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RM 99534797

イスラエル軍と衝突、少なくとも16名が負傷＝パレスチナ

At least 16 people were injured on Tuesday when Israeli forces clashed with Palestinians gathered at the northern borders of the Gaza Strip, according to a local reporter citing the Gaza Health Ministry. According to the reporter, Israeli soldiers "opened fire" on the Palestinians and also fired tear gas. A video of the incident showed Palestinians using slingshots to hurl rocks towards the Israeli military amid clouds of tear gas. The video also showed medics treating injured Palestinians and one member of the press who appeared to be suffering the effects of tear gas. According to the reporter, the injured were treated in hospital and their condition was described as "moderate." (Original Title: At least 16 injured in Gaza clashes with Israeli military)

日付：2019年3月19日

RM 99536070

イスラエル政府の命令で難民キャンプ内にあった学校が取り壊される＝パレスチナ

A school building under construction in the Shuafat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem was demolished on March 19 under order of the Israeli authorities, Palestinian media reported.The owner of the building told Ma’an News Agency that he had sought the necessary permits for the building’s construction and was told the land belonged to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees.He said that Israeli authorities issued a demolition order for the building in November. In footage here, a man says that construction on the building stopped when the order was received.The school’s principal told Ma’an that 400 students had registered for the upcoming school year in the new building. School was suspended on Tuesday for the 1,500 al-Razi students, they said.Footage here shows Shuafat residents and Israeli forces gathered around the demolition site. Credit: Raeda Saeed al-Khalili via Storyful (Original Title: School Building in East Jerusalem Refugee Camp Demolished Following Objections by Israeli Authorities)

日付：2019年3月19日

RM 99536072

シリア民主軍がイスラム国の領地へ侵攻＝シリア

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said on March 19 that they were in control of an Islamic State “encampment area” in Baghuz.The SDF said this was “significant progress” but not outright victory, as a group “confined into a tiny area” were continuing to fight.Mustafa Bali, the SDF spokesman, tweeted a series of map images showing the territory SDF said had been claimed, near the Euphrates River.The news outlet Alyaum TV shared this footage on March 19, described as showing the Islamic State “encampment” in Baghuz. Credit: Alyaum TV via Storyful (Original Title: SDF Claims to Have Captured Bulk of Islamic State Enclave in Baghuz)

日付：2019年3月19日

RM 99464400

B-52戦略爆撃機英本土に飛来＝イギリス【日本語字幕付き】2019年３月19日配信

ARMY AIRSHOW - A U.S. Air Force's B-52 bombers land at RAF Fairford, in Gloucestershire. They landed on Thursday and Friday (March 14 and 15), and the RAF base is now a temporary military base for the B-52 bombers. The aircraft have joined the US European Command area of operations and they could be part of a deployment for flying training and ‘theatre integration'. Their arrival comes ahead of a planned NATO exercise in Georgia, though it is unclear whether the B-52s will be involved. The aircraft from 2 have flown from from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana and part of the new deployment of the USAF Bomber Task Force in England. NATO allies, including the UK and US, are preparing for war games in Georgia under the banner “NATO-GEO EX19”. The military show of force in a nation bordering Russia comes almost 11 years after the two countries - former Soviet Union partners - fought a nine-day war over breakaway regions of Georgia. NATO said the aim of the exercise, which begins on Monday (March 18), “is to improve interoperability between NATO and Georgia and educate the Georgian armed forces about NATO standards for collective training and exercise”. The is the largest deployment of a US single bomber platform since 2003 for Operation Iraqi Freedom. 　　3月15日、イングランド南西部グロスターシャー州のフェアフォード英空軍基地に着陸する米空軍のB-52戦略爆撃機。 　米南部ルイジアナ州バークスデール空軍基地の第2爆撃航空団所属のB-52は、3月18日から南コーカサスのジョージアで始まる、英米を含むNATO（北大西洋条約機構）とジョージアの合同軍事演習を前に、2003年のイラク戦争以降初めて英本土に飛来した。 　旧ソ連の構成国であったジョージア（当時グルジア）では2008年、南オセチアを巡ってロシアとの間に11日間にわたる紛争（南オセチア紛争）が勃発。以来、ジョージアはNATOへの加盟を模索している。 （イギリス、フェアフォード、3月18日、映像：SWNS/アフロ）

日付：2019年3月18日

RM 99464757

イスラム国の領地に侵攻するシリア民主軍＝シリア

Pro-Kurdish media said on Monday, March 18, that the Kurdish-led and US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had entered the Islamic State enclave in Baghuz from the north.Mustafa Bali, the SDF spokesman, said on March 17 that SDF forces had taken positions within the enclave.Footage published by Kurdish news outlet ANHA is said to show fighting and smoke rising over Baghuz. Credit: ANHA via Storyful (Original Title: Kurdish Forces Report Further Advances on IS Enclave in Baghuz)

日付：2019年3月17日

RM 99226324

トーネード攻撃機退役＝イギリス【日本語字幕付き】2019年３月15日配信

Squadrons look on as RAF Tornado completes final flight -- The RAF Tornado has completed its final flight in a flypast over the disbandment parade for the jet's last two squadrons. The Tornado will retire at the end of March after almost 40 years in service. Members of the last two squadrons to operate the aircraft attended the parade in a hangar at the jet's home base of RAF Marham in Norfolk on March 14. The two squadrons at the disbandment parade were 9 Squadron and 31 Squadron. The world's first operational Tornado squadron, 9 Squadron, had operated the aircraft since 1982. It will be stood up again as a Typhoon squadron at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland. 31 Squadron, known as the Goldstars, operated the Tornado since 1984. It is set to be stood up again to operate Protector drones. The duties of the Tornado, which was originally used in combat during the first Gulf War, will be taken over by Typhoon jets with newly-fitted weapons systems. 　英空軍の全天候型多用途攻撃機トーネードGR.4が3月14日、現役最後となるフライト任務を終え、イングランド東部ノーフォーク州のマーハム空軍基地に帰投した。 　英国、イタリア、西ドイツ（開発当時）が共同開発したトーネードは1979年に就役、今年3月末をもって40年に及ぶ任務を終了し、正式に退役する。 　トーネード最後の飛行隊となった第9スコードロンと第31スコードロンの両隊員は、マーハム基地格納庫で行われた退役式典に出席。 　トーネードの任務は順次防空戦闘機タイフーンが肩代わりする。 　英空軍初のトーネード飛行隊として1982年に編成された第9スコードロンは、スコットランドのロジーマス空軍基地でタイフーン飛行隊として再編される。 　また、1984年編成の第31スコードロンは、ドローン「プロテクター」飛行隊として再編される。 （イギリス、マーハム、3月15日、映像：PA/AFLO）

日付：2019年3月15日

RM 99181533

イドリブで学校と病院近くで爆撃、市民の死者も＝シリア

At least 15 people, including eight children, were killed when airstrikes hit the city of Idlib, Syria, on March 13, according to the Syria Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets.Both the White Helmets and pro-opposition media said Russian airstrikes hit residential neighborhoods, including an area near a school and a hospital. Russia media, citing officials, reported that a Russian airstrike targeted a Hayat Tahrir al-Sham munitions stockpile in the city. Storyful has not confirmed the targets of the strikes.Earlier on Wednesday, a series of airstrikes targeting a prison in Idlib allowed prisoners to escape, local media reported.This video from an opposition news outlet shows smoke rising from an area of Idlib city close to a school and a hospital. It also shows emergency responders at the scene. Credit: Baladi News via Storyful (Original Title: Civilian Fatalities Reported After Strikes Near School and Hospital in Idlib City)

日付：2019年3月13日

RM 99016963

ガザでの抗議で命を落とした男性の葬儀＝パレスチナ

Hundreds of mourners took part today (March 12) in the funeral procession for Musa Mohammad Musa, a Palestinian civilian killed during a protest. Mourners carried the body of Musa, 23, from Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, to the family home. Local reports say that Musa was shot by Israeli forces during a protest that had taken place on March 1. He died this morning. (Original Title: Hundreds join funeral procession of Palestinian killed in Gaza protest)

日付：2019年3月12日

RM 98883750

イスラエル軍の攻撃で破壊された漁船＝パレスチナ

Israeli warplanes struck targets in the Gaza Strip early on Sunday. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said fighter jets and aircraft hit several targets, including a military compound in the north of the Strip and two naval vessels belonging to Hamas. A video showed fishing boats in the Gaza Strip which locals claimed were damaged by one of the Israeli strikes. There was no immediate word on casualties from the strikes, which came after militants in Gaza fired a mortar shell at the Eshkol region of southern Israel on Saturday night, according to the IDF. (Original Title: Israeli warplanes attack targets in Gaza causing damage to fishing boats)

日付：2019年3月10日

RM 98948334

ヤズィーディーの女性はレイプや奴隷扱いから守られたと語る一方、コーランはあまり知らないと話すイスラム国の女性

An Islamic State woman described as from the Philippines was recorded by a Kurdish women’s organization defending the rape and enslavement of Yazidi women by the group.Women with Kongra Star, or Star Congress, a Kurdish women’s movement, said the woman had traveled with her husband to Syria five years ago. After his death, she married a Bosnian jihadist, who has been captured by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.In a video posted on March 9, the woman calls Yazidis “property” and “slaves”. She says that Islam permits them “to be used” and that “it’s not rape.”When challenged to provide a support for this belief, the woman says, “I don’t know much about Quran.”Islamic State killed thousands of men, and kidnapped thousands of women and children during an assault on the region of Sinjar, in northern Iraq, in 2014.A UN report in June 2016 said that Islamic State had committed genocide against the Yazidi population. Credit: Star Congress Diplomacy Rojava via Storyful (Original Title: Islamic State Wife Defends Rape and Slavery of Yazidis, but Admits 'I Don't Know Much About Quran')

日付：2019年3月9日

RM 98883698

ガザの国境付近の争いで負傷するパレスチナの若者たち＝パレスチナ

Israeli forces shot dead one Palestinian and wounded 42 others taking part in weekly protests at the Gaza Strip border, agencies reported, citing the Palestinian health ministry. In video filmed on March 8, Israeli Defence Forces fire tear gas at Palestinian youths close to the eastern border of the Gaza Strip. IDF vehicles can be seen pacing up and down the border. Palestinian youths can also be seen using catapults to throw projectiles. (Original Title: Palestinian youths stretchered into ambulances in latest Gaza cross-border violence)

日付：2019年3月8日

RM 98885021

イドリブの非武装地帯のパトロールを行うトルコ軍＝シリア

The Turkish army announced that their troops began patrols in the demilitarized zone in Idlib, Syria, on March 8.Russian troops would be patrolling outside the city, Anadolu Agency reported.In September, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Erdogan, agreed to create a buffer zone in Idlib, Reuters reported. Credit: Baladi News via Storyful (Original Title: Turkish Troops Begin Patrols in Idlib Demilitarized Zone)

日付：2019年3月8日

人物：ウラジーミル・プーチン, タイップ・エルドアン

RM 98706534

イスラエル軍がパレスチナ人の住居を破壊、12月の事件への報復か＝パレスチナ

Israeli forces demolished the West Bank home of a Palestinian accused of killing two Israeli soldiers in December, local media reported on March 7.Assem Barghouti was arrested in January for his suspected involvement in two attacks on bus stops in Israel in December, the Times of Israel reported.In an attack on December 9 near a settlement at Ofra, seven people were injured, including a pregnant woman who lost her baby a few days later. Two soldiers were killed in an attack on December 13 near Givat Assaf.The Israel Defense Forces confirmed the demolition on March 7, saying, they “will continue to fight terror.”Footage here shows the demolition and its aftermath. Standing near the demolished home, Barghouti’s mother says, “Yes, they demolished our home, but they don’t demolish our determination and strength.” Credit: Quds Network via Storyful (Original Title: Israeli Forces Demolish Home of Palestinian Linked to December Attacks)

