from Fuaa and Kafraya , two Shiite villages under rebel siege , are welcomed by pro - government forces as they arrive in Jibrin , on the eastern outskirts of Aleppo . George Ourfalian / AFP / Getty Images The Syrian government has dropped two chlorine bombs in the past month on the besieged , rebel - held city .
Those goals are not new , but recent developments have made achieving them even more urgent and important , according to U.S. officials . Recent developments include military operations around the city of Aleppo , the entry of Turkey into the ground war , Turkish hostility toward U.S.-backed Kurdish rebel groups and the presence of American military advisers in widening conflict zones . Meanwhile , in a blow to the opposition , rebel forces and civilians in the besieged Damascus suburb of Daraya were to be evacuatedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescueon Friday after agreeing to surrender the town late Thursday after four years of grueling bombardment and a crippling siege that left the sprawling area in ruins . The surrender of Daraya , which became an early symbol of the nascent uprising against Bashar Assad , marks a success for his government , removing a persistent threat only a few miles from his seat of power . Referring to Daraya , Lavrov said : " This is an example I think will get some following . "
Bodies lie on the pavement outside Istanbul 's international airport after explosions and gunfire shook the terminal People who had just arrived at the airport in Istanbul after the blasts were pictured running as they tried to flee the scene Desperate passengers embrace as they gather in shock outside the terminal after the airport was evacuatedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescueand all flights were grounded Twelve months after that , he was found in Georgia , in the Lopota mountain valley following a battle between police and rebels which saw three policeman and 11 rebels killed . Chataev was injured and later detained - but said he had nothing to do with it .
☰ The Americas As Matthew churns toward U.S. , more than 1 million ordered evacuatedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuein S.C. Homes destroyed and damaged by Hurricane Matthew are seen in Jeremie , Haiti . The full scale of the devastation in hurricane - hit rural Haiti became clear as the death toll surged over 400 .
Syrians evacuatedmovement.transportperson.nafrom Fuaa and Kafraya , two Shiite villages under rebel siege , are welcomed by pro - government forces as they arrive in Jibrin , on the eastern outskirts of Aleppo . Dec. 19 , 2016 Syrians evacuated from Fuaa and Kafraya , two Shiite villages under rebel siege , are welcomed by pro - government forces as they arrive in Jibrin , on the eastern outskirts of Aleppo . George Ourfalian / AFP / Getty Images
Thirty years after the Chernobyl tragedy [ it ] reveals opportunities for development . A special industrial area is to be created in compliance with all rules and regulations of radiation safety within the exclusion zone , ” says the presentation . Tens of thousands of people in Ukraine , Belarus and south Russia were evacuatedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescueimmediately after the 1986 accident from a wide area around the nuclear plant and places where the radioactive plume descended . A few hundred people still live in 11 semi - deserted villages close to Chernobyl . There is “ about 6,000 hectares of idle land , some of which can be used for placement of electrical generation facilities , and some for energy crops ” , according to the presentation .
( Reuters Photo)"One SDF fighter entered a house on Friday and saw a shoe placed on a Koran . When he removed it there was an explosion and he was killed , " this source said . The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights , a British - based monitor , reported that several hundred of the civilians taken from the city were no longer being held by IS . " Among the civilians taken by IS there were people used as human shields but also many who chose voluntarily to leave the town due to fear of reprisals " by the SDF , Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said . The SDF launched an assault in May on Manbij , on a key jihadist supply route between the Turkish border and IS 's de facto Syrian capital Raqa . A woman sets fire to a niqab after she was evacuatedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuewith others by the Syria Democratic Forces fighters . ( Reuters Photo)The jihadists , who have suffered a string of losses in Syria and Iraq , have often staged mass abductions when they come under pressure to relinquish territory they hold . IS has also booby - trapped cars and carried out suicide bombings to slow advances by their opponents . SDF forces captured Manbij on August 6 but had continued to battle pockets of jihadists in parts of the town . According to the Observatory , 437 civilians , including more than 100 children , were killed in the battle for Manbij and surrounding territory . Around 300 SDF fighters died , along with more than 1,000 jihadists , it said . Pentagon deputy press secretary Gordon Trowbridge said Friday that IS " is clearly on the ropes " . " It has lost the centre of Manbij , it has lost control of Manbij , " he said . Since fighting for Manbij began , US - led strikes have taken out more than 50 of IS 's heavy weapons and destroyed more than 600 fortified fighting positions , Trowbridge said . But the job of clearing the city will be complicated after the jihadists left behind hundreds of mines and booby traps , he added . Syria 's conflict erupted in March 2011 and has since killed more than 290,000 people and drawn in world powers on all sides of the war . On Friday Russian and Syrian jets pounded rebel positions in and around second city Aleppo . The raids came despite a pledge by Russia to observe a three - hour daily ceasefire in Aleppo to allow for humanitarian aid deliveries .
