“Another crime” say survivors of coalition strikes on Yemeni detention centre
Saada, YemenReuters Yemeni detainee Mohammed Ali Salem was lucky that a missile fired by warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition on the next ward caused a wave strong enough to shatter the door of his own cell. That was how he was able to escape before a second bomb fell. People gather to protest outside a […]
UN rights office decries Ethiopia air strikes, says 108 killed this month
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The UN human rights office on Friday expressed alarm at “multiple, deeply disturbing reports” of air strikes in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, saying at least 108 civilians had been killed since the start of January. A woman stands in line to receive food donations, at the Tsehaye primary school, which was turned […]
Dozens dead as Israel and Hamas escalate aerial bombardments
Gaza/JerusalemReuters Hostilities between Israel and Hamas escalated on Tuesday, raising the death toll in two days to 30 Palestinians and three Israelis, with Israel carrying out multiple air strikes in Gaza and the Islamist militant group firing rockets at Tel Aviv. A 13-story residential Gaza block collapsed after one of several dozen air strikes. Late […]
Israel airstrikes kill 20 in Gaza, Palestinians say, after militants fire rockets at Jerusalem
Jerusalem/GazaReuters Violent clashes over Jerusalem escalated dramatically on Monday with Gaza health officials saying at least 20 people, including nine children, were killed by Israeli air strikes launched after Palestinian militant groups fired rockets close to Jerusalem Israel’s military said it carried out strikes against armed groups, rocket launchers and military posts in Gaza after […]
UN condemns attack in Yemen which reportedly killed at least 22 children and women
The UN have condemned an attack that’s believed to have killed at least 22 people and injured more than 30 more in Yemen’s northern Hajjah Governorate. The dead have reportedly included 12 children and 10 women and the injured at least 14 children. Both sides in the conflict have blamed the other. Lise Grande, the […]
Civilian deaths from explosives surge in 2017, says campaign group
Thomson Reuters Foundation More than 40 civilians were killed every day by explosive weapons last year, according to a preliminary survey of media reports, a sharp rise on 2016 largely due to an increase in deadly airstrikes, a campaign group said on Monday. From monitoring English-language news reports up to the end of November, Action […]