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Lok Sabha Elections to be held in 7 rounds
from April 11 to May 19, results on May 23; AP, Arunachal, Odisha, Sikkim also go
to polls along with LS
New Delhi: Lok Sabha elections
will be held in 7 rounds from 11 April and the results will be announced on May
23, the Election Commission said on Sunday. Voting will be held across India on
April 11, April 19, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19.The announcement
signals the start of a colossal voting exercise that will see Prime Minister
Narendra Modi seeking another term in office and the opposition attempting to
join forces to put up a strong fight.Elections will also be held in four states
-- Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha -- along with the
parliamentary polls.The Model Code of Conduct, which lays down the dos and
don'ts ahead of the elections, is now in place.The opposition Congress had
accused Election Commission of delaying the dates to enable the government to
rush through the launch of welfare schemes and projects; no announcements can
be made once the model code of conduct kicks in with the election dates.
Commission sources have rubbished the claims.The term of the Lok Sabha ends on
June 3.ndtv
AP, Arunachal, Odisha, Sikkim to go to polls
along with Lok Sabha elections
Due to security concerns, no assembly
elections in J&K with Lok Sabha polls: EC
New Delhi :Election Commission of India (ECI)
Sunday announced that assembly elections will not be held in Jammu &
Kashmir with the Lok Sabha elections. Citing security concerns, election
commissioner Sunil Arora announced that the election will be held on a later
date. The parliamentary polls in J&K will be held in 5 phases.“We need a
large number of security personnel to be deployed for protection of every
candidate. This was a categorical demand from all political parties there.
Availability of security forces is a constraint,” said Arora when asked why
J&K is not having assembly elections along with Lok Sabha polls.When asked
if the Home Ministry did not agree to election commission’s demand for security
forces for J&K polls, Arora said, ” (Availability of ) central forces is
definitely an issue. You cannot disregard recent events. EC cannot be
non-cognisant of the situation on the ground and the feedback of the state
administration.The state of Jammu and Kashmir has been without an elected got
since June last year when BJP pulled out of its alliance with the PDP.TOI
Decision to not hold polls in J&K is
surrender to Pakistan, militants and Hurriyat: Omar Abdullah
Jammu :Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister
and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah described Election Commission’s
decision to not hold assembly elections in the state as “surrender to Pakistan,
to militants and to the Hurriyat”.“In light of the failure to conduct assembly
elections on time in J&K I’m retweeting my tweets from a few days ago,”
tweeted Omar Abdullah. “PM Modi has surrendered to Pakistan, to the militants
& to the hurriyat,” he wrote, adding “Well done Modi Sahib. 56 inch chest
failed. #slowclap”.Abdullah criticising the prime minister said that Balakot
and Uri are not symbols of the Modi’s handling of national security, and termed
it as “the mess he has made”, and added, “the abject surrender to anti -India
forces is crying shame”.indianexpress
General Election 2019: Full schedule with
phases, dates and State-wise list of seats
Stop Using Photos of Armed Forces in Election
Campaigning, EC Tells Political Parties
New Delhi:Political parties and candidates
cannot use photographs of any defence personnel or functions of the defence
forces in their poll advertisements for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections,
Election Commission said on Saturday, reiterating its instructions issued in
2013 against such propaganda.“The ministry of defence has brought to the notice
of the Election Commission (EC) that photographs of the defence personnel are
being used by political parties, their leaders and candidates in advertisements
as part of their election propaganda,” EC said.news18
Congress calls EC's scheduled announcement of
poll dates 'Modi's vidai parv'
New Delhi: Congress on Sunday took a dig at
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, hours before EC's scheduled announcement of dates
for Lok Sabha polls, saying it was the first day of his "vidai parv"
(farewell festival)."It's first day of Vidai Parv of Modi ji. Voters are
ready," said AICC spokesperson Pawan Khera."The farmers, unemployed
youth, small traders, they all were waiting for this day. Don't know why Modi
ji delayed this, (may be) to cut the ribbons for projects that started in
Congress regime,"Khera said.TOI
PM Modi to Contest Lok Sabha Polls from
Varanasi Again, BJP Decides to Do Away With 'Above 75' Rule
New Delhi: In a hope to continue his winning
streak, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to contest from UP's Varanasi
seat again in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The second seat will be
finalised later.A decision in this regard was taken at BJP Parliamentary Board
meeting , which was held for to discuss key poll-related issues. The prime
minister had defeated AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal with over 3 lakh votes in the
last elections, while Congress candidate Ajay Rai was way behind with just
75,000 votes.Besides the seat for PM Modi, BJP members also came to a
conclusion that there will be no blanket ban on leaders above 75 years of age.
