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Blast kills 22 outside China factory in Olympic city
AFP, Published on 28/11/2018
» ZHANGJIAKOU (CHINA) - A vehicle carrying dangerous chemicals exploded at the entrance of a chemical factory in a northern Chinese city that will host the 2022 Winter Olympics Wednesday, leaving 22 people dead and 22 others injured, state media and authorities said.
Blast outside chemical plant in China kills 22 people
Reuters, Published on 28/11/2018
» BEIJING: An explosion near a chemical plant in Zhangjiakou city in China's northern Hebei province early on Wednesday killed 22 people and injured at least 22 others, the local government said.
Blast kills 22 near north China chemical plant: official
AFP, Published on 28/11/2018
» BEIJING - An explosion and fire near a chemical factory left at least 22 people dead and 22 others injured on Wednesday in a northern China region that will host the 2022 Winter Olympics, authorities said.
China detains suspects after blast at chemical plant
AFP, Published on 14/07/2018
» BEIJING - Authorities have detained "several" suspects in wake of an explosion at a chemical plant in southwest China that left 19 dead and injured 12 others, state media said.
Blast in chemical plant in China kills 19
Reuters, Published on 13/07/2018
» SHANGHAI/BEIJING: An explosion at a chemical plant in China has killed 19 people and injured 12, the local government said on Friday, the latest deadly industrial incident in the world's largest producer of chemicals.
Suspected Israeli strike on Syria kills 8 Iranians: monitor
AFP, Published on 09/05/2018
» BEIRUT: Eight Iranians were among 15 foreign pro-regime fighters killed in a suspected Israeli strike in Syria on a weapons depot of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, a war monitor said Wednesday.
Experts take samples from site of alleged Syria gas attack
AFP, Published on 21/04/2018
» BEIRUT - Investigators from the global chemical arms watchdog collected samples Saturday from the site of a suspected gas attack in Syria two weeks ago, after security concerns delayed their probe.
Damascus residents defiant after Western strikes
AFP, Published on 14/04/2018
» DAMASCUS: Hours before dawn, a string of powerful blasts jolted awake residents of the Syrian capital. Emerging onto their balconies, they watched Western strikes light up the sky over Damascus.
US, France, Britain launch strikes on Syria
AFP, Published on 14/04/2018
» DAMASCUS (SYRIA) - The United States, Britain and France carried out a wave of strikes against Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime on Saturday in response to alleged chemical weapons attacks that President Donald Trump branded the "crimes of a monster."
Syria strikes: what we know
AFP, Published on 14/04/2018
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - The United States, Britain and France launched strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack after mulling military action for nearly a week.