日付：2019年3月7日

RM 99516103

'We are fed up' - Algerian students rally against Bouteflika

Date:MARCH 5, 2019 Algerian students took part in renewed protests in the capital against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Tuesday (March 5), calling for the 82-year-old leader to step down. The protests appear to lack leadership and organisation in a country still dominated by veterans of the 1954-1962 independence war against France, including Bouteflika. But the unrest still poses the biggest challenge to the ailing leader and the ruling elite made up of the ruling party, businessmen, the military and security services. Tens of thousands of people have rallied in cities around Algeria in the largest protests since the 2011 Arab Spring, calling on Bouteflika not to submit election papers for the April 18 election. The papers were filed on Sunday (March 3). (Production: Abdelaziz Boumzar and Vin Shahrestani) (Caption:2139EV-ALGERIA-PROTESTS_UPDATE)

日付：2019年3月5日

RM 99515995

Thousands of Algerians take to streets to demand Bouteflika quit

Date:MARCH 5, 2019 Thousands of Algerians took part in renewed protests in the capital and other cities on Tuesday (March 5), calling on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down and rejecting his offer to not serve a full term after elections in April. Young Algerians who are at the forefront of the protests want a new generation of leaders and have few attachments to the old guard. After a decade-long Islamist insurgency that Bouteflika crushed early in his rule, Algerians generally tolerated a political system that left little room for dissent as a price to pay for relative peace and stability. But Algeria's mostly young population, almost 70 percent of whom are aged below 30, are agitating for jobs, better services and an end to rampant corruption in a country that is one of Africa's largest oil producers. Tens of thousands of people have rallied in cities around Algeria in the largest protests since the 2011 Arab Spring, calling on Bouteflika, 82, not to submit election papers for the April 18 election. The papers were filed on Sunday (March 3). Bouteflika, in power for 20 years, has not spoken in public since suffering a stroke in 2013. (Production: Abdelaziz Boumzar, Mostafa Salem, Seham Eloraby, Malgorzata Wojtunik) (Caption:2118WD-ALGERIA-PROTESTS_)

日付：2019年3月5日

RM 99515544

Saudi Arabia says it is too early to restore ties with Syria

Date:MARCH 4, 2019 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: QUALITY AS INCOMING Saudi Arabia said on Monday (March 4) it was too early to restore diplomatic ties with Syria or reinstate Damascus to the Arab League without progress on a political process to end the eight-year-old war. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Jubeir also said Riyadh, which backed rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad, would not take part in any reconstruction efforts before stability is restored in Syria. Jubeir was speaking at a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. He said it was also "too early" for Syria to be reinstated to the Arab League, where its membership was suspended seven years ago. The Arab League has said such a move would require consensus among member states. The United Arab Emirates, a Saudi ally, reopened its embassy in Damascus in December in a diplomatic boost for Assad, in a bid to re-engage and rebuild Arab influence in Syria. Asked whether Riyadh would assist in reconstruction of Syria, Jubeir said: "Reconstruction cannot happen until the war is over and there is stability and security in Syria." The United States, backed by Saudi Arabia, is lobbying other Gulf states to hold off on rehabilitating Syria, sources told Reuters earlier this month. (Production: Nael Shyoukhi, Rosalind Church) (Caption:1183EV-MIDEAST-CRISIS_SYRIA_SAUDI)

日付：2019年3月4日

RM 99515432

Shops and schools reopen in Pakistani Kashmir as tensions with India ease

Date:MARCH 4, 2019 Life started to return to normal in the towns along the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed region of Kashmir between Pakistan and India on Monday (March 4) after cross-border shelling stopped. At the LoC, that acts as a de facto border in Kashmir, there was relative calm in the past 24 hours, both the armies said on Sunday (March 3). The exchange of fire in the past few days has killed seven people on the Pakistani side and four on the Indian side, though the release of a downed Indian fighter pilot by Pakistan on Friday (March 1) night has helped de-escalate tensions. Shops and schools reopened in Chakothi, close to the LoC. But Mukhtar Ahmed, a veterinary doctor said still there was fear among the people although many, who fled the shelling, were returning to their homes. Chaudhry Gul Hassan, a teacher at a school in Chakothi, which is close to the LoC, said classes had resumed after about a week of closure amid heightened tensions. In Hattian Bala, trucks lined the road leading to Chakothi, as trade across the border remained suspended for the second week. India and Pakistan are amidst their biggest stand-off in many years, with the United States and other global powers mediating to de-escalate tensions between arch-foes who have fought three wars since their independence from British colonial rule in 1947. (Caption:1172EV-INDIA-KASHMIR_PAKISTAN_BORDER)

日付：2019年3月4日

RM 99515390

Saudi uses counter-terrorism law to silence activists and women, U.N. experts say

Date:MARCH 4, 2019 Saudi Arabia is using its counter-terrorism laws to silence activists, including women, in violation of international law guaranteeing freedom of speech, United Nations human rights experts said on Monday (March 4). U.N. rights experts were joined by Saudi and other activists at a panel event held in Geneva on Monday on the sidelines of the U.N. Human Rights Council, entitled "Saudi Arabia - Time for Accountability". The Saudi counter-terrorism law and other regulations are "unacceptably wide and unacceptably vague", said Fionnuala Ni Aolain, U.N. special rapporteur on protecting human rights while countering terrorism. Michel Forst, U.N. special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, said that he has been in touch with the Riyadh government for the past year following its "crackdown" and that "the targeting of women human rights defenders" was worrying. At Monday's panel, Saudi and Arab activists called on the kingdom to release human rights defenders and raised concern on the "systematic use of torture". Another activist and Saudi blogger, Omaima Al-Najjar said the recent reports of activists and women human rights defenders tortured in prison in May 2018 was only "the tip of iceberg of the human rights violations and international treaties violations that have been committed by the Saudi government". (Caption:1171WD-SAUDI-RIGHTS_UN)

日付：2019年3月4日

RM 99466863

U.S. Palestinian mission shuts down in Jerusalem

Date:MARCH 4, 2019 The United States on Monday (March 4) closed its stand-alone Jerusalem consulate that had served as its diplomatic channel to the Palestinians, merging the mission with the new U.S. Embassy to Israel in the contested city. The Palestinians, who have boycotted the Trump administration since it shifted long-standing U.S. policy in December 2017 by recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital, voiced anger at what they see as Washington's latest move against them. (Dedi Hayun, Lianne Back, Elana Ringler, Rinat Harash) (Caption:1081EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_USA)

日付：2019年3月4日

RM 99466861

Jewish cultural centre defaced with swastikas near Strasbourg

Date:MARCH 4, 2019, FILE Five swastikas were found painted on a former synagogue turned cultural centre on Monday (March 4) in the town of Mommenheim, near Strasbourg, in the Alsace region of eastern France. The graffiti comes after a spike in anti-Semitic acts which surged by 74 percent in 2018, according to interior ministry figures. In February, President Emmanuel Macron visited a Jewish cemetery after vandals daubed swastikas and anti-Jewish slogans on dozens of graves. The vandalism sent thousands of people into the streets of France for a protest on February 19. France is home to the biggest Jewish community in Europe -- around 550,000 -- a population that has grown by about half since World War Two, but anti-Semitic attacks remain common. (Caption:1142WD-FRANCE-ANTISEMITISM_STRASBOURG)

日付：2019年3月4日

RM 99466860

Jewish cultural centre defaced with swastikas near Strasbourg

Date:MARCH 4, 2019, FILE Five swastikas were found painted on a former synagogue turned cultural centre on Monday (March 4) in the town of Mommenheim, near Strasbourg, in the Alsace region of eastern France. The graffiti comes after a spike in anti-Semitic acts which surged by 74 percent in 2018, according to interior ministry figures. In February, President Emmanuel Macron visited a Jewish cemetery after vandals daubed swastikas and anti-Jewish slogans on dozens of graves. The vandalism sent thousands of people into the streets of France for a protest on February 19. France is home to the biggest Jewish community in Europe -- around 550,000 -- a population that has grown by about half since World War Two, but anti-Semitic attacks remain common. (Caption:1142WD-FRANCE-ANTISEMITISM_STRASBOURG)

日付：2019年3月4日

人物：エマニュエル・マクロン

RM 99466859

Jewish cultural centre defaced with swastikas near Strasbourg

Date:MARCH 4, 2019, FILE Five swastikas were found painted on a former synagogue turned cultural centre on Monday (March 4) in the town of Mommenheim, near Strasbourg, in the Alsace region of eastern France. The graffiti comes after a spike in anti-Semitic acts which surged by 74 percent in 2018, according to interior ministry figures. In February, President Emmanuel Macron visited a Jewish cemetery after vandals daubed swastikas and anti-Jewish slogans on dozens of graves. The vandalism sent thousands of people into the streets of France for a protest on February 19. France is home to the biggest Jewish community in Europe -- around 550,000 -- a population that has grown by about half since World War Two, but anti-Semitic attacks remain common. (Caption:1142WD-FRANCE-ANTISEMITISM_STRASBOURG)

日付：2019年3月4日

RM 99446030

Prince Harry unveils British memorial to victims of Tunisian attacks

Date:MARCH 4, 2019, FILE Britain's Prince Harry unveiled a memorial on Monday (March 4) to the victims of two deadly attacks in Tunisia four years ago. A gunman killed 30 Britons and eight others in a rampage at the beach resort of Sousse in June 2015, while another Briton was among the 21 victims when militants stormed Tunisia's national museum three months earlier. Harry, the Duke of Sussex, was joined by 300 guests, including families of the victims, to open a memorial in Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham, central England, featuring a sculpture, titled "Infinite Wave", made up of 31 individual streams to represent each victim. "In memory of all those who lost their lives, and to the families whose lives were changed forever by these events, I would like to pay my deepest respects to you and officially dedicate this memorial to your loved ones," Harry said. Afterwards, Harry visited the Scar Free Foundation Centre for Conflict Wound Research based at the city's Queen Elizabeth Hospital, a centre which aims to help military veterans and civilians wounded in militant attacks deal with appearance-altering injuries. More than 6,000 members of the British armed forces have been seriously injured or scarred in recent conflicts, according to the prince's office. Harry, who served in armed forces for a decade including two tours of Afghanistan, heard about techniques the centre used and the psychological treatments wounded veterans were given to help them cope with life with a scarred appearance. (Production: Rosalind Church) (Caption:1017SB-BRITAIN-ROYALS_HARRY)

日付：2019年3月4日

RM 99446029

Clashes erupt in West Bank after car ramming attack

Date:MARCH 4, 2019 Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli forces on Monday (March 4) after three Palestinians deliberately drove a car into Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank earlier and two of the attackers were shot dead after critically injuring an officer, according to the Israeli military. "We send our best wishes for a quick recovery to the officer who was wounded and will do everything to speed up the demolition of the homes of these murderers," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented on the attack. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said the two men were shot in cold blood in "a brutal execution". Describing the incident as a car-ramming, the military said a third Palestinian in the vehicle was wounded after the troops opened fire. In Monday's incident, the military said the soldiers were targeted after they had stopped their own vehicle on the roadside at night about 10 km (six miles) northwest of the Palestinian city of Ramallah, the military said. Israeli media reported their car had broken down. Soldiers fired at the Palestinian car after the ramming, killing two of its occupants, a military spokeswoman said. In addition to the Israeli officer who was seriously hurt, a soldier was slightly injured, the military said. (Production: Ismael Khader, Suheir Sheikh) (Caption:1080EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_VIOLENCE_NETANYAHU)

