sniper fire from a Syrian government forces checkpoint in Madaya was successfully evacuated…
August 14, 2016
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Syria: Fresh chemical attack on Aleppo a war crime
The Syrian city of Aleppo has been hit by a suspected chlorine attack, which would amount to a war crime…
August 11, 2016