Strikes on northwest Syria kill 1 person, cause wide damage
The late Sunday attacks angered Turkey, which had asked Russia to secure an immediate end to the strikes
Opposition activists claimed that Russian warplanes carried out the attacks near the Bab Al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey
Updated 22 March 2021
March 22, 2021 10:52
BEIRUT: Airstrikes on several locations in northwest Syria near the border with Turkey have killed at least one person and set afire several trucks used to distribute aid, opposition activists and a paramedic group said Monday.
The late Sunday attacks angered Turkey, which had asked Russia to secure an immediate end to the strikes, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said, adding that Turkish troops had been placed on alert.
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Oman’s humanitarian efforts take centre-stage during COVID-19 pandemic
By: Times News Service
OHRC has praised the government, civil and military stakeholders for their efforts in handling the coronavirus crisis.
Muscat: Setting up a fund to support Oman’s health services, providing free COVID treatment to Omanis and expatriates in the country, organising a hotline for people to report cases of infection, and bringing home Omani nationals stranded overseas are some of the efforts of the government that have been praised by the Oman Human Rights Commission (OHRC) in its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The commission also personally intervened in 70 instances of people who required emergency assistance in 2020, owing to the pandemic. These were related to providing help in the form of housing, family support, resolving labour disputes, child welfare, urgent healthcare, and many others.
Oman took tangible steps to enhance human rights during 2020
By: ONA
Muscat: Oman Human Rights Commission has said that the Sultanate took tangible steps to foster human rights and preserve human dignity.
In a statement issued yesterday, the Commission pointed out that His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik issued a number of Royal decrees, the most important of which amends the Basic Law of the State and introduces new clauses offering more guarantee to human liberties, rights, human dignity and equality among citizens in terms of rights.
Other decrees restructured the State’s Administrative Apparatus to help meet the goals of Oman Vision 2040 and respond to the aspirations of citizens over the coming stage of development, said the statement.