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AFRIN

Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 21, 2019
Bus bomb kills three civilians in Syria¡¯s Kurdish enclave of Afrin on anniversary of Turkish invasion
A bomb planted on a public bus in the northwest Syrian town of Afrin killed three civilians and wounded about 20, several witnesses told Reuters on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 6, 2018
Turkish bombardment kills at least 13, including kids, in Syrian Kurd enclave of Afrin
Turkish shelling and airstrikes killed 13 people in the town of Jandiris in Syria¡¯s Afrin region on Monday, Kurdish militia said, while a war monitoring group put the death toll at 22.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Mar 2, 2018
Aid convoy with supplies for 50,000 reaches Syria¡¯s Afrin, ICRC says
An aid convoy carrying humanitarian supplies for 50,000 displaced people has arrived in Afrin in Syria, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday, as Turkey wages an offensive in the area.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 21, 2018
Pro-Syrian regime forces enter Afrin to aid Kurds against Turkey, threatening to widen conflict
Pro-Syrian government forces entered Syria¡¯s northwestern Afrin region on Tuesday to help a Kurdish militia there fend off a Turkish assault, raising the prospect of a wider escalation of the conflict.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 6, 2018
Syria regime airstrikes pound last rebel strongholds and hospitals, allegedly choke civilians with gas
Warplanes launched heavy attacks on the two last major rebel-held areas in Syria, killing at least 29 people in the Ghouta suburb near the capital and choking people with gas in Idlib in the northwest, rescue workers and a war monitor said on Monday.
WORLD
Jan 26, 2018
Turkey tells U.S. to stop backing Syrian Kurds or risk confrontation on the ground in Afrin
Turkey urged the United States on Thursday to halt its support for Kurdish YPG fighters or risk confronting Turkish forces on the ground in Syria, some of Ankara¡¯s strongest comments yet about a potential clash with its NATO ally.
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North Korea's propaganda village Gijungdong as seen from a South Korea's observation post inside the Joint Security Area on the Demilitarized Zone in March 2023
Takaichi drops ¡®remorse¡¯ in her first war memorial address
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks onstage during a memorial service ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Saturday.
U.S. to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China?
People march as they protest against Pax Silica, a U.S.-led initiative, in Manila on Thursday.
New shinkansen model delivered to Taiwan
A new Taiwan High Speed Rail train car is unloaded from a cargo ship at a port in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Saturday.
Unrelenting Russian anti-war protesters in Japan fight through inescapable doubt
Anti-war Russians protest Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in February.
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
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The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.

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