Tag: Rebellions and uprisings
Yemen rebels admit tear gas behind fire at migrant detention
SANAA, Yemen — Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday broke their silence on the cause of a fire that tore through a detention center for...
Myanmar construction magnate claims cash payments to Suu Kyi
MANDALAY, Myanmar — A Myanmar construction magnate with links to military rulers claimed he personally gave more than half a million dollars in cash...
In war-torn Syria, uprising birthplace seethes 10 years on
BEIRUT — Daraa was an impoverished, neglected provincial city in the farmlands of Syria’s south, an overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim backwater far from the more...
‘Republic of Queues’: 10 years on, Syria is a hungry nation
BEIRUT — The lines stretch for miles outside gas stations in Syrian cities, with an average wait of five hours to fill up a...
War’s timeline as Syrians mark 10 years since uprising began
BEIRUT — Syrians are marking 10 years since peaceful protests against President Bashar Assad’s government erupted in March 2011, touching off a popular uprising...
Hungarian far-right party protests lockdown
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Demonstrators in Hungary’s capital broke a ban on public gatherings on Monday to demand an end to the country's lockdown restrictions,...
Syrians in rebel-held Idlib mark 10 years since uprising
BEIRUT — Thousands of Syrians in the last opposition-held area of the country protested Monday, marking 10 years since the start of a popular...
Sudan official: Tribal clashes kill at least 10 in Darfur
CAIRO — Tribal clashes in Sudan’s western Darfur region killed at least 10 people Wednesday, a senior security official said, the latest bout of...
Thousands flee rebel violence in Central African Republic
BANGASSOU, Central African Republic — Monique Moukidje fled her home in Central African Republic’s town of Bangassou in January when rebels attacked with heavy...
Suspected jihadist rebels kill 10 in northeastern Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — At least 10 people were killed and about 60 others injured in an attack by suspected jihadist rebels on the northern...
