The Syrian Network for Human Rights said at least 3,364 civilians were documented killed in 2019 at the hands of the perpetrator parties to the conflict in Syria, including 234 in December.      According to SNHR , the Syrian regime and allied militias had killed 1,497...

Increased air pollution in Afghanistan in recent years reportedly killed more people than the current civil war in the country, according to officials.  In 2017, about 26,000 people lost their lives due to air pollution related diseases nationwide, while 3,483 people lost their lives...

Elite Iraqi troops deployed to secure the US embassy Thursday, a day after a pro-Iran mob laid siege to it in dramatic scenes that overshadowed months of anti-government grassroots protests. The unprecedented attack on the American mission in Baghdad -- in which intruders threw rocks, laid...

An Iraqi activist was shot dead overnight in Baghdad, a police source told AFP Thursday, as anti-government rallies carried on despite a separate day-long siege of the U.S. embassy. The activist, Saadoun al-Luhaybi, was shot in the head in a southwestern neighbourhood of the Iraqi capital,...