Casualty Statistics

INDIA: Security Forces Killed 3 People And Injured 150 In Kashmir Clashes

Srinagar, Aug 5: Fresh incident of firing has been reported from Kashmir’s Budgam region where at least 150 people have been left injured. Unfortunately, three of the protesters have been killed in firing by the security forces. The incident has further escalated tensions in the valley.

In Kashmir, three young men were killed, and around 150 people were injured as fast-spreading protests and clashes convulsed large parts of the Kashmir Valley, and the Muslim belts of the Jammu region where Internet was blocked again on Friday. The fresh incidence of [continue reading].

INDIA: Bodo Rebels Killed 14 People In Attack On Market In Kokrajhar

Fourteen persons, including two women, were killed in Kokrajhar district of Assam in broad daylight on Friday when militants dressed in Army fatigues opened fire and hurled bombs at a busy weekly market. Though the incident occurred 15 km from Kokrajhar town, an Army patrol van which was nearby when the firing started engaged the terrorists, killing one of them.

On Friday, fourteen (14) persons, including two women, were killed in Kokrajhar district of Assam, India, in broad daylight when militants dressed in Army fatigues opened fire and hurled bombs at a busy weekly market. Though the incident occurred 15 km from Kokrajhar town, an [continue reading].

Syria: US Airstrikes Kill At Least 73 People – Including 11 Children

The incident took place in the town of Manbij on Tuesday. Around eight families were struck while they were trying to escape the attack launched by Arab and Kurdish forces against Islamic State (IS) group fighters in Manbij. 85 civilians, including 11 children have been killed, according to the statement of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Besides, dozens were wounded.

Today media sources reported that the US will not pause airstrikes in Syria despite appeals from opposition activists after what appears to be the worst US-caused civilian casualty disaster of the war against the Islamic State. Anas Alabdah, president of the Syrian National [continue reading].

Turkey Coup: 265 killed, 1,140 wounded, 6,000 arrested, 2,839 military in prision

President Erdogan emerged on Saturday evening to address supporters who rallied near his home in Istanbul CREDIT: MURAD SEZER/REUTERS

Sources have confirmed that the countries counter-terrorism chief has been critically injured after being shot in the head by coup plotters, as authorities round up more than 6,000 people in Erdogan’s ruthless crackdown. 265 killed in night of chaos 2,839 soldiers [continue reading].

South Sudan: MSF Says UN Fails To Protect Internally Displaced Persons

MSF Internal Review of the February 2016 Attack on the Malakal Protection of Civilians Site and the Post-Event Situation

In their internal review published on June 21, 2016, MSF (Doctors without Borders) looked into the February 2016 attack on the Malakal Protection of Civilians Site (PoC) in South Sudan, including a review of the post-event situation: Violence erupted between internally displaced [continue reading].

Iraq: Jihad Continues To Decimate Its Own People – World Acts Shocked

Iraqi firefighters and civilians carry bodies of victims killed in a car bomb at a commercial area in Karrada neighbourhood, Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 3, 2016

To date, at least one-hundred-twenty-five (125) people have been killed, and around one-hundred-fifty (150) were injured in an explosion now claimed by the Islamic extremist group ‘Daesh” in Baghdad, Iraqi police say. The violent attack Saturday came after the [continue reading].

Greece: Hundreds of Migrants Killed in Latest Mediterranean Shipwreck

Refugees ask for help from a dinghy boat as they are approached by the SOS Mediterranee's ship Aquarius on Sunday. The UNHCR said up to 500 people are feared dead in the sinking. (Patrick Bar/SOS Mediterranee/Associated Press)

On April 19, staff of International Organization for Migration traveled to Kalamata, Greece to gather information from witnesses to a reported shipwreck that may have caused the deaths of upwards of 400 migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean Sea. Late Tuesday, after learning [continue reading].

Syria: SNHR Reports Significant Violations In 2015

The Syrian Network for Human Rights on Twitter (@SNHR) have posted evidence of numerous violations against humanity having occurred in Syria during January of 2016 – after the ending period of their 2015 report. The following are just a few of the men. women, children and youth either killed by armed forces targeting civilian homes and vital services – or died under torture in Syrian prisons without legal representation or trial – or died an excruciating, slow death of starvation inside besieged Syria during the month of January, 2016.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights publishes an annual Human Rights Report compiled from reliable reports and eye-witness statements of human rights violations, including war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria. You can read their full report here on Alistair Reign News [continue reading].

Canadian Humanitarian Workers Among Those Killed In Burkina

Yves Carrier; his daughter Maude; his wife, Gladys Chamberland; their son Charlélie. (Photo provided by family).

There were 28 people of 18 nationalities killed and 56 others wounded after a 15-hour siege that ended Saturday night at a hotel popular with international business travellers on the busy Avenue Kwame Nkrumah in the city’s centre. Six Canadian humanitarian workers from Quebec [continue reading].

Faso: Aftermath Of Jihadists’ Attack That Left 28 Dead

Paramedics rush to the scene at the capital of Faso terrorist attack by Al-Qiada on January 15, 2016. The attack comes less than two months after a terrorist attack at the Radisson Blu Hotel in the Malian capital Bamako on November 20 in which 20 people died including 14 foreigners.

Burkina Faso and French forces killed the three extremists, and they regained control of the Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou, Minister of Security and Internal Affairs Simon Compaore said Saturday, according to The Associated Press. A fourth extremist was killed when security [continue reading].

Part One: Humanitarian Crises – Increased Exponentially In 2015

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The growing humanitarian crisis of dozens of countries is more of a global concern than it has ever been – yet not enough people are acting on their concern. For many reasons, people living in countries far removed from a crisis – no matter how horrific the media [continue reading].

Syria: Civilians Are Paying The Price For Putin’s “War On ISIS”

Have Russian forces in Syria killed more civilians than the International Coalition allegedly killed in one year? According to the twenty-five page report published by Syrian Network For Human Rights on November 2, 2015, Russian airstrikes have killed 83 Children, 42 Women, [continue reading].