日付：2019年3月4日

RM 99446028

Clashes erupt in West Bank after car ramming attack

Date:MARCH 4, 2019 Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli forces on Monday (March 4) after three Palestinians deliberately drove a car into Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank earlier and two of the attackers were shot dead after critically injuring an officer, according to the Israeli military. "We send our best wishes for a quick recovery to the officer who was wounded and will do everything to speed up the demolition of the homes of these murderers," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented on the attack. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said the two men were shot in cold blood in "a brutal execution". Describing the incident as a car-ramming, the military said a third Palestinian in the vehicle was wounded after the troops opened fire. In Monday's incident, the military said the soldiers were targeted after they had stopped their own vehicle on the roadside at night about 10 km (six miles) northwest of the Palestinian city of Ramallah, the military said. Israeli media reported their car had broken down. Soldiers fired at the Palestinian car after the ramming, killing two of its occupants, a military spokeswoman said. In addition to the Israeli officer who was seriously hurt, a soldier was slightly injured, the military said. (Production: Ismael Khader, Suheir Sheikh) (Caption:1080EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_VIOLENCE_NETANYAHU)

日付：2019年3月4日

RM 99445822

'We don't count human casualties': India air force on Pakistan air strikes

Date:MARCH 4, 2019, RECENT India's Air Force chief on Monday (March 4) said they were not aware of the number of casualties hit by their fighter jets in Pakistan, and that it was not their job to count those figures. Indian warplanes carried out air strikes last Tuesday (February 26) inside northeast Pakistan's Balakot on what New Delhi called militant camps. Islamabad denied any such camps existed, as did local villagers in the area when Reuters visited. Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa, who was addressing a news conference in southern Coimbatore city, said he was not aware of the number of people present in the selected target. Dhanoa also announced that India will introduce French-made Rafale combat jets in their fleet in September. India has ordered 36 planes from Dassault Aviation as part of a modernisation programme of the air force which is phasing out its Soviet-era planes. (Caption:1012EV-INDIA-KASHMIR_AIR_FORCE)

日付：2019年3月4日

RM 99445785

Car rams into Israeli troops, Palestinian attackers killed - military

Date:MARCH 4, 2019 Palestinians deliberately drove a car into Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank on Monday (March 4) and two of the attackers were shot dead after critically injuring an officer, the Israeli military said. Describing the incident as a car-ramming, the military said a third Palestinian in the vehicle was slightly wounded after the troops opened fire. The attack occurred when soldiers stopped their vehicle on the roadside at night about 10 km (six miles) northwest of the Palestinian city of Ramallah, the military said. Israeli media reported their car had broken down. Soldiers fired at the Palestinian car after the ramming, killing two of its occupants, a military spokeswoman said. The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed their deaths. In addition to the Israeli officer seriously hurt in the incident, a soldier sustained light injuries, the military said. Palestinians, many of them individuals without known associations with militant groups, carried out a wave of car-rammings in the West Bank in late 2015 and 2016, but the frequency of such incidents has since decreased. Israel captured the West Bank in a 1967 Middle East war. Palestinians seek to establish a state there and in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, with East Jerusalem as its capital. Israeli-Palestinian peace talks collapsed in 2014. (Production: Mohamad Torokman, Ismail Khader, Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh, Lianne Back) (Caption:1079EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_VIOLENCE)

日付：2019年3月4日

RM 99466729

Family mourns death of 18-year-old labourer killed in Kashmir shelling

Date:MARCH 3, 2019 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL ORIGINALLY 4:3 Relatives gathered on Sunday (March 3) to mourn the loss of an 18-year-old man killed in cross-border shelling in Pakistan administered Kashmir on Friday (March 1), according to his family. The youngest of three brothers, Sadheer had gone to find work in the Nakyal sector along the Line of Control (LoC) on Friday (March 1) when he was killed by a shell, his older brother who had accompanied him said. At the LoC, the de facto border between nuclear-armed neighbours Pakistan and India, there was relative calm in the past 24 hours, their armies said on Sunday. The exchange of fire in the past few days has killed seven people on the Pakistani side and four on the Indian side, though the release of a downed Indian fighter pilot by Pakistan on Friday night has helped de-escalate tensions. A funeral was held in Dera Ghazi Khan on Sunday (March 3) for a Pakistani soldier, Abud Rab, who the Pakistani army's media wing said was killed by Indian fire across the LoC on Saturday (March 2). India and Pakistan came to the brink of war this week as tensions escalated following a suicide car bombing that killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police in Indian-controlled Kashmir. India accuses Pakistan of harbouring the Jaish-e Mohammad group behind the attack, which Islamabad denied. (Caption:1002EV-INDIA-KASHMIR_PAKISTAN_MOURNERS)

日付：2019年3月3日

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More displaced people arrive at camp in Pakistani Kashmir, say fleeing Indian shelling

Date:MARCH 3, 2019 More residents from near the Line of Control (LoC) arrived at a camp for internally displaced people at Hattian Bala in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Sunday (March 3). At the LoC, the de facto border between the nuclear-armed neighbours in the disputed Kashmir region, there was relative calm in the past 24 hours, both armies said on Sunday. But despite the release of a downed Indian fighter pilot by Pakistan on Friday (March 1) night helping to de-escalate tensions, local families were still afraid of cross-border shelling, which in recent days has killed seven people on the Pakistani side and four on the Indian side of Kashmir. Life in camps is not easy and the harsh winter has increased difficulties. Officials said the local administration had provided refugees with blankets, food and medical provision, but that numbers were still increasing. "I counted them in the morning they were 385 but another five, six families have arrived. Hence the number will now be over 400," one officer in charge of a displaced camp, Mohammad Zahoor, said. The Azad (Pakistani) Kashmir government have closed all education institutions in the region, and several college and school campuses have been converted into shelter homes for the displaced people. Other families are seeking shelter with relatives. India and Pakistan came to the brink of war this week as tensions escalated following a suicide car bombing that killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police in Indian-controlled Kashmir. India accuses Pakistan of harbouring the Jaish-e Mohammad group behind the attack, which Islamabad denied. (Caption:7095EV-INDIA-KASHMIR_PAKISTAN_DISPLACED)

日付：2019年3月3日

RM 99445704

Islamic State deploys car bombs in defence of last enclave

Date:MARCH 3, 2019 Islamic State unleashed car bombs against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) assaulting Baghouz, in a last-ditch effort to stave off defeat in its final patch of territory, fighters from the U.S.-backed force said on Sunday (March 3). Capturing the besieged village in eastern Syria will be a milestone in international efforts to roll back the jihadists, whose self-styled "caliphate" covered roughly a third of Syria and Iraq at its height in 2014. But it is universally accepted that the group, which has been in territorial retreat since then and suffered its major defeats in 2017, will remain a security threat as an insurgent force with sleeper cells and some remote pockets of territory. The SDF had said it expected a "decisive battle" on Sunday after advancing gradually for 18 hours to avoid landmines sown by Islamic State (IS), whose fighters are also using underground tunnels to stage ambushes and then disappear. But there was no sign of the assault ending by Sunday afternoon as the IS fighters - believed to be predominantly foreign jihadists - put up fierce resistance and the SDF said its advance was impeded by landmines and car bombs. (Production: Issam Abdallah, Rodi Said) (Caption:7089EV-MIDEAST-CRISIS_ISLAMICSTATE_FRONTLINE)

日付：2019年3月3日

RM 99445594

Rare protests confront Algerian leader's bid for 5th term

Date:MARCH 3, 2019 Tens of thousands of protesters rallied anew in cities around Algeria on Sunday (March 3) to demand President Abdelaziz Bouteflika step down just as he was due to declare his bid for a fifth term in April elections, witnesses and residents said. Protest numbers were fast approaching the levels of Friday (March 1) when demonstrators filled the centre of the capital Algiers alone, in one of the biggest outpourings of dissent - rare in Algeria - since the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings. Bouteflika, 82, in shaky health for years, submitted his official election papers at the Constitutional Council in Algiers on Sunday, the deadline for candidates. He did not have to do so in person, the state news agency APS said. Bouteflika, rarely seen in public since he suffered a stroke in 2013, was at the weekend still in Switzerland for unspecified medical checks, according to Swiss media. Opponents of Bouteflika say is no longer fit to lead, citing his poor health and what they call chronic corruption and a lack of economic reforms to tackle high unemployment that exceeds 25 percent among people under the age of 30. Analysts say the protesters, who began hitting the streets 10 days ago, lack leadership and organisation in a country still dominated by veterans, like Bouteflika, of the 1954-62 independence war against France. After the decade-long Islamist insurgency that Bouteflika crushed early in his rule, Algerians generally tolerated a political system leaving little room for dissent as a price to pay for relative peace and stability. (Production: Abdel Aziz Boumzar, Martin Veal) (Caption:7076EV-ALGERIA-PROTESTS_UPDATE)

日付：2019年3月3日

RM 98483569

アメリカの後ろ盾ある軍隊がバグズを包囲、爆発が発生＝シリア

Fierce fighting around Baghuz, the last town in Syria controlled by the Islamic State (IS), took place on Saturday, March 2, and Sunday, March 3, as the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launched their final offensive on the area.Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the SDF, said in the early hours of Monday morning, March 4, that the offensive had to be slowed as some civilians still remained in the area. Video released by the People’s Protection Units (YPG), a Kurdish militia and constituent part of the SDF, shows huge explosions rocking Baghuz.This video, from the Free Burma Rangers, an aid group led by David Eubank, a US Army Special Forces veteran, shows an explosion in Baghuz. Credit: Free Burma Rangers via Storyful (Original Title: Explosion Rocks Baghuz as US-Backed Forces Close In on Islamic State)

日付：2019年3月2日

RM 99406651

Yazidis freed from Islamic State captivity in Syria returned to Iraq

Date:MARCH 1, 2019 A group of Yazidi women and children returned to Iraq from Syria on Friday (March 1) after more than four years in Islamic State captivity. The group includes three women and 18 children, witnesses told Reuters. They were greeted by residents of Sinuni, a Yazidi town north of Sinjar mountain. The group's return was confirmed by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) office which helps return missing Yazidis. An official said his office had helped in efforts to bring the group back home. The women and children returned to Iraq more than four years after Islamic State militants launched an assault on Sinjar, the Yazidi heartland, on Aug. 3, 2014. The militants shot, beheaded, burned alive or kidnapped more than 9,000 members of the minority religion, in what the United Nations has called a genocidal campaign against them. According to community leaders, more than 3,000 Yazidis remain unaccounted for. (Production: Mohammed Katfan; Tara Oakes) (Caption:5207EV-MIDEAST-CRISIS_IRAQ_YAZIDIS)

日付：2019年3月1日

RM 99406649

Indian pilot freed by Pakistan to be taken for medical checks - Indian official

Date:MARCH 1, 2019 Pakistan handed over a captured combat pilot to India on Friday (March 1), and he was being taken for medical checks, an Indian defence official said. Television footage showed Wing Commander Abhinandan walking across the border near the town of Wagha just before 9.00 p.m. (1600 GMT). Abhinandan was shot down on Wednesday (February 27) while flying a MiG-21 fighter jet that crashed in Pakistani territory after a dogfight with a Pakistani JF-17. "This check-up is mandated particularly because the officer has had to eject from an aeroplane," Air Vice Marshal R.G.K. Kapoor told reporters near a border crossing in India's northern state of Punjab. The pilot has become the human face of the most recent conflict between the two nations. Having attempted to evade capture, he is being portrayed as a hero in India. (Production: Rosalind Church) (Caption:5178EV-INDIA-KASHMIR_PAKISTAN_PILOT_STATEMENT)

日付：2019年3月1日

RM 98405707

エジプトが男性を釈放、一方でイスラエル軍がパレスチナ人を攻撃＝パレスチナ

At least 20 Palestinians were injured, three of them seriously, by live bullets or rubber-coated rounds on Friday as Israeli forces targetted protesters on the Israel-Gaza border, according to the Ministry of Health. Meanwhile, Egyptian authorities released four men who were held for 24 days. They paraded around the Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, after their release, as people celebrated. (Original Title: Israeli forces injure Palestinians at Gaza border as Egypt releases detained men)

