The Syrian army and its allies shelled rebel-held areas of northwest Syria early on Thursday and attacked a Turkish observation post, Ankara and a monitoring group said, despite Russia saying it and Turkey had brokered a new cease-fire. Turkey’s Defense Ministry said Syrian government forces carried out what it assessed to be a deliberate attack, […]
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Russia and Syrian army step up attacks on rebel-held northwestern Syria
Russian and Syrian forces intensified air strikes and ground shelling in northwestern Syria overnight in one of the heaviest assaults on the last rebel bastion in recent months, opposition members, rescuers and residents said on Thursday. The targeted villages and towns in northern Hama and southern Idlib fall within a demilitarized zone agreed last September […]
Benazir Bhutto – the quintessential rebel
The white dupatta perched on her head, her flawless skin epitomising divine beauty, and her indomitable eyes speaking volumes about how tragedies moulded her life, not in an ordinary but an extraordinary way. She lost her father when he was hanged, and her brothers died mysterious deaths. She, herself, was incarcerated and put into solitary […]