Any candidate who is capable of winning, even if he or she is above 75, will be
given a ticket, a source close to the development said.After the 2014 victory,
PM Modi-led party changed its rules for party members, which included
retirement from active politics after 75 and diminishing chances of getting
party tickets after reaching 70. However, this year the norms seem to have been
amended again as several prominent BJP faces will be ruled out if the party
chooses to stick with the 2014 rule.This includes 91-year-old LK Advani,
85-year-old Murli Manohar Joshi and 77-year-old Kalraj Mishra.The source said
that BJP also plans to expand its alliances in the states. He said that there
16 allies in 2014 but "this year there will be 29". News18
I have no PM dreams, RSS has no such plans
either: Gadkari
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today said neither
does he have any aspirations nor the RSS, BJP's ideological mentor, any plans
to project him as a PM candidate for the national election. The remarks come
amid speculation that he would be projected as the next PM of the country if
his party needed support of other political parties to form a government after
the election. He made it clear that "neither there is anything like this
in my mind nor RSS has any such thing. Nation comes supreme for us,"Gadkari
said."I do not see dreams,neither I go to anyone nor I do any lobbying. I
am not in this race... I my telling you from my heart," he said.ndtv
Raj Thackeray Predicts Another Pulwama-Like
Attack Ahead of Polls
Addressing the workers of his party, MNS chief
Raj Thackeray on Saturday,said another “Pulwama-like attack” could take place
in a “bid to win the upcoming Lok Sabha polls”. Raj Thackeray said, “There is a
limit to speaking lies. Lies are being spoken to win elections. In a bid to win
upcoming elections, there will be another Pulwama-like attack within the next
one to two months.” Disputing that terrorists were killed in the air raids,
Thackeray said had that been the case, Indian Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman
would not have been allowed to return home from captivity by Pakistan.
Thackeray also alleged that the warnings issued by intelligence agencies prior
to the Pulwama attack were ignored. “40 jawans were martyred in the Pulwama
attack. Should we still not ask questions? In Dec, NSA Ajit Doval had met his
Pakistani counterpart in Bangkok. Who will tell us what transpired at the
meeting?”Raj Thackeray said. the quint
Tell families of CRPF that NSA Doval was deal maker
who handed over Masood to Pak: Rahul to Modi
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi
cornered PM Narendra Modi over Pulwama attack and told him to inform the
families of 40 CRPF martyrs about who released their murderer, Masood Azhar. He
further said the PM should also tell the family members of the martyred jawans
that the current NSA Ajit Doval was the deal maker who went to Kandahar to hand
over Azhar back to Pakistan. The decision to hijack the plane was taken to
secure the release of terrorist Masood Azhar and two others.Times Now
PM Modi ‘scaring people like a terrorist’,
says Congress leader Vijayashanti
Telangana Congress (TPCC) chairperson
Vijayashanti courted controversy Saturday when she said Prime Minister Narendra
Modi is “scaring people like a terrorist”.At a public meeting in Chevella
constituency of Hyderabad, where Congress head Rahul Gandhi was to make an
appearance, Vijayashanti said that the prime minister “dropped several bombs
like demonetisation and GST” and “everyone in the country is afraid that he may
drop another bomb at any moment”.indian express
Demonetisation: RBI says no data on 500- and
1,000-notes used at fuel pumps
New Delhi : In reply to an RTI query, RBI said
it has no data on the old 500- and 1,000-rupee notes used to pay for utility
bills such as fuel at petrol pumps, which are believed to have formed a good
part of the demonetised currency that returned to the banking system.After the
November 8, 2016 shock decision to ban the use of old 500- and 1,000-rupee
notes, the government had allowed the exchange of the junked notes as well as
they being used for payment of utility bills for 23 services. Both 500- and
1,000-rupee notes could be used at government hospitals, railway ticketing,
public transport, airline ticketing at airports, milk booths, crematoria/burial
grounds, petrol pumps, metro rail tickets, purchase of medicines on doctor
prescription from the government and private pharmacies, LPG gas cylinders,
railway catering, electricity and water bills, ASI monument entry tickets and
highway toll.PTI
NIA summons Mirwaiz, Naseem Geelani for
enquiry
New Delhi:NIA has summoned the Hurriyat
Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and Naseem Geelani, younger son of
separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, for questioning in a 2017 terror
financing case, a senior official said. Mirwaiz is the first top-ranking
separatist to be summoned by NIA.Both the Mirwaiz and Naseem Geelani have been
asked to appear at NIA headquarters in New Delhi on Monday.NIA’s notice to the
Mirwaiz reads: “It appears you are acquainted with the circumstances of a case
under investigation by NIA. You are required to report before NIA on March 11
at 10.30am for the purpose of your examination.”Mirwaiz confirmed the issuance
of the notice but refused to comment on the development. A Hurriyat spokesman
described NIA notice as “an attempt to arm twist the leadership of Kashmir into
submission.”NIA team, accompanied by the police and CRPF personnel, searched
the residences of some of the separatist leaders, including the Mirwaiz, Naeem
Geelani, and Ashraf Sehrai, chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat.The houses of Yaseen
Malik, Shabir Shah, Zaffar Bhat and Masarat Alam were also raided. Thehindu
Kashmir newspapers publish blank front pages
to protest govt’s decision to stop ads to two dailies
Srinagar:All the major newspapers in Kashmir
came up with blank front pages on Sunday to protest against the government’s
decision to “stop advertisements” to two Srinagar-based newspapers. “In
protests against the unexplained denial of advertisements to Greater Kashmir
and Kashmir Reader,” read the blank front pages of the newspapers published on
Sunday.The decision to come out with blank front pages was taken by the Kashmir
Editors Guild (KEG) that is also planning a protest march on Sunday
afternoon.J-K government has stopped govt advertisements to two local dailies
Greater Kashmir – valley’s largest circulated English daily – and Kashmir
Reader, another English daily published from Srinagar.While there is no written
order, the newspapers say they have been verbally told by J-K’s Directorate of
Information that the government has decided to stop advertisements to their
publications. Kashmir Editor’s Guild has asked the government to at least
explain the reason for stopping the advertisements to the two newspapers. The
government is yet to come up with a reason, it says.indianexpress
ISI-backed Khalistanis, Kashmiris attack
British Indians at Indian High Commission in London:NewsX
Pakistan’s ISI-backed Khalistanis attacked a
number of British Indians who were standing outside the Indian High Commission
in London on March 9.ISI-backed Khalistanis, Kashmiris attack British Indians
at Indian High Commission in London, shout Naraa-e-Taqbeer, Allahu Akbar:
Pakistan’s ISI is using pro-Khalistani people and Kashmiris as a weapon to
terrorise and attack Indians who are residing in the United Kingdom, reports
said. The ugly face of Pak-sponsored hate crime against Indians was visible on
Saturday when some pro-Khalistani and Kashmiri people attacked a number of
British Indians who were standing outside the Indian High Commission in
London.The incident took place on Saturday when members of Overseas Pakistanis
Welfare Council (OPWC) and Sikhs for Justice gathered outside the Indian High
Commission in London during a demonstration called to protest against
“atrocities on ethnic minorities in India”.As a mark of protest, members of
Friends of India Society, UK demonstrated placards against the anti-Indian
elements which led to a scuffle, reports said.NewsX
Pakistan demands India’s removal from terror
financing watchdog’s review body
Pakistan has asked Financial Action Task Force
(FATF), an international terror financing watchdog, to remove India as co-chair
of its Asia-Pacific Joint Group, the Finance Ministry said on
Saturday.Currently placed on FATF’s ‘grey list’, Pakistan has been scrambling
in recent months to avoid being added to a list of countries deemed
non-compliant with anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regulations by
Paris-based FATF, a measure that officials here fear could further hurt its
economy.In a letter addressed to FATF President Marshall Billingslea, Pakistan
Finance Minister Asad Umar asked him to appoint any other member country
besides India as co-chair of the Asia-Pacific Joint Group “to ensure that FATF review process is fair, unbiased and
objective”, the finance ministry said in a statement. Joint Group is a sub-body
of FATF’s International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG) of the Asia Pacific
Group. Pakistan is a member of the APG and its case is being presented before
FATF by APG. India’s Financial Intelligence Unit’s (FIU) director general is
