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Deal to evacuate hundreds of civilians from Syria's Douma: monitor
AFP, Published on 01/04/2018
» BEIRUT: Syrian regime ally Russia struck a deal with rebels to evacuate hundreds of civilians from Douma, the final opposition pocket in their former bastion of Eastern Ghouta, a monitor said Sunday.
'Final evacuation deal' reached for Syria's Ghouta
AFP, Published on 01/04/2018
» DOUMA, Syria: A final deal has been reached for fighters and civilians to leave the last opposition-held pocket of Eastern Ghouta, a monitor said Sunday, paving the way for Syria's regime to retake the onetime rebel enclave near Damascus.
Fighters begin leaving last rebel pocket of Syria's Ghouta
AFP, Published on 02/04/2018
» DAMASCUS - Syria's regime drew closer to taking full control of Eastern Ghouta on Monday as state media reported that fighters began evacuating from the last rebel-held pocket of the former opposition stronghold near Damascus.
Syria regime prepares evacuation, eyes Ghouta reconquest
AFP, Published on 03/04/2018
» WAFIDEEN CHECKPOINT (SYRIA) - Buses entered the last rebel holdout of Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Tuesday in preparation for a possible second day of evacuations as the regime eyed the total reconquest of the enclave.
First strikes on Syria's Ghouta in days as talks sputter
AFP, Published on 06/04/2018
» BEIRUT - Deadly air strikes slammed into the last opposition-held town in Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Friday for the first time in over a week, after talks sputtered over a rebel withdrawal.
New strikes pound Syria's Ghouta after alleged gas attack
AFP, Published on 08/04/2018
» BEIRUT - Fresh air strikes hit rebel-held areas of Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Sunday, a monitor said, after more than 80 people were killed in weekend raids including an alleged chemical attack denounced by the United States.
Suspected Syria chemical attack: what we know
AFP, Published on 13/04/2018
» BEIRUT (LEBANON) - As Western leaders consider military action over a suspected poison gas attack in Syria -- with US President Donald Trump leading the charge -- chemical weapons inspectors are due to start work in the country on Saturday.
Pilot hailed as 'American hero' for landing stricken jet
AFP, Published on 18/04/2018
» NEW YORK - Captain Tammie Jo Shults, one of the first women fighter pilots in the US Navy, was hailed as an American hero Wednesday for calmly landing a stricken passenger jet after a midair engine explosion that killed a mother-of-two.
WWII bomb forces mass evacuation in central Berlin
AFP, Published on 20/04/2018
» BERLIN - The planned disposal of an unexploded World War II bomb Friday will force a mass evacuation around Berlin's central railway station and likely spark transport chaos in the German capital.
WWII bomb forces mass evacuation in central Berlin
AFP, Published on 20/04/2018
» BERLIN - German police began evacuating thousands of people around Berlin's central railway station on Friday, as bomb disposal experts prepare to move in to defuse an unexploded World War II explosive unearthed on a building site.