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Syria: Int’l Coalition, Deir Ezzor Civil Council Discuss Region’s Security

An injured boy rests on the ground of a makeshift camp in Syria's Aqrabat village, 45km north of Idlib City, near the Turkish border. File photo
An injured boy rests on the ground of a makeshift camp in Syria's Aqrabat village, 45km north of Idlib City, near the Turkish border. File photo
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Syria: Int’l Coalition, Deir Ezzor Civil Council Discuss Region’s Security

An injured boy rests on the ground of a makeshift camp in Syria's Aqrabat village, 45km north of Idlib City, near the Turkish border. File photo
An injured boy rests on the ground of a makeshift camp in Syria's Aqrabat village, 45km north of Idlib City, near the Turkish border. File photo

A delegation from the US-led international coalition convened on Tuesday with the leadership of the Deir Ezzor Civil Council at Al-Omar oil field to discuss means of supporting stability and improving services in towns in the Syrian city’s eastern countryside.

Ghassan al-Youssef, the co-chair of Deir Ezzor Civil Council, told the press that the meeting discussed ways to develop services in the eastern countryside as part of attempts to reach full stability in the region.

Youssef said the Council is working on restoring security and improving infrastructure, in addition to boosting the economy and alleviating the people’s suffering.

The meeting came as the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (NES) and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced a mechanism for civil complaints as part of pledges made to the UN.

NES and SDF revealed the joint mechanism in an attempt to halt the recruitment of minors in armed conflicts.

Abdul Hamid al-Mahbash, the co-chair of the Executive Body of NES, told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that this mechanism allows citizens, households, parents and active humanitarian parties to submit a complaint and to disclose any recruitment of child soldiers.

Mahbash affirmed that NES is fully committed to international legal standards and codes on children's rights and protection, especially those who are impacted by the armed conflict in Syria.

Earlier, SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi signed with Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba an agreement on child protection aimed at ending and preventing the recruitment of children under the age of 18.

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Security Officials: Overnight Attacks Target US Center at Baghdad Airport

This photograph shows a house that was damaged by a drone strike in the Al-Saydiya neighbourhood of Baghdad on March 22, 2026. (Photo by Murtaja LATEEF / AFP)
This photograph shows a house that was damaged by a drone strike in the Al-Saydiya neighbourhood of Baghdad on March 22, 2026. (Photo by Murtaja LATEEF / AFP)
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Security Officials: Overnight Attacks Target US Center at Baghdad Airport

This photograph shows a house that was damaged by a drone strike in the Al-Saydiya neighbourhood of Baghdad on March 22, 2026. (Photo by Murtaja LATEEF / AFP)
This photograph shows a house that was damaged by a drone strike in the Al-Saydiya neighbourhood of Baghdad on March 22, 2026. (Photo by Murtaja LATEEF / AFP)

Eight overnight attacks targeted a US diplomatic and logistics center at Baghdad's International Airport, an Iraqi security official told AFP on Sunday.

"Eight separate attacks, carried out until dawn with rockets and drones targeted the US center," a senior security official told AFP, adding that "some rockets landed near the base".

A second security official said there had been six strikes, with a police source saying a rocket launcher was discovered in a Baghdad district near the airport.

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WHO: Strike on Sudan Hospital killed at Least 64 People

Women Muslim worshippers gather for the early morning prayers for Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, at a stadium in Sudan's eastern Red Sea port city of Port Sudan on March 20, 2026. (Photo by Ibrahim ISHAQ / AFP)
Women Muslim worshippers gather for the early morning prayers for Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, at a stadium in Sudan's eastern Red Sea port city of Port Sudan on March 20, 2026. (Photo by Ibrahim ISHAQ / AFP)
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WHO: Strike on Sudan Hospital killed at Least 64 People

Women Muslim worshippers gather for the early morning prayers for Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, at a stadium in Sudan's eastern Red Sea port city of Port Sudan on March 20, 2026. (Photo by Ibrahim ISHAQ / AFP)
Women Muslim worshippers gather for the early morning prayers for Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, at a stadium in Sudan's eastern Red Sea port city of Port Sudan on March 20, 2026. (Photo by Ibrahim ISHAQ / AFP)

At least 64 people were killed, including at least 13 children, in a strike on a hospital in Sudan's western Darfur region last week, the World Health Organization said Saturday.

The strike on the Al Daein Teaching Hospital in East Darfur on Friday also injured at least 89 people and rendered the hospital non-functional, Tedros Ghebreyesus, the head of the WHO, said on X.

Sudan slid into chaos in April 2023 when a power struggle between the military and the rival Rapid Support Forces exploded into war throughout the country.

The RSF has blamed the military for the strike on the hospital.

The army has denied the attack, but two military officials said the strike was targeting a nearby police station, The Associated Press reported. They spoke on the condition of anonymity as they were not allowed to discuss the matter openly.

The devastating war has killed more than 40,000 people, according to UN figures, but aid groups say that is an undercount and the true number could be many times higher.

The WHO has said that over 2,000 people have been killed in attacks on medical facilities since the start of the war.

“Enough blood has been spilled. Enough suffering has been inflicted. The time has come to de-escalate the conflict in Sudan,” said Ghebreyesus.

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Damaged Russian Tanker to Be Towed to Libya

A series of explosions rocked the Arctic Metagaz on March 3. Miguela XUEREB / Newsbook Malta/AFP
A series of explosions rocked the Arctic Metagaz on March 3. Miguela XUEREB / Newsbook Malta/AFP
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Damaged Russian Tanker to Be Towed to Libya

A series of explosions rocked the Arctic Metagaz on March 3. Miguela XUEREB / Newsbook Malta/AFP
A series of explosions rocked the Arctic Metagaz on March 3. Miguela XUEREB / Newsbook Malta/AFP

A damaged Russian gas tanker that was abandoned in the Mediterranean will be towed to a Libyan port, according to a state-owned oil company in the north African country.

The Arctic Metagaz was ferrying about 700 tons of fuel and a consignment of liquified natural gas (LNG) from Russia to Egypt when it was hit by a series of explosions on March 3. Russia accused Ukraine of trying to blow it up.

The 30 crew members were rescued, leaving the LNG-laden carrier to drift between Malta and Libya for nearly three weeks.

Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced on Saturday that it would collaborate with Italian group Eni to fetch the wrecked vessel.

"Managing this environmental threat is fully achievable," NOC said in a statement. "It will be towed safely to one of the Libyan ports following coordination with the relevant authorities."

The company said it had already taken action to "reduce the risk of pollution".

AFP footage taken from a plane earlier this month showed the carrier listing to one side, parts of it blackened and seriously damaged by fire, with two holes on either side in the middle of the hull.

According to Italy's Civil Protection Department, the carrier is located in international waters, but within the Libyan search and rescue zone.

It said that towing the wreck would be a "complex operation" due to the "large breach along its side".

The WWF environmental group warned that any spill could cause long-lasting pollution in the area, among the most biodiverse in the Mediterranean basin.

The ship faced US and European Union sanctions as a suspected part of Russia's "shadow fleet" of vessels carrying Russian oil and gas in contravention of international sanctions.