日付：2019年3月1日

RM 99155175

Villagers in Kashmir in fear as India-Pakistan conflict heats up

Date:FEBRUARY 28,2019 Troops from India and Pakistan first exchanged fire on Thursday (February 28) in the Poonch district for over an hour at 6 a.m., according to a statement from the Indian army. Kashmir residents said they feared further firing and mortar shelling, a day after India and Pakistan downed enemy jets across the disputed border. The latest escalation marks a sudden deterioration in relations between the two countries. As recently as November, Pakistan's leader Khan spoke of "mending ties" with India. The Muslim-majority Himalayan region of Kashmir has been at the heart of more than 70 years of animosity, since the partition of the British colony of India into the separate countries of Muslim Pakistan and majority Hindu India. Tensions have been elevated since a suicide car bombing by Pakistan-based militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police on February 14. (Caption:4038EV-INDIA-KASHMIR_SHELLING)

日付：2019年2月28日

RM 99155164

India tightens security in border states amid Pakistan crisis

Date:FEBRUARY 28, 2019 Indian police tightened security across Indian states bordering Pakistan on Thursday (February 28) amid rising tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours. Police were seen erecting barricades and cordons in India's northern Punjab state, inspecting vehicles as they drove past. The Assistant Superintendent of Police for the Ludhiana District, Brij Mohan, said they were directed to erect a 24-hour cordon and to take "appropriate action" if they found any suspicious persons. Officers were deployed in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat, which shares land and coastal borders with Pakistan. Indian desert state Rajasthan was also on high alert with police keeping a close watch on sensitive locations and vital installations. Both countries ordered air strikes this week, the first time in history that two nuclear-armed powers have done so, while ground forces have exchanged fire in more than a dozen locations. (Production: Ben Dangerfield) (Caption:4036EV-INDIA-KASHMIR_SECURITY)

日付：2019年2月28日

RM 99155082

Israel security forces should face justice for Gaza killings - U.N.

Date:FEBRUARY 28, 2019, FILE United Nations investigators said on Thursday (February 28) Israeli security forces may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in killing 189 Palestinians and wounding more than 6,100 at weekly protests in Gaza last year. The independent panel said it had confidential information about those it believes to be responsible for the killings, including snipers and commanders. "The Israeli security forces killed and maimed Palestinian demonstrators who did not pose an imminent threat of death or serious injury to others when they were shot, nor were they directly participating in hostilities," it said in its report. Israel rejected the report as a "theatre of the absurd." Protests have been held at the frontier between Israel and the Gaza Strip since last year, calling for the easing of an Israeli blockade of the territory and recognition of the right of Palestinian refugees there to return to homes in Israel. Israel has said its forces opened fire to protect the frontier from incursions and attacks by armed militants. The latest report, covering the period from March 30-December 31, 2018, to the U.N. Human Rights Council was based on hundreds of interviews with victims and witnesses, as well as medical records, video and drone footage, and photographs. (Production: Cecile Mantovani, Ardee Napolitano) (Caption:4189EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_UN)

日付：2019年2月28日

RM 99155081

Israel security forces should face justice for Gaza killings - U.N.

Date:FEBRUARY 28, 2019, FILE United Nations investigators said on Thursday (February 28) Israeli security forces may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in killing 189 Palestinians and wounding more than 6,100 at weekly protests in Gaza last year. The independent panel said it had confidential information about those it believes to be responsible for the killings, including snipers and commanders. "The Israeli security forces killed and maimed Palestinian demonstrators who did not pose an imminent threat of death or serious injury to others when they were shot, nor were they directly participating in hostilities," it said in its report. Israel rejected the report as a "theatre of the absurd." Protests have been held at the frontier between Israel and the Gaza Strip since last year, calling for the easing of an Israeli blockade of the territory and recognition of the right of Palestinian refugees there to return to homes in Israel. Israel has said its forces opened fire to protect the frontier from incursions and attacks by armed militants. The latest report, covering the period from March 30-December 31, 2018, to the U.N. Human Rights Council was based on hundreds of interviews with victims and witnesses, as well as medical records, video and drone footage, and photographs. (Production: Cecile Mantovani, Ardee Napolitano) (Caption:4189EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_UN)

日付：2019年2月28日

RM 99155080

Israel security forces should face justice for Gaza killings - U.N.

Date:FEBRUARY 28, 2019, FILE United Nations investigators said on Thursday (February 28) Israeli security forces may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in killing 189 Palestinians and wounding more than 6,100 at weekly protests in Gaza last year. The independent panel said it had confidential information about those it believes to be responsible for the killings, including snipers and commanders. "The Israeli security forces killed and maimed Palestinian demonstrators who did not pose an imminent threat of death or serious injury to others when they were shot, nor were they directly participating in hostilities," it said in its report. Israel rejected the report as a "theatre of the absurd." Protests have been held at the frontier between Israel and the Gaza Strip since last year, calling for the easing of an Israeli blockade of the territory and recognition of the right of Palestinian refugees there to return to homes in Israel. Israel has said its forces opened fire to protect the frontier from incursions and attacks by armed militants. The latest report, covering the period from March 30-December 31, 2018, to the U.N. Human Rights Council was based on hundreds of interviews with victims and witnesses, as well as medical records, video and drone footage, and photographs. (Production: Cecile Mantovani, Ardee Napolitano) (Caption:4189EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_UN)

日付：2019年2月28日

RM 99155079

Israel security forces should face justice for Gaza killings - U.N.

Date:FEBRUARY 28, 2019, FILE United Nations investigators said on Thursday (February 28) Israeli security forces may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in killing 189 Palestinians and wounding more than 6,100 at weekly protests in Gaza last year. The independent panel said it had confidential information about those it believes to be responsible for the killings, including snipers and commanders. "The Israeli security forces killed and maimed Palestinian demonstrators who did not pose an imminent threat of death or serious injury to others when they were shot, nor were they directly participating in hostilities," it said in its report. Israel rejected the report as a "theatre of the absurd." Protests have been held at the frontier between Israel and the Gaza Strip since last year, calling for the easing of an Israeli blockade of the territory and recognition of the right of Palestinian refugees there to return to homes in Israel. Israel has said its forces opened fire to protect the frontier from incursions and attacks by armed militants. The latest report, covering the period from March 30-December 31, 2018, to the U.N. Human Rights Council was based on hundreds of interviews with victims and witnesses, as well as medical records, video and drone footage, and photographs. (Production: Cecile Mantovani, Ardee Napolitano) (Caption:4189EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_UN)

日付：2019年2月28日

RM 99155077

Israel security forces should face justice for Gaza killings - U.N.

Date:FEBRUARY 28, 2019, FILE United Nations investigators said on Thursday (February 28) Israeli security forces may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in killing 189 Palestinians and wounding more than 6,100 at weekly protests in Gaza last year. The independent panel said it had confidential information about those it believes to be responsible for the killings, including snipers and commanders. "The Israeli security forces killed and maimed Palestinian demonstrators who did not pose an imminent threat of death or serious injury to others when they were shot, nor were they directly participating in hostilities," it said in its report. Israel rejected the report as a "theatre of the absurd." Protests have been held at the frontier between Israel and the Gaza Strip since last year, calling for the easing of an Israeli blockade of the territory and recognition of the right of Palestinian refugees there to return to homes in Israel. Israel has said its forces opened fire to protect the frontier from incursions and attacks by armed militants. The latest report, covering the period from March 30-December 31, 2018, to the U.N. Human Rights Council was based on hundreds of interviews with victims and witnesses, as well as medical records, video and drone footage, and photographs. (Production: Cecile Mantovani, Ardee Napolitano) (Caption:4189EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_UN)

日付：2019年2月28日

RM 99155048

Thai Airways says to resume Europe flights after thousands stranded at airport overnight

Date:FEBRUARY 28, 2019 Thai Airways said on Thursday (February 28) flights to and from Europe would resume as an alternate route had been negotiated to skirt Pakistan airspace which was closed amid rising tensions with India. The closure of Pakistan airspace on Wednesday (February 27) forced the airline to cancel flights to and from London, Munich, Paris, Brussels, Milan, Vienna, Stockholm, Zurich, Copenhagen, Oslo, Frankfurt and Rome, leaving thousands stranded at Thailand's main airport and scrambling for alternative ways home. Airline officials said China had granted permission to use its airspace for nearly a dozen flights to Europe scheduled to leave on Thursday afternoon and Friday (March 1) morning. (Production: Jiraporn Kuhakan, Artorn Pookasook) (Caption:4019EV-INDIA-KASHMIR_AIRLINES_THAI_NEWSER)

日付：2019年2月28日

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Russian frigate Admiral Essen sets sail for Syria

Date:FEBRUARY 28, 2019, FILE Russian frigate Admiral Essen set sail on Thursday (February 28) from the Crimean port of Sevastopol. The Black Sea fleet warship, equipped with long-range Kalibr cruise missiles, will join the standing naval force of the Russian fleet in the Mediterranean zone of operations, a Russian defence ministry statement read. Admiral Essen is set to replace frigate Admiral Makarov in the Tartus Naval Base in Syria, which had been deployed there since November 2018. (Caption:4070EV-MIDEAST-CRISIS_SYRIA_RUSSIA_SHIP)

日付：2019年2月28日

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Pakistanis say dialogue only way to ease tension with India

Date:FEBRUARY 28, 2019 People in Pakistani capital Islamabad said on Thursday (February 28) that dialogue and not war was the only way to settle all disputes between Pakistan and India. Troops from both countries traded fire briefly along the contested border in Kashmir on Thursday morning, a day after the two nuclear powers both downed enemy jets, with Pakistan capturing an Indian pilot. Tension has been elevated since a suicide car bombing by Pakistan-based militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police on Feb. 14, but the risk of conflict rose dramatically on Tuesday (February 26) when India launched an air strike on what it said was a militant training base. Pakistan and India have fought three wars since independence from British colonial rule in 1947, two over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, and went to the brink a fourth in 2002 after a Pakistani militant attack on India's parliament. (Production: Salahuddin, Waseem Sattar, Shahabuddin Shahab) (Caption:4025EV-INDIA-KASHMIR_PAKISTAN_MORNING)

日付：2019年2月28日

RM 99155019

Indians ponder consequences of Kashmir tension

Date:FEBRUARY 28, 2019 Indians on Thursday (February 28) woke up to continued tension in Kashmir and concern over the fate of a downed fighter pilot who was attacked by a mob and paraded on video by Pakistan's army. News of the crisis dominated newspaper headlines. India and Pakistan both said they shot down each other's fighter jets on Wednesday (February 27), with Pakistan capturing an Indian pilot a day after Indian warplanes struck inside Pakistan for the first time since a 1971 war, prompting world powers to urge restraint. Both countries have ordered air strikes over the last two days, the first time in history that two nuclear-armed powers have done so, while ground forces have exchanged fire in more than a dozen locations. Tensions have been running high since at least 40 Indian paramilitary police died in a Feb. 14 suicide car bombing by Pakistan-based militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir, but the risk of conflict rose dramatically on Tuesday when India launched an air strike on what it said was a militant training base. A senior Indian government source said 300 militants were killed in Tuesday's strike. Pakistan says no one died. (Production: Masako Iijima) (Caption:4021EV-INDIA-KASHMIR_MORNING)