the co-chair of the Joint Group.“India’s animosity towards Pakistan was well
known and the recent violation of Pakistan’s airspace and dropping of bombs
inside Pakistani territory was another manifestation of India’s hostile
attitude,” Umar wrote in the letter.Referring to India’s efforts of isolating
Pakistan globally and call for the country’s blacklisting during ICRG meeting
on Feb.18, Umar said, “Indian presence among the evaluators and as Co-chair of
Joint Group would undermine the impartiality and spirit of the ‘peer review’
process.” “We firmly believe that India’s involvement in the ICRG process will
not be fair towards Pakistan,” he wrote.PTI
Tensions in subcontinent, minister from Saudi
flies in on Monday
New
Delhi:Saudi State Minister for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir will visit India
on Monday, four days after his trip to Islamabad. This will be his second trip
to India in three weeks as he had accompanied Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin
Salman at the height of India-Pak tensions after the Pulwama attack.While New
Delhi says there is no space for a mediator between India and Pakistan and
rules out any third party’s involvement in the wake of the Pulwama attack and Balakot
air strikes, the Saudi minister’s visit is being read by many as an attempt by
Pakistan to lean on India. Raveesh Kumar, official spokesperson of the Ministry
of External Affairs, said al-Jubeir will hold talks with External Affairs
Minister Sushma Swaraj during his trip. “Saudi Minister of State for Foreign
Affairs will visit India on Monday and will meet the External Affairs Minister.
My understanding is he is visiting to discuss some important follow-ups from
the recent visit of Saudi Crown prince.Beyond that, details can be known only
after the visit and meeting between 2 leaders,”MEA’s official spokesperson
Raveesh Kumar said.Saudis have been very careful in balancing the relationship—they
supported OIC invitation to India and did not ask UAE to withdraw it, despite
pleas by Pakistan.But in Islamabad, which he visited before coming to India, Saudi
Crown Prince was very effusive in his praise for Pakistan, even declaring
himself as the country’s envoy to Saudi.indian express
Dalit Labourer Burnt Alive in Bhilwara, Police
Probe Suicide Angle
Photos of a man who was allegedly burnt alive
were being shared by Dalit activists on their Facebook timeline while few
student activists in Delhi forwarded posts related to the incident via
WhatsApp.At least 02 photos that were being circulated spoke volumes about the
ghastly crime committed on 01 March in Bjiolia Kalan village of Bhilwara
district (Rajasthan). A 60-year-old Dalit labourer, Gangaram Balai’s badly
burnt body was found tied to a tree.Photos showed Gangaram’s body had been
burnt beyond recognition, with thick wires around his waist tied to a tree.His
entire body was covered with black soot and ash could be seen in the perimeter
around the tree. Gangaram belonged to the Balai community which comes under the
Scheduled Caste category. Baldev Singh, sub inspector at the Bjiolia police
station, told The Quint that the police had recovered a suicide note near the
site where Gangaram’s body was found. Singh also confirmed that they have also
recovered victim’s mobile phone from the same spot where the suicide note was
found. While no one has been arrested, Singh said that they are questioning few
suspects. According to victim’s nephew, Madan Lal, sub inspector Baldev Singh
had come to their home on 7 March. The family was informed about the suicide
note in which Gangaram has said that he was concerned about his daughter’s
marriage. Madan Lal counters the police claim about suicide note as his uncle Gangaram
was an illiterate. How can the police recover a suicide note from a man who
could neither read nor write? Madan Lal also told The Quint that his uncle was
unmarried thus, making the police version about daughter look like a piece of
fiction. Gangaram’s family does not seem to be satisfied with the way
investigation is being handled. the quint
Social Activists Blame Police after over 200
Houses of Muslims Burnt Down in Meerut
New Delhi: In Meerut, over 200 shanties in a
slum area were razed, allegedly when the local authorities were trying to
remove encroachments from the area. According to police some of the shanties
were set on fire by some miscreants when they were trying to evict the
encroachers. However, a video, which is being widely circulated, shows a Muslim
man, accusing the police for the shanties being set on fire. The chaos that
ensued even took a minor communal colour, thereby escalating the
tension.Trouble began when members of Meerut Cantonment board along with police