If confirmed , the incident involving Mr Lochte will be the most high profile of a series of security incidents that have caused problems at an Olympics already overshadowed by the Zika virus and swimming pool water that mysteriously turned green . In June , before the games even began , the Australian wheelchair basketball player Liesl Tesch warned that Rio was a “ dangerous place ” after two armed thieves demanded money and stole her bicycle as she trained in the city . The Australian team then had a laptop and Zika - protective team shirts stolen from their quarters in the Olympic village , after about 100 team members had been evacuatedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuebecause of a small fire in the basement car park of their accommodation . Evgeny Korotyshkin , a Russian former Olympic swimmer , visiting Rio as president of the Moscow swimming association , also claimed to have been robbed by gun - toting teenagers who let him photograph them in exchange for all the money he had on him . Among non - athletes , a bus carrying journalists from the basketball venue to the main Olympic park was attacked on 9 August .
Syrians evacuatedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuefrom Fuaa and Kafraya , two Shiite villages under rebel siege , are welcomed by pro - government forces as they arrive in Jibrin , on the eastern outskirts of Aleppo . Dec. 19 , 2016 Syrians evacuated from Fuaa and Kafraya , two Shiite villages under rebel siege , are welcomed by pro - government forces as they arrive in Jibrin , on the eastern outskirts of Aleppo . George Ourfalian / AFP / Getty Images
Most experts were not anticipating a bumper crop of thyroid problems . For starters , the potential radiation exposure of Fukushima residents was slight compared with Chernobyl victims . Moreover , the day after the meltdowns , Japanese authorities evacuatedmovement.transportperson.nasome 150,000 people living within 20 kilometers of the plant , and a week later they started screening for contaminated food . Also , a limited number of Fukushima residents were offered iodine tablets after the accident to block absorption of radioactive iodine from breathing contaminated air or eating contaminated food . In 2013 , WHO estimated that the 12 to 25 millisieverts ( mSv ) of exposure in the first year after the accident in the hardest hit areas might result in minuscule increases in cancer rates .
But Ankara views the group as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party ( PKK ) , which has waged a three - decade - old insurgency for autonomy in south - east Turkey . Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Saturday the shelling had taken place under " the rules of engagement against forces that represented a threat in Azaz and the surrounding area " . He demanded the Menagh base be evacuatedmovement.transportperson.naand said he had spoken to US Vice President Joe Biden to make that point and stress that the YPG , the military arm of the PYD , was an extension of the PKK and a direct threat to Turkey . The shelling intensified at 2:00am ( local time ) before dying down but not stopping , according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group , which reports on the war using a network of sources on the ground . Washington has been relying on the YPG as one of its few effective allies on the ground in the fight against the Islamic State group .
Dr. Michael Feige , left , and Ido Ben - Ari ( Photo : Ben - Gurion University , Danny Machlis ) Multiple shots were heard at the open - air shopping center in the heart of Tel Aviv , adjacent to IDF and Ministry of Defense headquarters , the Kirya . Magen David Adom ( MDA ) arrived at the scene and declared multiple wounded , and their paramedics evacuatedmovement.transportperson.nawounded persons to Ichilov and Tel Hashomer Medical Centers . Of the 16 wounded , four died , and three are still in the hospital . X
At least 15 people are believed to be in a critical condition following last night 's terrorist attack in Nice Emergency services used bars , restaurants , casinos and hotels as triage centres to deal with the walking wounded A massive security operation was launched in the aftermath of the deadly massacre with survivors evacuatedmovement.transportperson.nawith their hands up He told the BBC : ' I kind of ran towards the centre of Nice where there was a rather large jazz festival , and something was going on . I immediately found that military and the local police were just ushering absolutely everybody out of the area .
Related : Reindeer populations are declining worldwide — and it 's mostly our fault The Washington Post reported earlier this week that more than 1,500 reindeer died from anthrax infections in the autonomous Yamalo - Nenets district . Governor Dmitry Kobylkin has declared a state of emergency and evacuatedmovement.transportperson.naand quarantined the communities most at risk of infection , such as nomadic reindeer herders . Anna Popova , Russia 's chief state sanitary doctor , told CNN that the quarantine may last until September . A mass vaccination of reindeer is also underway .
By Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL , Feb 1 ( Reuters ) - More than 3,600 Turkmens and Arabs fleeing advancing pro - government Syrian forces in the north of Latakia province have crossed into Turkey over the past four days , Turkish disaster agency AFAD said on Monday . A Turkmen official said several thousand more migrants were expected as a camp mostly sheltering Turkmens in the Syrian village of Yamadi was being evacuatedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescueafter the pro - government forces backed by Russian air strikes advanced . " In Syria 's Turkmen region , following the intensifying attacks against Turkmen population thousands of families had taken shelter in the Yamadi camp across the Syrian side of the border , " AFAD said in a statement . " As the attacks have spilled over to Yamadi camp , the first group of 731 migrants , mostly babies , children , women and the elderly , have entered our country on Jan. 29 , " it said .
Hide Caption 5 of 15 Photos : Gunmen attack Tunisian museum Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi leaves a Tunis hospital after visiting those injured in the attack . Hide Caption 6 of 15 Photos : Gunmen attack Tunisian museum Security forces patrol around the museum . Hide Caption 7 of 15 Photos : Gunmen attack Tunisian museum The museum is evacuatedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescueby authorities . There was a significant number of foreign tourists at the museum at the time of the attack -- something that 's not surprising , given its prominence in Tunisia and the fact that at least two cruise ships were docked in Tunis . Hide Caption 8 of 15 Photos : Gunmen attack Tunisian museum A security officer holds his position near the museum .
A Palestinian assailant killed an American tourist and wounded at least 10 other victims in a stabbing spree that began in southern Tel Aviv 's Jaffa Port , in the third attack within a number of hours on Tuesday evening . The American who succumbed to his wounds sustain in the attack had been evacuatedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescueto Wolfson Medical Center in Holon . Relevant to your professional network ? Please share on Linkedin
Advertisement Local residents told AFP that the blast had blown in their windows and caused their houses to shake . Employees from the Chinese and nearby American embassy were evacuatedmovement.transportperson.na, the Kyrgyz emergency service said . Images circulating on social media show a plume of smoke rising in a part of Bishkek , the Kyrgyz capital and shattered pieces of concrete . Bishkek explosion
Sooner or later , if sieges are not lifted , resistance will collapse . ' No choice ' This week more civilians were evacuatedmovement.transportperson.nafrom Darayya , one of the opposition - controlled suburbs to the south - west of Damascus . The UN has condemned the evacuations because they are the result of what it called " unrelenting siege , during which children starved , people resorted to eating grass and the town was subjected to an onslaught of fighting " . Fighters emerged too , briefly , before they returned back to their positions in Muadhamiya , an opposition - held suburb close to Darayya , while their future is being negotiated .
The infection has resurfaced in western Siberia 75 years after the previous outbreak . The child died in hospital in the city of Salekhard , the capital of the Yamalo - Nenetsk Autonomous Area , where quarantine over the anthrax outbreak was declared last week . The boy was among several dozen indigenous people evacuatedmovement.transportperson.nafrom the contaminated area . “ We are 90 percent sure that he died from anthrax . He had the intestinal form of the disease , which is harder to diagnose , ” the office of Yamal Governor Dmitry Kobylkin told TASS .
More than two thousand of those deer have already died , all of them in the Yamalo - Nenetsky area . This territory is located above the Arctic Circle , and is generally known for a very long winter that lasts up to 8 months , and extremely low temperatures , reaching -70 degrees Celsius . A total of 90 people , half of them children , were taken to hospital after being evacuatedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuefrom the remote area where the infection spread . Most of them tested negative for the disease . Yamal residents are collecting donations for the evacuees , who had to leave most of their possessions behind .
The infection has resurfaced in western Siberia 75 years after the previous outbreak . The child died in hospital in the city of Salekhard , the capital of the Yamalo - Nenetsk Autonomous Area , where quarantine over the anthrax outbreak was declared last week . The boy was among several dozen indigenous people evacuatedmovement.transportperson.evacuationrescuefrom the contaminated area . “ We are 90 percent sure that he died from anthrax . He had the intestinal form of the disease , which is harder to diagnose , ” the office of Yamal Governor Dmitry Kobylkin told TASS .