Barbara Plett-Usher

1 month ago | bbc.com | Barbara Plett-Usher |Natasha Booty

Sudan army accused of killing hundreds in airstrike on Darfur marketBarbara Plett-Usher & Natasha BootyBBC News, in Port Sudan & LondonScreengrab from RSF shared footageThe market is not far from the city of el-Fasher, which is controlled by the armyA Sudanese war monitor has accused the military of killing hundreds of people in an air strike on a market in the country's western Darfur region.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Barbara Plett-Usher |Port Sudan |Wycliffe Muia

The Sudanese army says it has recaptured the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after almost two years of fighting. Reclaiming the east African country's seat of power marks a major victory for the army, which has been making significant advances against the RSF in recent months. But it is still a long way from ending the war entirely, with large parts of the country still under the RSF's control.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Barbara Plett-Usher

Sudan army recaptures presidential palace after two years of warBarbara Plett-UsherReutersRSF has been in control of most of the capital since the war started The Sudanese army has recaptured the presidential palace in Khartoum from the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, military leaders have said. Video and photographs posted on social media and verified by the BBC show jubilant soldiers waving their guns, cheering, and kneeling to pray.

Dec 6, 2024 | yahoo.com | Barbara Plett-Usher |Maia Wyn Davies

Tens of thousands of people are fleeing Syria's third-largest city Homs amid reports that rebels are closing in, just over a week since they launched their lightning offensive. The rebels seized Hama to the north on Thursday, a second major blow to President Bashar al Assad who lost control of Aleppo last week. The leader of the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani, told residents of Homs "your time has come".

Aug 10, 2024 | aol.com | Barbara Plett-Usher |Thomas Mackintosh

August 10, 2024 at 1:06 AMThere have been several Israeli strikes on schools serving as shelters recently [Reuters]Gaza's Hamas-run civil defence agency says an Israeli air strike on a school building sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City has killed dozens of people. A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said al-Taba’een school "served as an active Hamas and Islamic Jihad military facility" with approximately 20 "militants" operating there.