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Spanish archaeologists uncover mass graves with victims of Franco’s regime

Ascensión Mendieta searched for her father's remains for 78 years.

Yemen

Yemen faces 'total collapse' the UN warns

The UN warns Yemen faces 'total collapse' if a peace agreement is not reached imminently, as years of civil war take their toll.

Yemen

Urgent need for aid to stem Yemen cholera epidemic - WHO

The World Health Organisation has called for urgent medical supplies to control the cholera outbreak in the war-ravaged country.

Mexico

Have we forgotten about the world's second deadliest conflict?

The media’s crosshairs have been firmly focussed on Syria for years as the country is ripped apart by civil war.

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Yemen

Seven-year-old Jamila is another victim of Yemen's civil war

In the midst of Yemen’s civil war and after suffering from worms for two years Jamila Ali Abdu gave in to disease and hunger in the malnutrition ward of Yemen’s Hodeidah…

Spain

Guernica marks 80th anniversary of deadly German bombing

On April 26, 1937 the small Basque town of Guernica was destroyed by German bombs

Syria

Explosion hits evacuation convoy in Syria

An explosion near a bus convoy waiting to enter Aleppo has killed or wounded dozens of people, according to pro-government media and pro-opposition activists.

Yemen

Drone footage shows over 100, 000 Houthi supporters at Sanaa rally

Aerial footage shot in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on March 26 shows over one hundred thousand individuals gathered to show their support for the Houthi movement.

Syria

Syria war: 6 years; 5 million refugees; 400,000 dead

Syria’s civil war has raged on for six years.

South Sudan

Famine rears its head in South Sudan

Parts of the war-ravaged country have been hit by famine. Officials fear almost half the territory could be in a state of food insecurity by July.

Syria

Airstrikes kill dozens in Syrian rebel-held Idlib

Dozens dead in Idlib airstrikes

Ukraine

Ukraine: People flee frontline eastern town amid upsurge in violence

The first humanitarian evacuations have begun from Avdiyivka, a town on the freezing frontline of the recent flare-up of hostilities in eastern Ukraine.

Syria

Deal reached for evacuation of fighters and civilians from eastern Aleppo - UN

There are reports of summary executions as government forces advance against rebels holed up in a handful of neighbourhoods.

Syria

UN warns Aleppo risks becoming a 'graveyard'

At least 26 people are killed in latest artillery bombardments on Aleppo's rebel zone including some who had fled from frontline area.

Syria

Syrian army forces 'retake' key district in eastern Aleppo

Hundreds of residents of eastern Aleppo have fled the shifting front lines, as Syrian government forces continue their push to cut the rebel-stronghold in two.

Syria

Syria offers Russia priority in reconstruction contracts following civil war destruction

As fresh reports emerge of possible chemical attacks on eastern Aleppo, Syria offers Russia priority in reconstruction contracts.

Syria

Aleppo's famed cat sanctuary among recent victims in war-torn Syria

Aleppo's cat sanctuary, one of the last vestiges of life before the war, and now a symbol of the war's brutality, bombed in air strike

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Drone footage shows the extent of Aleppo's destruction

Drone footage uploaded on social media by Aleppo Media Center (AMC) purports to show destroyed buildings and rubble on the streets in Al-Shaar neighbourhood in eastern Aleppo…

Syria

Assad forces retake parts of Aleppo as rebels move on Raqqa

In Syria desperate fighting on many fronts

Iraq

Families flee Mosul fighting as reports of ISIL massacres emerge

They have fled for their lives to a camp for the displaced – escaping the frontline of the fight for Mosul.