日付：2019年2月28日

RM 98197607

緊迫するインドとの関係に戦争賛成、平和を願う人々がデモ＝パキスタン

Pakistani protesters held demonstrations in multiple regions of the country on February 28, with some groups calling for war with India over a series of clashes in Kashmir, while others called for restraint.Radio Free Europe shared this footage, which they said shows protesters demonstrating in the Swat District, Khyber District and the city of Peshawar. The Swat and Khyber demonstrators, seen until about 40 seconds into the video, are waving Pakistan flags and burning an effigy of India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. The Peshawar protesters are holding signs calling for peaceful deescalation.Tension between India and Pakistan were heightened following a series of air attacks in which fighter jets from each nation were reported to have been shot down and an Indian pilot was captured by Pakistani forces. Credit: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty via Storyful (Original Title: Pakistanis Hold Pro-War and Pro-Peace Demonstrations Amid Escalating Tensions With India)

日付：2019年2月28日

RM 99154986

Islamic State supporters and victims flee the ruins of its 'caliphate'

Date:FEBRUARY 27, 2019 Hundreds more people of many nationalities streamed out of Islamic State's last enclave in Syria under escort from U.S.-backed forces on Wednesday (February 27), part of an exodus of both its supporters and victims from its final shred of land. Part of Baghouz, a tiny cluster of hamlets and farmland on the banks of the Euphrates at the Iraqi border, is all that remains to Islamic State of the "caliphate" straddling the two countries which its leader proclaimed in 2014. Women from Iraq, Syria, Russia, Azerbaijan and Poland, an Indonesian boy and enslaved, traumatised Yazidi girls were among those to emerge over the past 48 hours from the caravans of trucks that trundled to an assembly point outside the enclave. Around 40,000 people have come out over three months, including 15,000 since the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced a final assault to capture it on Feb. 9, said SDF spokesman Mustafa Bali. The number surpassed initial estimates and has delayed SDF plans to storm the enclave or force the remaining hardened foreign fighters holed up inside to surrender. Some 78 people have died reaching the camp or soon afterwards over three months, the World Health Organisation said, two-thirds of them babies. The International Rescue Committee (IRC), an aid agency working in northeast Syria, said it was aware of two more babies dying on Wednesday. Many of those emerging from Baghouz still supported the organisation which had enslaved those children, pointing to its lingering threat. Marwa, a 19-year-old Iraqi woman, said she had come to Syria after her father had been arrested and her brother killed in an air strike in Iraq. "I feel like I'm in a dream. I left Islamic State and came here, I came out of a dream," she said. Umm Hisham, a young woman from Aleppo in Syria, said the situation in Baghouz was miserable. Her husband, an Islamic State member, was injured by sniper fire and insisted that she leave the enclave with their two small children so he could seek treatment. She had not been willing to leave, even if it meant dying inside. "I do not regret (joining Islamic State). If my husband hadn't insisted for the kids, I wouldn't have come out. He insisted so he can get treatment. It's the same death if I die in here or in Baghouz," she said. (Caption:3268EV-MIDEAST-CRISIS_ISLAMICSTATE_SDF)

日付：2019年2月27日

RM 99080608

Pakistan shuts down airports, closes airspace amid heightened tensions with India

Date:FEBRUARY 27, 2019 Pakistan closed its air space on Wednesday (February 27) and several airlines, including Emirates and Qatar Airways, suspended their flights to the South Asian nation following heightened tensions with neighbouring India. Flight operations at Karachi airport were suspended as security officials issued a high alert and only people picking up passengers were allowed to walk into the airport and stand by the gate. No vehicles were allowed to enter. The closure of air space comes after Pakistan said it has shot down two Indian warplanes and carried out air strikes inside India in retaliation for India raiding a suspected militant camp in Pakistan on Tuesday (February 26). Tension has been elevated since a suicide car bombing by Pakistan-based militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police on February 14. The latest escalation marks a sudden turnaround in relations between the two countries, that both claim the mountainous Himalayan region of Kashmir in full but rule in part. (Production: Waseem Sattar, Shahabuddin Shahab, Malgorzata Wojtunik) (Caption:3045AS-INDIA-KASHMIR_PAKISTAN_AIRPORTS)

日付：2019年2月27日

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Pakistan, India tensions rise with air strikes from both nuclear neighbours

Date:FEBRUARY 27, 2019 Pakistan carried out air strikes and shot down two Indian jets on Wednesday (February 27), Pakistani officials said, a day after Indian warplanes struck inside Pakistan for the first time since a war in 1971, prompting several world powers to urge both sides to show restraint. Major General Asif Ghafoor, a spokesman for the Pakistan armed forces, said Pakistan carried out six air strikes in Indian-occupied Kashmir after Indian jets had entered its airspace. One of the aircraft fell on India's side of Kashmir, while the second came down in Pakistani-held territory with two pilots captured, Ghafoor said. Raveesh Kumar, a spokesman for India's foreign ministry, gave a different account telling a news briefing in New Delhi that India shot down one Pakistani plane that landed in Pakistani territory, and that it had lost one of its own planes, not two, with the pilot "missing in action". Both countries have ordered air strikes over the last two days, the first time in history that two nuclear-armed powers have done so, while ground forces have exchanged fire in more than a dozen locations. Tension has been elevated since a suicide car bombing by Pakistan-based militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police on Feb. 14, but the risk of conflict rose dramatically on Tuesday (February 26) when India launched an air strike on what it said was a militant training base. (Production: Malgorzata Wojtunik) (Caption:3049AS-INDIA-KASHMIR_PAKISTAN)

日付：2019年2月27日

RM 98123265

インドとの戦争を叫ぶ抗議者たち＝パキスタン

Demonstrators gathered in Peshawar on February 27 to urge Pakistani leaders to go to war with India as the two countries clash over Kashmir.Tension between India and Pakistan is high following a series of air attacks involving both sides, in which fighter jets from each nation were shot down and an Indian pilot was captured by Pakistani forces, Reuters reported.India’s Ministry of External Affairs summoned on February 27 the Acting High Commissioner of Pakistan to “lodge a strong protest at the unprovoked act of aggression by Pakistan against India earlier today.” Credit: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty via Storyful (Original Title: Demonstrators Rally in Peshawar to Call for War With India)

日付：2019年2月27日

RM 99022789

Remains of hundreds of Jews unearthed in Nazi-era mass grave in Belarus

Date:FEBRUARY 26, 2019 Soldiers in Belarus have unearthed the bones of hundreds of people shot during World War Two from a mass grave discovered at the site of a ghetto where Jews lived under the Nazis. The grave was uncovered by chance last month on a construction site in a residential area in the centre of Brest near the Polish border. Soldiers wearing white masks on Tuesday sifted through the site with spades, trowels and their gloved hands to collect the bones. They also found items such as leather shoes that had not rotted. Dmitry Kaminsky, a soldier leading the unit, said they had exhumed 730 bodies so far, but could not be sure how many more would be found. Some of the skulls bore bullet holes, he said, suggesting the victims had been executed by a shot to the back of the head. Belarus, a former Soviet republic, was occupied by Nazi Germany during World War Two and tens of thousands of its Jews were killed by the Nazis. The site of the mass grave served from December 1941 to October 1942 as part of a ghetto, areas created by the Nazis to segregate Jews and sometimes other minorities from other city dwellers. Brest was part of Poland before the war. The remains were discovered when builders began to lay the foundations for an apartment block. Local authorities want to bury the bodies in a ceremony at a cemetery in the north of the city. (Caption:2181EV-BELARUS-MASSGRAVE_)

日付：2019年2月26日

RM 99022777

Iraq President Salih says French IS detainees transferred to Iraq will be tried there

Date:FEBRUARY 25, 2019 Iraqi President Barham Saleh said on Monday (February 25) that 13 French Islamic State detainees who were transferred to Iraq last week from the Syrian Democratic Forces will be tried in Iraq. Salih was speaking at a news conference in Paris with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and was responding to a question by a French reporter, about the fate of French detainees who were transferred to Iraq last week. He did not explicitly say whether the detainees were French. Macron declined to confirm whether those 13 included French citizens, saying it was not up to him to comment on the issue. Macron welcomed the United States' decision to leave American troops in Syria, a reversal by U.S. President Donald Trump that came after an outcry from coalition allies such as France. In December, Trump ordered the withdrawal of all 2,000 troops in Syria after he said they had defeated Islamic State militants, an abrupt decision that sparked consternation among allies and was a factor in his defence secretary's resignation. Macron had personally sought to convince Trump to maintain troops in Syria, French diplomats said at the time, warning him about the risks of pulling out too early. The United States will leave about 400 U.S. troops split between two different regions of Syria, a senior administration official said last Friday. (Production: Michaela Cabrera) (Caption:1196EV-MIDEAST-CRISIS_FRANCE_IRAQ_ISLAMIC_STATE)

日付：2019年2月25日

RM 99022776

Iraq President Salih says French IS detainees transferred to Iraq will be tried there

Date:FEBRUARY 25, 2019 Iraqi President Barham Saleh said on Monday (February 25) that 13 French Islamic State detainees who were transferred to Iraq last week from the Syrian Democratic Forces will be tried in Iraq. Salih was speaking at a news conference in Paris with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and was responding to a question by a French reporter, about the fate of French detainees who were transferred to Iraq last week. He did not explicitly say whether the detainees were French. Macron declined to confirm whether those 13 included French citizens, saying it was not up to him to comment on the issue. Macron welcomed the United States' decision to leave American troops in Syria, a reversal by U.S. President Donald Trump that came after an outcry from coalition allies such as France. In December, Trump ordered the withdrawal of all 2,000 troops in Syria after he said they had defeated Islamic State militants, an abrupt decision that sparked consternation among allies and was a factor in his defence secretary's resignation. Macron had personally sought to convince Trump to maintain troops in Syria, French diplomats said at the time, warning him about the risks of pulling out too early. The United States will leave about 400 U.S. troops split between two different regions of Syria, a senior administration official said last Friday. (Production: Michaela Cabrera) (Caption:1196EV-MIDEAST-CRISIS_FRANCE_IRAQ_ISLAMIC_STATE)

日付：2019年2月25日

RM 99022775

Iraq President Salih says French IS detainees transferred to Iraq will be tried there

Date:FEBRUARY 25, 2019 Iraqi President Barham Saleh said on Monday (February 25) that 13 French Islamic State detainees who were transferred to Iraq last week from the Syrian Democratic Forces will be tried in Iraq. Salih was speaking at a news conference in Paris with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and was responding to a question by a French reporter, about the fate of French detainees who were transferred to Iraq last week. He did not explicitly say whether the detainees were French. Macron declined to confirm whether those 13 included French citizens, saying it was not up to him to comment on the issue. Macron welcomed the United States' decision to leave American troops in Syria, a reversal by U.S. President Donald Trump that came after an outcry from coalition allies such as France. In December, Trump ordered the withdrawal of all 2,000 troops in Syria after he said they had defeated Islamic State militants, an abrupt decision that sparked consternation among allies and was a factor in his defence secretary's resignation. Macron had personally sought to convince Trump to maintain troops in Syria, French diplomats said at the time, warning him about the risks of pulling out too early. The United States will leave about 400 U.S. troops split between two different regions of Syria, a senior administration official said last Friday. (Production: Michaela Cabrera) (Caption:1196EV-MIDEAST-CRISIS_FRANCE_IRAQ_ISLAMIC_STATE)

日付：2019年2月25日

RM 98891280

Two killed after minibus hits landmine near east Ukraine's Donetsk

Date:FEBRUARY 23, 2019 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS VIDEO CONTAINS GRAPHIC MATERIAL / AUDIO AS INCOMING A minibus hit a landmine while crossing the border between Ukraine and the breakaway Donetsk region on Saturday (February 23), killing two civilians and injuring a third, local authorities and witnesses said. The bus, carrying three people, hit the mine after swerving off road in the buffer zone between two border posts, a statement on the breakaway Donetsk People's Republic official website read. The driver was killed along with one passenger. The other passenger, a 61-year-old man, was being treated in hospital. He told a Reuters journalist that the passenger who was killed was his mother. The incident occurred near the village of Yelenovka, outside Donetsk. The passengers were returning to the rebel-controlled region after collecting their pensions, the statement said. Fighting broke out in 2014 between separatist forces in eastern Ukraine backed by Moscow and forces loyal to the pro-Western Ukrainian government in Kiev. Despite an internationally brokered ceasefire that ended major fighting in 2015, deadly flare-ups of fighting occur regularly. The unresolved conflict will be an issue when Ukraine holds a presidential election in late March. (Caption:6117EV-UKRAINE-CRISIS_LANDMINE)

