BEIRUT: A decade of war in Syria has left nearly half a million people dead, a war monitor said Tuesday, in a new toll that includes 100,000 recently confirmed deaths.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the conflict has claimed 494,438 lives since it erupted in 2011 with the brutal repression of anti-government protests.
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A decade of Syria war killed nearly 500,000 people – new tally
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A decade of Syria war killed nearly 500,000 people – new tally
- New toll that includes 100,000 recently confirmed deaths
Israeli foreign minister visiting Somaliland, sources say
NAIROBI/JERUSALEM: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar is on a visit to Somaliland in East Africa, where he is due to meet the semi-autonomous region’s president later on Tuesday, according to a senior Somaliland official.
A second source briefed on the visit confirmed the foreign minister was in Somaliland, without providing further details. The Israeli foreign ministry did not immediately respond when asked if the foreign minsiter was in Somaliland.
The visit comes 10 days after Israel formally recognized the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state, a move that sparked criticism from Somalia, which has long opposed Somaliland’s bid to secede.
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