Reporters Without Borders calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Polish photojournalist Marcin Suder, who was kidnapped by a dozen masked gunmen at around 11 a.m. yesterday in Saraqeb, in the northwestern province of Idlib. A freelancer who works for the Corbis agency, the Polish photo-agency Studio Melon and other outlets, Suder was abducted during a raid on a media centre in Saraqeb. The precise identity of his kidnappers is still unknown. No group has claimed responsibility and no demands have been made. According to the international media, Marcin Suder may have been abducted by a group of armed Islamists. Read article
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Koreaherald.com reports that a South Korean Embassy employee in Yemen was attacked and robbed of his car by armed men in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, the embassy said, cautioning residents and travelers there. The robbery took place at around 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday when the South Korean Embassy staff was driving to work in Hadda area […]
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As reported by Nna-leb.gov.lb, Syrian expat Hamid Ramadan reported his 15 year old son missing at Zefta police station near Beirut. The father told police that his son Khaldun Ramadan who works as a farmer in Al-Hajje town, did not return home since Monday. Hamid told police investigators that he received a phone call from […]
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According to agi.it, a TV reporter working for Russia Today was injured in shelling on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday, the broadcaster announced via Twitter. The journalist, Ibrahim Issa, was hit by shrapnel as he was following clashes between loyalists and rebels. Read article
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Al Jazeera reports that armed men have seized an employee of the Iranian embassy in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, police said. In Tehran, foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Araqchi told the ISNA news agency on Sunday that “one of the administrative staff members of the Iranian Embassy in Yemen has been abducted by an unknown group.” “This […]
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According to kuna.net.kw, Kuwaiti national Abbas Habib Menawer passed away here after falling victim to a road accident late on Saturday evening. Menawer, an army Major, was in his third year of Arabic Literature at Jerash University. The unfortunate incident occurred as the man was departing Queen Alia International Airport after having arrived in Jordan […]
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Emirates247.com reports that a foreign tourist waved for a silver cab in Abu Dhabi and asked its driver to take to his destination. A few minutes later, the tourists pulled a knife, put it close to the driver’s face and ordered him to get out before jumping behind the wheel and driving away. The 24-year-old […]
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Al Jazeera reports that a Norwegian woman has spoken out about the 16-month prison sentence she received in Dubai after reporting a rape incident to police in March this year. Marte Deborah Dalelv was visiting Dubai on a business trip from Qatar, where she worked as a decorator, when she was raped. The 25-year-old reported […]
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The Washington Post reports that the Lebanese army says the killing of a Syrian journalist who often spoke out stridently in favor of President Bashar Assad was not politically motivated. Lebanon’s leading LBC TV said Mohammed Darrar Jammo was killed by relatives of his wife. Syria’s civil war has set off political and sectarian tensions […]
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As reported by Who.int, six additional laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Of these, two cases have been reported from Saudi Arabia and four from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Both the cases in Saudi Arabia have mild symptoms and are not hospitalized. They are from Asir region. The first […]
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