日付：2019年2月23日

RM 97963781

デリゾールの難民キャンプに到着したイスラム国の戦士の家族たち＝シリア

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces transferred more than 800 civilians, including families of Islamic State fighters, from Baghuz to al-Hol refugee camp on the outskirts of Hasakah, North Deir Ezzor, on February 23, according to local reports.The United Nations said that the camp was at maximum capacity, with some 41,000 people living there, Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, said on February 21.Dujarric added that at least 61 children died on the journey and shortly after arriving at the camp.The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the humanitarian conditions in the camp were “tragic.”The Kurdish outlet ANHA posted this footage, described as showing women and children arriving to al-Hol camp. Credit: ANHA via Storyful (Original Title: Families of Islamic State Fighters Arrive at Deir Ezzor Refugee Camp)

日付：2019年2月23日

RM 98687236

Albanian opposition lawmakers give up seats, seeking elections

Date:FEBRUARY 21, 2019 Thousands of Albanians protested in front of the country's parliament in the capital, Tirana, on Thursday (February 21) calling on Prime Minister's Edi Rama's government to step down. Opposition lawmakers said at a rally they would give up their seats in parliament and push for snap elections, despite calls by the European Union and the United States to avoid delaying key reforms. The rally was peaceful but saw protesters throw smoke grenades at police officers. It culminated in a march led by the head of the opposition Democratic Party, Lulzim Basha, to hand over signed statements by the lawmakers renouncing their mandates. Parliament's session on Thursday had been cancelled for fear the crowd would force its way into the building. On Saturday (February 16), protesters vandalised the exterior of Prime Minister Edi Rama's office in a four-hour rampage. European and U.S. officials urged the opposition and government on Thursday to avoid violence and exercise restraint. The Democrats claim a now-cancelled road tender is evidence the ruling Socialists are corrupt and have "stolen votes in cahoots with criminals" to gain power. Rama rejects their claims, saying the Democrats want only to halt reforms meant to flush out crooked judges and start fighting corruption, a key condition for Albania to join the European Union. Albania hopes to start accession talks in June. Technically, parliament can still function since the Socialists have a majority. (Production: Bardh Krasniqi, Suzana Sabljic, Helen Wright) (Caption:4161EV-ALBANIA-PROTESTS_)

日付：2019年2月21日

RM 98687223

Pro-independence protest ends in clashes in Barcelona

Date:FEBRUARY 21, 2019 EDITORS NOTE: QUALITY AS INCOMING Riot police briefly clashed with pro-independence Catalan protesters in Barcelona on Thursday (February 21) as part of a day of protests against the trial of 12 separatist leaders. Near the Plaza Catalonia railway station in downtown Barcelona, police in riot gear used batons against a large group of mostly young protesters after a few of them hurled stones at the police. No arrests or injuries were reported. Members of local groups, working under the name 'Committees for the Defence of the Republic' (CDRs), have staged similar protests across the region ever since the arrests following a declaration of secession in the Catalan parliament in October 2017. The 12 Catalan separatist leaders went on trial in Madrid last week over the failed independence bid that triggered Spain's biggest political crisis in decades. The extent of the strike was not immediately clear while police said major roads had been reopened after initial obstructions to traffic had been removed. Former ANC leader Jordi Sanchez and the ex-head of Omnium Jordi Cuixart are in the dock on Thursday as part of the trial which is expected to last for at least three months. Defendants face charges of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds, which they all deny. (Caption:4151EV-SPAIN-POLITICS_CATALONIA_PROTEST_STAND_OFF)

日付：2019年2月21日

RM 98687222

US envoy urges tighter business ties between Israeli settlers, Palestinians

Date:FEBRUARY 21, 2019, FILE The U.S. Ambassador to Israel on Thursday (February 21) urged deeper business ties between Israeli settlers and Palestinian businessmen in the occupied West Bank, angering Palestinian leaders. Ambassador David Friedman, who was appointed by U.S. President Donald Trump, was speaking in Jerusalem at a forum to encourage business links between Israeli settlements and Palestinians. "There are many, many Palestinians that would like to be freed up to engage in business ventures with Israelis, and they're entitled to that opportunity," Friedman told Reuters at the two-day forum, which was attended by Israeli government officials, international businessmen and a handful of Palestinians. Friedman's remarks were immediately attacked by Palestinian officials as encouraging settlement activity in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. "This constitutes a stab in the back of the Palestinian people," said Wasel Abu Youssef, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's executive committee. "We warn against any involvement or participation of any Palestinian in projects with settlers, or meetings called by the American ambassador." Most of the world considers settlements illegal under international law, a position Israel rejects. (Dedi Hayun, Lee Marzel, Rinat Harash, Roleen Tafakji) (Caption:4082EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_USA)

日付：2019年2月21日

RM 98687221

US envoy urges tighter business ties between Israeli settlers, Palestinians

Date:FEBRUARY 21, 2019, FILE The U.S. Ambassador to Israel on Thursday (February 21) urged deeper business ties between Israeli settlers and Palestinian businessmen in the occupied West Bank, angering Palestinian leaders. Ambassador David Friedman, who was appointed by U.S. President Donald Trump, was speaking in Jerusalem at a forum to encourage business links between Israeli settlements and Palestinians. "There are many, many Palestinians that would like to be freed up to engage in business ventures with Israelis, and they're entitled to that opportunity," Friedman told Reuters at the two-day forum, which was attended by Israeli government officials, international businessmen and a handful of Palestinians. Friedman's remarks were immediately attacked by Palestinian officials as encouraging settlement activity in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. "This constitutes a stab in the back of the Palestinian people," said Wasel Abu Youssef, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's executive committee. "We warn against any involvement or participation of any Palestinian in projects with settlers, or meetings called by the American ambassador." Most of the world considers settlements illegal under international law, a position Israel rejects. (Dedi Hayun, Lee Marzel, Rinat Harash, Roleen Tafakji) (Caption:4082EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_USA)

日付：2019年2月21日

RM 98687220

US envoy urges tighter business ties between Israeli settlers, Palestinians

Date:FEBRUARY 21, 2019, FILE The U.S. Ambassador to Israel on Thursday (February 21) urged deeper business ties between Israeli settlers and Palestinian businessmen in the occupied West Bank, angering Palestinian leaders. Ambassador David Friedman, who was appointed by U.S. President Donald Trump, was speaking in Jerusalem at a forum to encourage business links between Israeli settlements and Palestinians. "There are many, many Palestinians that would like to be freed up to engage in business ventures with Israelis, and they're entitled to that opportunity," Friedman told Reuters at the two-day forum, which was attended by Israeli government officials, international businessmen and a handful of Palestinians. Friedman's remarks were immediately attacked by Palestinian officials as encouraging settlement activity in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. "This constitutes a stab in the back of the Palestinian people," said Wasel Abu Youssef, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's executive committee. "We warn against any involvement or participation of any Palestinian in projects with settlers, or meetings called by the American ambassador." Most of the world considers settlements illegal under international law, a position Israel rejects. (Dedi Hayun, Lee Marzel, Rinat Harash, Roleen Tafakji) (Caption:4082EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_USA)

日付：2019年2月21日

RM 98687219

US envoy urges tighter business ties between Israeli settlers, Palestinians

Date:FEBRUARY 21, 2019, FILE The U.S. Ambassador to Israel on Thursday (February 21) urged deeper business ties between Israeli settlers and Palestinian businessmen in the occupied West Bank, angering Palestinian leaders. Ambassador David Friedman, who was appointed by U.S. President Donald Trump, was speaking in Jerusalem at a forum to encourage business links between Israeli settlements and Palestinians. "There are many, many Palestinians that would like to be freed up to engage in business ventures with Israelis, and they're entitled to that opportunity," Friedman told Reuters at the two-day forum, which was attended by Israeli government officials, international businessmen and a handful of Palestinians. Friedman's remarks were immediately attacked by Palestinian officials as encouraging settlement activity in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. "This constitutes a stab in the back of the Palestinian people," said Wasel Abu Youssef, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's executive committee. "We warn against any involvement or participation of any Palestinian in projects with settlers, or meetings called by the American ambassador." Most of the world considers settlements illegal under international law, a position Israel rejects. (Dedi Hayun, Lee Marzel, Rinat Harash, Roleen Tafakji) (Caption:4082EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_USA)

日付：2019年2月21日

RM 98687208

Catalonia protesters clash briefly with police in Barcelona

Date:FEBRUARY 21, 2019 QUALITY AS INCOMING Protesters clashed briefly with police outside a metro station in Barcelona on Thursday (February 21) during a day of protests against the trial of 12 separatist political leaders for their part in a declaration of independence in 2017. The protest began inside the Plaça Catalunya station where protesters and police had a stand-off for several minutes. The protesters, chanting and some holding the red and yellow Catalan flags, then chased the police out of the station where the brief clashes took place. So far there were no injuries and no detentions. Protests have taken place across the region with activists burning tyres and attempting to block highways in northeast Spain. Police said there had been some scuffles with protesters but no major incidents were reported. The 12 Catalan separatist leaders went on trial in Madrid last week over the failed independence bid that triggered Spain's biggest political crisis in decades. Former ANC leader Jordi Sanchez and the ex-head of Omnium Jordi Cuixart are in the dock on Thursday as part of the trial which is expected to last for at least three months. Defendants face charges of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds, which they all deny. (Production: Jordi Rubio, Pilar Suarez and Angelica Ramos) (Caption:4158EV-SPAIN-POLITICS_CATALONIA_STATION_PROTEST)

日付：2019年2月21日

RM 98687157

Over 2000 civilians evacuated from last IS pocket in Syria

Date:FEBRUARY 20, 2019 The last civilians are expected to be evacuated from Islamic State's final enclave in eastern Syria on Thursday (February 21), clearing the way for U.S.-backed forces to attack jihadists still holed up inside, the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said. The village of Baghouz at the Iraqi border is the last scrap of territory left to Islamic State in the Euphrates valley region that became its final stronghold in Iraq and Syria after a series of defeats in 2017. The head of the SDF media office, Mustafa Bali, told Reuters the SDF would attack once the civilian evacuation of Baghouz was complete - a process he expected to be finished on Thursday. More than 2,000 civilians left the enclave on Wednesday (February 20), the SDF said. It has said more than 20,000 civilians left Baghouz in the days leading up to the start of the SDF's final push to capture the enclave this month. (Caption:4115EV-MIDEAST-CRISIS_ISLAMICSTATE)

日付：2019年2月20日

RM 98687043

Unrest hits trade at Haiti's colourful markets

Date:FEBRUARY 20, 2019 Unrest in Haiti has hit trade in local markets in the cities of Port-au-Prince and Petionville, as Haitians step up demonstrations against the economy and corruption that have hit the impoverished nation's economy. The protests come amidst public anger over suspected corruption and allegations of embezzlement of funds of Petrocaribe, a Venezuela-sponsored oil programme. At the backdrop of the protests is a local economy that is stagnating, a falling currency and soaring inflation. Protesters are calling for the resignation of President Jovenel Moise and amidst fears of violence markets are reporting falling trade in their stalls. Seeking to placate criticism, Moise has vowed to deepen the investigation into alleged corruption in the PetroCaribe oil programme and to reduce its expenses, seeking to meet some of protesters' demands as demonstrations roil the country. (Production: Alberto Fajardo / Paul Vieira) (Caption:4076EV-HAITI-PROTESTS_MARKETS)

