BREAKING NEWS

Syrian volunteer killed in strike, toll may be lower than feared

By REUTERS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 12:19

GENEVA - At least one Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid worker was killed in an air strike on an aid convoy near Aleppo, along with civilians, but the overall toll may be lower than feared, the Red Cross said on Tuesday.

"For now that is all we can confirm, the director of the sub-branch (of SARC Urem al-Kubra) who has been killed," Benoit Carpentier, spokesman of the International Federation of the Red Crescent and Red Cresecent Societies, told a Geneva news briefing.

Asked whether at least a dozen SARC volunteers had been killed, he said: "It could be less." At least 18 of the 31 trucks in the convoy were destroyed, as well as a health clinic, he said.

Russia says it downs seven Ukrainian missiles over Kursk region

By REUTERS

11/25/2024 06:16 AM

Uruguay's center-left secures presidential victory with 49%

By REUTERS

11/25/2024 05:31 AM

Australia PM plays down privacy fears of social media ban for children

By REUTERS

11/25/2024 04:58 AM

Russian forces capture British man fighting with Ukraine, RIA reports

By REUTERS

11/25/2024 03:55 AM