reached the Sadar Bazar area to have encroachments removed. According to the
police version, the encroachers angered by the move began stone-pelting and
some anti-social element set some of the shanties on fire, which further
aggravated the situation.Police filed FIR against unknown men and arrested
around six Muslim men in this case.Rajeev Yadav of Rihai Manch said, “This is
nothing new. Since we are working as social activists in UP, we have been
witnessing such cases to be on the rise. This case is being highlighted because
of Meerut’s vicinity to the national capital.” He then added, “Low-intensity
communal violence is on the rise in UP, with the sole agenda of polarizing the
society. In most of the cases, areas with less Muslim population are being
targeted. Here Dalits are being used to incite the violence with the sole
agenda of instilling fear in Muslims so that they leave that area and move
elsewhere.”Explaining the biased role of the police in details he said, “There
is a rise in frequency of such communal violence across UP, where the number of
casualties is less and the number of those arrested is more. In most of the
cases, Muslims are caught and the draconian NSA is slapped on these men. For
any common man, any person being slapped with NSA is a desh drohi. So, the
agenda is bigger you see – gradually they want to have Muslims being bracketed
as anti-nationals.”Caravan Daily
Mumbai 1992-93 riots: 26 years gone,
witnesses, evidence lost, case begins
At 74, Fazal Ahmed Shad’s memory has started
fading. But the Sunday of January 9, 1993, remains fresh. From his bookstore
counter, a gnarled finger points across South Mumbai’s cluttered Mohammed Ali
Road to where Suleman Usman Mithaiwala Bakery stands. “I was in JJ Hospital
morgue helping families identify their dead relatives in riots when police
fired there,” he says.26 years later, as the trial into the firing, that led to
the death of nine Muslims, has finally begun, for Shah, the case is already
over.“Nobody is interested. We lost eyewitnesses, evidence,” he says, hinting
at the missing police log book, that had wireless call records between police
and the control room when the bakery was attacked. On March 1, the prosecution
informed the Mumbai City Civil and Sessions Court that it is untraceable, while
on Feb.13, the day the trial began, the first witness had turned hostile.Shad talks
about the effort it took for him to convince witnesses to record their
statements during the judicial inquiry. “But the government delayed the case.
Now no one wants to relive those days. I have also stopped following it.”On
that Sunday afternoon, in the midst of Mumbai riots, police officers and a
Special Operations Squad had opened fire at Suleman Usman bakery, the
Dar-ul-uloom Imdadiya madrasa located above it and the adjacent Chunabatti
mosque, claiming a tip-off that there were rioters inside the building. Apart
from the 9 who died, 12 were injured in
the firing. At least 78 people from the bakery were taken into custody. indian
express
WORLD
Ethiopian Airlines plane crash: No survivors
among 157 on board
None of the 157 people on board an Ethiopian
Airlines flight that crashed on Sunday morning en route from Addis Ababa to
Nairobi have survived, the airline said.Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO Tewolde
GebreMariam "deeply regrets the fatal accident," the airline said on
its Twitter account.The group CEO, who had travelled to the scene of the crash,
expressed his "profound sympathy and condolences" to the families of
all victims, the statement read.The tweet by Ethiopian Airlines was accompanied
by a picture of GebreMariam lifting what appeared to be a piece debris at the
bottom of a large crater in an empty field. Little of the plane can be seen in
the freshly churned earth.33 nationalities were on board flight ET 302, which
crashed near the town of Bishoftu, about 50km southeast of the Ethiopian
capital, Ethiopia's state broadcaster reported. 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians, 9
Ethiopians, eight Chinese, 8 Americans, and seven British citizens are among
the dead, according to Ethiopian Airlines. Four of the victims held United
Nations passports.aljazeera
Aircraft Owner, Mayor Among 12 Killed in
Colombia Plane Crash, Officials Say No One Survived
Colombia: A plane crash in Colombia killed 12
people on Saturday, including a mayor and her family, aviation and emergency
services said.Douglas DC-3 aircraft, an American-made twin-engine propeller
plane that was first produced in the 1930s, crashed in the center-east of the
country on a flight between the towns of San Jose del Guaviare and
Villavicencio. A fire department official told AFP it then caught fire.