日付：2019年2月20日

RM 98687040

Unrest hits trade at Haiti's colourful markets

Date:FEBRUARY 20, 2019 Unrest in Haiti has hit trade in local markets in the cities of Port-au-Prince and Petionville, as Haitians step up demonstrations against the economy and corruption that have hit the impoverished nation's economy. The protests come amidst public anger over suspected corruption and allegations of embezzlement of funds of Petrocaribe, a Venezuela-sponsored oil programme. At the backdrop of the protests is a local economy that is stagnating, a falling currency and soaring inflation. Protesters are calling for the resignation of President Jovenel Moise and amidst fears of violence markets are reporting falling trade in their stalls. Seeking to placate criticism, Moise has vowed to deepen the investigation into alleged corruption in the PetroCaribe oil programme and to reduce its expenses, seeking to meet some of protesters' demands as demonstrations roil the country. (Production: Alberto Fajardo / Paul Vieira) (Caption:4076EV-HAITI-PROTESTS_MARKETS)

日付：2019年2月20日

RM 98687039

Unrest hits trade at Haiti's colourful markets

Date:FEBRUARY 20, 2019 Unrest in Haiti has hit trade in local markets in the cities of Port-au-Prince and Petionville, as Haitians step up demonstrations against the economy and corruption that have hit the impoverished nation's economy. The protests come amidst public anger over suspected corruption and allegations of embezzlement of funds of Petrocaribe, a Venezuela-sponsored oil programme. At the backdrop of the protests is a local economy that is stagnating, a falling currency and soaring inflation. Protesters are calling for the resignation of President Jovenel Moise and amidst fears of violence markets are reporting falling trade in their stalls. Seeking to placate criticism, Moise has vowed to deepen the investigation into alleged corruption in the PetroCaribe oil programme and to reduce its expenses, seeking to meet some of protesters' demands as demonstrations roil the country. (Production: Alberto Fajardo / Paul Vieira) (Caption:4076EV-HAITI-PROTESTS_MARKETS)

日付：2019年2月20日

RM 98624679

Russian defence ministry backs Putin's military development statements

Date:PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 20, 2019, FILE Russian defence ministry released footage of what it says is a successful test launch of submarine drone missile system "Poseidon" on Wednesday (February 20) shortly after President Vladimir Putin announced major advancements in the system. In his speech, Putin said that a submarine capable of carrying a new underwater drone with nuclear strike capability, which is called Poseidon, would be launched this spring. Shoigu reiterated the president, saying that most of last years' announcements about ambitious developments of missile systems have been accomplished, with some already in use. (Caption:3164EV-RUSSIA-DEFENCE_MISSILE)

日付：2019年2月20日

RM 98050864

空撮：空自のF2戦闘機が墜落　山口県沖

20日午前9時20分ごろ、航空自衛隊築城（ついき）基地（福岡県築上町など）所属のF2戦闘機が山口県沖の日本海に墜落した。

日付：2019年2月19日

RM 98143608

Vietnam NKorea Friendship

Memorial symbolizes Vietnam-NKorea friendship

日付：2019年2月19日

RM 98539650

200 families still trapped by Islamic State in Syria, U.N. says

Date:FEBRUARY 19, 2019 Some 200 families are trapped in a shrinking area of Syria still controlled by Islamic State, whose forces are stopping some from fleeing, the U.N. Human Rights agency's spokesman Rupert Colville said on Tuesday (February 19) during a news briefing at the U.N. headquarters. Colville urged the Islamic State to provide safe passage for civilians, but also the U.S.-led Coalition and their Syrian Democratic Forces allies to take precaution to protect civilians in the fight against ISIS. Islamic State redrew the map of the Middle East in 2014, when it declared a caliphate across large areas of Syria and Iraq. But the group steadily lost ground and its two main prizes -- the Syrian city of Raqqa and Iraq's Mosul -- fell in 2017. The U.S.-backed SDF is on the brink of defeating IS in its last pocket in eastern Syria, the village of Baghouz, where it estimates a few hundred Islamic State fighters are under siege. Colville also expressed alarm at what he described as the intensified ground-based bombardment of Idlib and surrounding areas by government forces and their allies in the past weeks, while attacks there by non-State actors have been increasing as well. Idlib province, in Syria's northwest corner, is under the control of Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham, a bloc of Islamist militant factions spearheaded by Syria's former al Qaeda affiliate, and has long been targeted by bombings and assassinations. Colville said that a comprehensive count of civilian casualties was not possible, but since January 29, almost 50 civilians have been killed in six different specific incidents, with 16 killed in a twin explosion in the bustling centre of the rebel-held city of Idlib on Monday, and more than 70 injured. (Caption:2153WD-MIDEAST-CRISIS_SYRIA_UN)

日付：2019年2月19日

RM 98539649

200 families still trapped by Islamic State in Syria, U.N. says

Date:FEBRUARY 19, 2019 Some 200 families are trapped in a shrinking area of Syria still controlled by Islamic State, whose forces are stopping some from fleeing, the U.N. Human Rights agency's spokesman Rupert Colville said on Tuesday (February 19) during a news briefing at the U.N. headquarters. Colville urged the Islamic State to provide safe passage for civilians, but also the U.S.-led Coalition and their Syrian Democratic Forces allies to take precaution to protect civilians in the fight against ISIS. Islamic State redrew the map of the Middle East in 2014, when it declared a caliphate across large areas of Syria and Iraq. But the group steadily lost ground and its two main prizes -- the Syrian city of Raqqa and Iraq's Mosul -- fell in 2017. The U.S.-backed SDF is on the brink of defeating IS in its last pocket in eastern Syria, the village of Baghouz, where it estimates a few hundred Islamic State fighters are under siege. Colville also expressed alarm at what he described as the intensified ground-based bombardment of Idlib and surrounding areas by government forces and their allies in the past weeks, while attacks there by non-State actors have been increasing as well. Idlib province, in Syria's northwest corner, is under the control of Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham, a bloc of Islamist militant factions spearheaded by Syria's former al Qaeda affiliate, and has long been targeted by bombings and assassinations. Colville said that a comprehensive count of civilian casualties was not possible, but since January 29, almost 50 civilians have been killed in six different specific incidents, with 16 killed in a twin explosion in the bustling centre of the rebel-held city of Idlib on Monday, and more than 70 injured. (Caption:2153WD-MIDEAST-CRISIS_SYRIA_UN)

日付：2019年2月19日

RM 98539648

200 families still trapped by Islamic State in Syria, U.N. says

Date:FEBRUARY 19, 2019 Some 200 families are trapped in a shrinking area of Syria still controlled by Islamic State, whose forces are stopping some from fleeing, the U.N. Human Rights agency's spokesman Rupert Colville said on Tuesday (February 19) during a news briefing at the U.N. headquarters. Colville urged the Islamic State to provide safe passage for civilians, but also the U.S.-led Coalition and their Syrian Democratic Forces allies to take precaution to protect civilians in the fight against ISIS. Islamic State redrew the map of the Middle East in 2014, when it declared a caliphate across large areas of Syria and Iraq. But the group steadily lost ground and its two main prizes -- the Syrian city of Raqqa and Iraq's Mosul -- fell in 2017. The U.S.-backed SDF is on the brink of defeating IS in its last pocket in eastern Syria, the village of Baghouz, where it estimates a few hundred Islamic State fighters are under siege. Colville also expressed alarm at what he described as the intensified ground-based bombardment of Idlib and surrounding areas by government forces and their allies in the past weeks, while attacks there by non-State actors have been increasing as well. Idlib province, in Syria's northwest corner, is under the control of Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham, a bloc of Islamist militant factions spearheaded by Syria's former al Qaeda affiliate, and has long been targeted by bombings and assassinations. Colville said that a comprehensive count of civilian casualties was not possible, but since January 29, almost 50 civilians have been killed in six different specific incidents, with 16 killed in a twin explosion in the bustling centre of the rebel-held city of Idlib on Monday, and more than 70 injured. (Caption:2153WD-MIDEAST-CRISIS_SYRIA_UN)

日付：2019年2月19日

RM 97405042

がれきの中から子犬を救助＝シリア【日本語字幕付き】2019年２月19日配信

White Helmets Rescue Puppies From Rubble Following Idlib Strikes Injuries were reported locally in Maarat al-Numan, in Idlib province, on February 18, after a number of rocket strikes. The strikes came the same day at least 13 people were reported dead in bombings in Idlib city. At the scene of one blast in Maarat al-Numan, a team from the Syrian Civil Defense, or White Helmets, were able to rescue two puppies from the rubble. Credit: Syrian Civil Defense via Storyful p 　 　内戦が続く中東シリアで人命救助を続けるボランティア組織「民間防衛隊」が2月18日、同国北部イドリブ県のマアッラト・アン・ヌウマーンで、がれきの中から負傷した子犬を2匹救助した 　この日は同県の反体制派拠点に対するロケット攻撃で、少なくとも市民10人を含む13人が死亡した。 　最終局面を迎えたシリア内戦で、イドリブは各地を追われた反体制派最後の拠点とされており、約300万人の市民が取り残されている中、反体制側と同地の奪回を目指すアサド政権側の間で、連日激しい攻防が繰り広げられている。 （シリア、マアッラト・アン・ヌウマーン、2月19日、映像：Syrian Civil Defense via Storyful/AFLO）

日付：2019年2月19日

RM 97449018

イドリブで爆撃、消防士が消火活動＝シリア

Emergency crews responded to a bombardment in Khan Shaykhun, a town in Syria’s Idlib province, on February 19.The Syrian Civil Defense, also known as The White Helmets, said that the attacks killed five people and injured five others.A video, uploaded by a local media activist, showed firefighters responding to a building in Khan Shaykhun that was ablaze. The activist told Storyful that a bakery in the center of the town had been hit in the bombardment. Credit: Mohamed Belaas via Storyful (Original Title: Emergency Services Respond Following Bombardment in Syria's Idlib Province)

日付：2019年2月19日

RM 98539577

Demonstrators in Argentina denounce any U.S. intervention in Venezuela

Date:FEBRUARY 18, 2019 Hundreds of demonstrators marched to the U.S. embassy in Buenos Aires on Monday (February 18) to denounce any possible military intervention by the United States in Venezuela. The demonstration was organized by social groups and some left-leaning political parties and came shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday at a rally in Florida said, "we seek a peaceful transition of power, but all options are open." Trump warned members of Venezuela's military who remain loyal to socialist President Nicolas Maduro that they are risking their future and their lives and urged them to allow humanitarian aid into the country. Speaking to a cheering crowd mostly of Venezuelan and Cuban immigrants in Miami, Trump said if the Venezuelan military continues supporting Maduro, "you will find no safe harbour, no easy exit and no way out. You'll lose everything." Trump offered strong backing for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, whom the United States, many of Venezuela's neighbours and most Western countries have recognized as interim president of Venezuela. But demonstrators here called on the U.S. to stay out of Venezuela with one speaker reading a statement saying, "People will severely judge any new imperialist military intervention in the region." (Production: Juan Bustamante, Kurt Michael Hall) (Caption:1187EV-VENEZUELA-POLITICS_ARGENTINA_PROTEST)

