Rockets kill 9 in Syria’s Aleppo: report May 5, 2014 - 12:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Rockets have reportedly slammed into a government-held district in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo, killing 9 people. According to the Associated Press, the state-run SANA news agency said on Monday, May 5, that the overnight attack occurred in Aleppo's residential neighborhood of Ashrafiyeh. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack. Rebels fighting to oust President Bashar Assad from power have frequently fired mortars and rockets into cities that are under control of his forces. Aleppo is Syria's largest city and it has been divided between government- and opposition-held areas since rebels launched an offensive there in mid-2012, capturing whole neighborhoods and large parts of territory outside the city and along the border with Turkey. In the past months, government forces have been relentlessly shelling Aleppo's opposition districts with aircraft and artillery.  Top stories The embassy staff were evacuated to neighboring Tunisia "due to the ongoing violence, the U.S. State Department said. Another 10,000 fled Mosul after ISIS took control at the beginning of June and numbers dropped have fallen rapidly since. The announcement comes just two days after President Abdullah Gül confirmed that he would not seek a second term. In the report, the Observatory said its activists on the ground have the names of 5,641 rebels who have been killed in infighting.   Partner news |  Latest news U.S. business spending grows by 14% in April-June  The report was strong enough to ensure that the U.S. central bank will continue to trim its monthly bond buying purchases.The European Times publishes interviews with Artsakh officials The Nagorno Karabakh Republic has held 5 parliamentary and 5 presidential elections since it declared independence in 1991.UN chief calls to struggle against human trafficking “Most of those trafficked are vulnerable women and children deceived into a life of suffering,” Ban Ki-moon said.French, British nationals evacuated from Libya Dozens of people have been killed in the fighting in recent weeks, which has centered on the city of Benghazi. |