"Unfortunately... there were no survivors," the Aeronautica Civil
aviation authority said, adding that wreckage was found close to
Villavicencio.Among the victims was the mayor of the municipality of Taraira,
Doris Villegas, and her husband and daughter, as well as the owner of the
aircraft, pilot Jaime Carrillo, co-pilot Jaime Herrera and an aviation
technician identified as Alex Moreno.President Ivan Duque paid tribute to the
victims on Twitter."My solidarity with families," he wrote. Defensa
Civil emergency services put the death toll at 12, with director Colonel Jorge
Martinez suggesting an engine failure could have caused the crash."At the
moment of flying over the municipality of San Martin, an engine turns off and
the pilot ... tries to land ... but it gets out of control," he theorized
to RCN news channel.AFP
Palestinian president has chosen longtime
adviser Mohammed Ishtayeh as his new prime minister
Ramallah:Palestinian president has chosen
longtime adviser Mohammed Ishtayeh as his new prime minister, officials said on
Sunday, a step that further deepens the rift with the rival Hamas
group.President Mahmoud Abbas was expected to announce the appointment later in
the day, officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity pending a formal
announcement. Ishtayeh, a British-educated economist, is a top official in
Abbas’ Fatah movement. He is a former peace negotiator and strong proponent of
a two-state solution with Israel. He also is a strong critic of the Hamas,
which seized control of the Gaza Strip from Fatah forces in 2007. Hamas
takeover has left the Palestinians torn between rival governments in Gaza and
the West Bank, where Abbas’ Palestinian Authority administers autonomous areas.
Repeated attempts at reconciliation have failed.AP
Israel's right-wing leads ahead of next
month's polls
Israel's right-wing has returned to the
forefront, one month before the April 9 election, a new opinion poll showed on
Sunday. The survey conducted for Israeli daily Haaretz showed that the
right-wing could win 63 seats in the 120-member Knesset (Israel's parliament)
against 57 seats for the center-left and Arab parties.The poll showed that the
right-wing parties could grab these seats without the support of the Yisrael
Beiteinu party, led by former defense minister Avigdor Lieberman, whose party
was not expected to exceed the four-seat threshold.Haaretz said the progress
made by the right-wing means that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has
overcome the effect of the attorney-general's decision last month to indict him
in three separate cases on charges of corruption and bribery.Anadolu
Palestine cuts staff pay over Israeli tax
deductions
Ramallah: Palestinian govt will pay civil
servants half of their salaries after Israel withheld tax money collected on
its behalf, according to the Palestinian finance minister. "The government will pay 50% of the
salaries," Shukri Bishara told a press conference in the West Bank city of
Ramallah on Sunday. He said the
government has also applied a host of austerity measures, including halting the
appointment of new civil servants, promotions and additional allowances. "Govt
needs to borrow around $50-60 million a month from the local market to meet its
obligations towards its employees and state institutions," he said. Last month, the Ramallah-based government
refused to accept deducted tax revenues collected by Israel on behalf of the PA. The move came after the Israeli government
decided to deduct some 502 million Israeli shekels (roughly $138 million) from
the Palestinian tax money, citing that the amount was being paid by Ramallah to
the families of Palestinians involved in attacks against Israeli targets. Anadolu Agency
Regime forces hit civil defense center in
Syria's Idlib
Syria's Bashar al-Assad regime and Iran-backed
terror groups attacked a center of the White Helmets civil defense agency in
northwestern Idlib on Sunday, killing a civil defense worker, according to
local sources. The attack was carried out in Marek district, which is located
inside the Idlib de-escalation zone. The
civil defense center was heavily damaged and became unusable as a result of the
attack, the sources said on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on
speaking to the media. On Saturday, a volunteer was killed when another White
Helmets center was hit by a warplane, which belonged to Russia, according to
the opposition. Regime attacks in
Idlib’s de-escalation zone are estimated to have killed at least 117 civilians
-- and injured more than 342 others -- since the beginning of 2019. Anadolu Agency
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