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Sunday 20 September 2020
Meanwhile, a Russian resolution calling for condemnation of the US, British, and French missile strikes on Syria has failed at the UN Security Council.
It’s the deadliest attack to hit the Syrian capital in months.
It’s not immediately clear if it was the result of an air strike or a ground attack.
Attacks are rare in the Syrian government stronghold.
Russian and Syrian air forces have stopped bombing Aleppo as of 7am this morning, Russia’s defence minister said.
A suicide bomber and a car bomb went off at the Sayyida Zeinab shrine in Damascus this morning.
Fighting groups in Syria agreed to cease hostilities at midnight.
The UN said the Syrian government has now given permission for aid deliveries after the images were shared all across the world.
The country’s oil revenues have imploded.
The footage is a rare aerial view of the extent of the destruction in Syria.
If the jihadists secure even more control, there are some frightening scenes ahead.
Human Rights Watch say that barrel bombs embedded with cylinders of chlorine gas were dropped on three towns.
Up to 60 people were killed in attacks on Damascus and Homs yesterday.
The family of Dr Abbas Khan spoke to BBC News about their anger following his death in a Syrian prison.
Syria’s quick compliance with the destroying of chemical weapons stockpile has earned praise from US Secretary of State John Kerry.
The team charged with the destruction of the weapons began the process this morning, a source in the international mission has said.
Inspectors are reviewing the latest chemical weapons disclosure by Syrian officials.
Ban Ki-moon says UN invesigators have confirmed “unequivocally and objectively” that chemical weapons, including sarin, were used.
The interview is the first given by Assad in two years.
The group of EU foreign ministers have pointed the finger of blame for the alleged murders on the Assad regime.
A year ago, the figure was around 230,000. One million Syrian children are now living as refugees.
Obama says America is ready for strike action following the chemical weapons attack that killed more than 1,400 people.
The team will head to The Hague to assess the evidence gathered during their probe.
The US Secretary of State John Kerry said earlier that “the question is no longer what do we know, the question is what we in the international community do now.”
Statistically, it’s unlikely you live in any of them.
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Using chemical weapons and targeting innocent civilians are war crimes. But so is silence – and every day we sit back while this slaughter continues is another day that we have facilitated the killing of innocent people, writes Maurice McQuillan.
Pro-opposition groups say that government forces used a “poisonous gas” in an attack earlier today but the government says the reports are “totally false”.
A member of a UN panel investigating alleged war crimes says it appears that the rebels are using sarin gas.
It is Israel’s second strike on Syria in three days.
At least 70,000 people have been killed in Syria so far, including 122 people killed in violence yesterday.
The explosion took place in the central district of Marjeh, Syrian state television said.
Wael al-Halqi was travelling through Damascus when his convoy was targeted earlier today, Syrian state television reports.
The statement was made after a suicide bomb at the Iman Mosque in Damascus.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem is the first high-ranking regime official to say the government is prepared to talk with rebels.
Almost 60 people were killed in the blast that rocked the city with many children among those wounded.
Russia’s foreign ministry said it was “deeply concerned” by the Syrian claims and that it was taking “urgent measures” to clarify the situation.
The U.N. chief also appealed for a major boost in international relief aid for Syria.
Over 160 people died in violence across the country yesterday, including 72 civilians.
In the midst of the conflict, death and hurt, some rare smiles and moments of joy are captured by some of the world’s bravest photographers.
MORE THAN THREE-quarters of people would support the government looking into the prospect of a four-day work week, according to a new survey.
This means doing the same job for the same salary, but over four days rather than five.
There have been calls for this idea to be explored already and the Four Day Week Ireland campaign today released details on its public attitude survey conducted last month.
Two out of three respondents said a four-day work week is “realistic and achievable” in the medium term.
67% of employers said they support the idea and 46% said it would be “feasible” to trial in their workplace.
“The four-day week, with no loss of pay, offers the potential of a genuinely better future for workers and employers alike,” said Joe O’Connor, director of campaigning with Fórsa trade union.
What may once have seemed like a radical concept is now, for many, a reasonable and rational ambition. The Covid-19 pandemic has further disrupted societal and workplace norms, while illustrating the potential for very different models of work.
So today we’re asking: Would you support a four-day work week?
Poll Results:
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