Russia: More than 7,000 people left Syria’s Eastern Ghouta

A civil defense worker carries a child after airstrikes hit Aleppo, Syria. With Russia's help, the government forces of President Bashar Assad finally seized rebel-held portions of the city of Aleppo, at a huge cost in terms of deaths and destruction. (AP)
Updated 17 March 2018
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Russia: More than 7,000 people left Syria’s Eastern Ghouta

MOSCOW: More than 7,000 people left Syria’s Eastern Ghouta on Saturday morning, the TASS news agency reported, citing the Center for Reconciliation in Syria, a body run by Russia’s defense ministry.


At least 21 drown in Nile boat sinking in Sudan: local govt

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At least 21 drown in Nile boat sinking in Sudan: local govt

  • At least 21 people drowned when a boat sank in the Nile River in northern Sudan, according to the local state government and eyewitnesses interviewed by AFP
KHARTOUM: At least 21 people drowned when a boat sank in the Nile River in northern Sudan, according to the local state government and eyewitnesses interviewed by AFP.
The River Nile State announced Thursday that 21 bodies had been recovered from the accident.
Eyewitnesses told AFP that the boat was carrying 30 people who were crossing the river north of Khartoum on Wednesday evening.