日付：2019年2月18日

RM 98539574

Syrian Democratic Forces advance on IS in Baghouz

Date:FEBRUARY 18, 2019 The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continued their advance against the Islamic State in a battle to capture its last enclave in eastern Syria. A Reuters witness said there was a lull in fighting on Monday (February 18) where Islamic State fighters could be seen strolling in their last neighbourhood of Baghouz village, near the Iraqi border where they are sheltering among civilians. SDF commanders said the presence of civilians among the militants was compelling their fighters to proceed cautiously. With U.S. help, the Kurdish-led fighters are poised to seize Islamic State's last holdout. At the height of its power four years ago, Islamic State held about a third of both Iraq and Syria in a self-proclaimed caliphate. Though Islamic State fighters still hold out in a pocket of central Syria's remote desert, and have gone underground as sleeper cells in Iraqi cities, able to launch new attacks, their territorial rule is, for now, almost over. (Caption:1185EV-MIDEAST-CRISIS_SYRIA_BAGHOUZ)

日付：2019年2月18日

RM 98489607

Palestinians angry at Israeli decision to trim funds over militant stipends

Date:FEBRUARY 18, 2019, FILE Palestinians condemned on Monday (February 18) the Israeli decision to trim funds over militant stipends, in which Israel will cut around 5 percent of the tax handovers to the Palestinian Authority over its financial support for jailed Palestinian militants. Qadura Fares, head of the Palestinian Prisoner Club said the Palestinians would challenge the decision that could worsen an already existing economic crisis. Under interim peace deals, Israel collects taxes on behalf the Palestinians, who put the current sums at $222 million a month. With negotiations stalled since 2014, Israel has at times withheld money as a measure of protest or pressure. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, though facing steep aid cuts by Donald Trump's administration that he has boycotted over perceived bias, has held to paying stipends to the families of Palestinians jailed as security offenders or killed by Israel. Israel and the United States say the policy, which is scaled to give greater monthly payouts for prisoners serving longer sentences, fans Palestinian violence. Abbas describes the slain and jailed Palestinians as "heroes" of a national struggle. The United States passed legislation last year to sharply reduce aid to the Palestinian Authority unless it stopped the stipends. The measure, known as the Taylor Force Act, was named after a 29-year-old American military veteran fatally stabbed by a Palestinian while visiting Israel in 2016. The Palestinians last month declined some $60 million in U.S. annual funding for their security forces, worried about exposure to lawsuits under new U.S. anti-terror laws. The Trump administration has further slashed hundreds of millions of dollars to humanitarian organisations and U.N. agencies which aid the Palestinians as it seeks to pressure Abbas to come back to the negotiating table. Some security experts voiced concern that the fiscal blows could destabilise the Palestinian Authority, an interim self-government body set up following the 1993 Oslo peace accords and which helps Israel keep order in the occupied West Bank in the face of Hamas, a Palestinian Islamist rival. (Production: Saed Howari, Lianna Back, Suheir Sheikh) (Caption:1120EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_)

日付：2019年2月18日

RM 98489606

Palestinians angry at Israeli decision to trim funds over militant stipends

Date:FEBRUARY 18, 2019, FILE Palestinians condemned on Monday (February 18) the Israeli decision to trim funds over militant stipends, in which Israel will cut around 5 percent of the tax handovers to the Palestinian Authority over its financial support for jailed Palestinian militants. Qadura Fares, head of the Palestinian Prisoner Club said the Palestinians would challenge the decision that could worsen an already existing economic crisis. Under interim peace deals, Israel collects taxes on behalf the Palestinians, who put the current sums at $222 million a month. With negotiations stalled since 2014, Israel has at times withheld money as a measure of protest or pressure. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, though facing steep aid cuts by Donald Trump's administration that he has boycotted over perceived bias, has held to paying stipends to the families of Palestinians jailed as security offenders or killed by Israel. Israel and the United States say the policy, which is scaled to give greater monthly payouts for prisoners serving longer sentences, fans Palestinian violence. Abbas describes the slain and jailed Palestinians as "heroes" of a national struggle. The United States passed legislation last year to sharply reduce aid to the Palestinian Authority unless it stopped the stipends. The measure, known as the Taylor Force Act, was named after a 29-year-old American military veteran fatally stabbed by a Palestinian while visiting Israel in 2016. The Palestinians last month declined some $60 million in U.S. annual funding for their security forces, worried about exposure to lawsuits under new U.S. anti-terror laws. The Trump administration has further slashed hundreds of millions of dollars to humanitarian organisations and U.N. agencies which aid the Palestinians as it seeks to pressure Abbas to come back to the negotiating table. Some security experts voiced concern that the fiscal blows could destabilise the Palestinian Authority, an interim self-government body set up following the 1993 Oslo peace accords and which helps Israel keep order in the occupied West Bank in the face of Hamas, a Palestinian Islamist rival. (Production: Saed Howari, Lianna Back, Suheir Sheikh) (Caption:1120EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_)

日付：2019年2月18日

RM 98489602

Palestinians angry at Israeli decision to trim funds over militant stipends

Date:FEBRUARY 18, 2019, FILE Palestinians condemned on Monday (February 18) the Israeli decision to trim funds over militant stipends, in which Israel will cut around 5 percent of the tax handovers to the Palestinian Authority over its financial support for jailed Palestinian militants. Qadura Fares, head of the Palestinian Prisoner Club said the Palestinians would challenge the decision that could worsen an already existing economic crisis. Under interim peace deals, Israel collects taxes on behalf the Palestinians, who put the current sums at $222 million a month. With negotiations stalled since 2014, Israel has at times withheld money as a measure of protest or pressure. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, though facing steep aid cuts by Donald Trump's administration that he has boycotted over perceived bias, has held to paying stipends to the families of Palestinians jailed as security offenders or killed by Israel. Israel and the United States say the policy, which is scaled to give greater monthly payouts for prisoners serving longer sentences, fans Palestinian violence. Abbas describes the slain and jailed Palestinians as "heroes" of a national struggle. The United States passed legislation last year to sharply reduce aid to the Palestinian Authority unless it stopped the stipends. The measure, known as the Taylor Force Act, was named after a 29-year-old American military veteran fatally stabbed by a Palestinian while visiting Israel in 2016. The Palestinians last month declined some $60 million in U.S. annual funding for their security forces, worried about exposure to lawsuits under new U.S. anti-terror laws. The Trump administration has further slashed hundreds of millions of dollars to humanitarian organisations and U.N. agencies which aid the Palestinians as it seeks to pressure Abbas to come back to the negotiating table. Some security experts voiced concern that the fiscal blows could destabilise the Palestinian Authority, an interim self-government body set up following the 1993 Oslo peace accords and which helps Israel keep order in the occupied West Bank in the face of Hamas, a Palestinian Islamist rival. (Production: Saed Howari, Lianna Back, Suheir Sheikh) (Caption:1120EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_)

日付：2019年2月18日

RM 98489600

Palestinians angry at Israeli decision to trim funds over militant stipends

Date:FEBRUARY 18, 2019, FILE Palestinians condemned on Monday (February 18) the Israeli decision to trim funds over militant stipends, in which Israel will cut around 5 percent of the tax handovers to the Palestinian Authority over its financial support for jailed Palestinian militants. Qadura Fares, head of the Palestinian Prisoner Club said the Palestinians would challenge the decision that could worsen an already existing economic crisis. Under interim peace deals, Israel collects taxes on behalf the Palestinians, who put the current sums at $222 million a month. With negotiations stalled since 2014, Israel has at times withheld money as a measure of protest or pressure. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, though facing steep aid cuts by Donald Trump's administration that he has boycotted over perceived bias, has held to paying stipends to the families of Palestinians jailed as security offenders or killed by Israel. Israel and the United States say the policy, which is scaled to give greater monthly payouts for prisoners serving longer sentences, fans Palestinian violence. Abbas describes the slain and jailed Palestinians as "heroes" of a national struggle. The United States passed legislation last year to sharply reduce aid to the Palestinian Authority unless it stopped the stipends. The measure, known as the Taylor Force Act, was named after a 29-year-old American military veteran fatally stabbed by a Palestinian while visiting Israel in 2016. The Palestinians last month declined some $60 million in U.S. annual funding for their security forces, worried about exposure to lawsuits under new U.S. anti-terror laws. The Trump administration has further slashed hundreds of millions of dollars to humanitarian organisations and U.N. agencies which aid the Palestinians as it seeks to pressure Abbas to come back to the negotiating table. Some security experts voiced concern that the fiscal blows could destabilise the Palestinian Authority, an interim self-government body set up following the 1993 Oslo peace accords and which helps Israel keep order in the occupied West Bank in the face of Hamas, a Palestinian Islamist rival. (Production: Saed Howari, Lianna Back, Suheir Sheikh) (Caption:1120EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_)

日付：2019年2月18日

RM 98489599

Palestinians angry at Israeli decision to trim funds over militant stipends

Date:FEBRUARY 18, 2019, FILE Palestinians condemned on Monday (February 18) the Israeli decision to trim funds over militant stipends, in which Israel will cut around 5 percent of the tax handovers to the Palestinian Authority over its financial support for jailed Palestinian militants. Qadura Fares, head of the Palestinian Prisoner Club said the Palestinians would challenge the decision that could worsen an already existing economic crisis. Under interim peace deals, Israel collects taxes on behalf the Palestinians, who put the current sums at $222 million a month. With negotiations stalled since 2014, Israel has at times withheld money as a measure of protest or pressure. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, though facing steep aid cuts by Donald Trump's administration that he has boycotted over perceived bias, has held to paying stipends to the families of Palestinians jailed as security offenders or killed by Israel. Israel and the United States say the policy, which is scaled to give greater monthly payouts for prisoners serving longer sentences, fans Palestinian violence. Abbas describes the slain and jailed Palestinians as "heroes" of a national struggle. The United States passed legislation last year to sharply reduce aid to the Palestinian Authority unless it stopped the stipends. The measure, known as the Taylor Force Act, was named after a 29-year-old American military veteran fatally stabbed by a Palestinian while visiting Israel in 2016. The Palestinians last month declined some $60 million in U.S. annual funding for their security forces, worried about exposure to lawsuits under new U.S. anti-terror laws. The Trump administration has further slashed hundreds of millions of dollars to humanitarian organisations and U.N. agencies which aid the Palestinians as it seeks to pressure Abbas to come back to the negotiating table. Some security experts voiced concern that the fiscal blows could destabilise the Palestinian Authority, an interim self-government body set up following the 1993 Oslo peace accords and which helps Israel keep order in the occupied West Bank in the face of Hamas, a Palestinian Islamist rival. (Production: Saed Howari, Lianna Back, Suheir Sheikh) (Caption:1120EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_)

日付：2019年2月18日

RM 98489598

Gunbattle with militants kills 4 Indian soldiers, civilian in Kashmir - police

Date:FEBRUARY 18, 2019 Four Indian soldiers and a civilian were killed in a gunbattle in disputed Kashmir on Monday (February 18), a police official said, as India launched a hunt for suspected members of an Islamist militant group that killed 44 Indian paramilitary police last week. A police spokesman in the northern state of Jammu & Kashmir said Indian troops had cordoned off Pinglan village in Kashmir's Pulwama district, where a suicide bomber rammed into a convoy of paramilitary police on Thursday. Another state police official, who declined to be identified because the operation is not yet over, said information had been received about the presence of up to three militants from the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad group, including foreigners, inside a house in the village. Pakistan has denied any links to the attack on the convoy of reserve police last week. Kashmir, a Muslim-majority region at the heart of decades of hostility, is claimed in its entirety by India and Pakistan but is ruled in part by both south Asian countries. Indian forces have detained about 23 men suspected of links to Jaish, which has claimed responsibility for the deadliest attack on Indian security forces in decades. (Caption:1070WD-INDIA-KASHMIR_)

日付：2019年2月18日

RM 98460266

India's Modi, Argentina's Macri condemn Kashmir bombing

Date:FEBRUARY 18, 2019 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Argentinian President Mauricio Macri on Monday (February 18) condemned last week's suicide bombing in the disputed region of Kashmir that left at least 40 people dead. Modi said the attack showed "time for just talks" was over, and called for substantial action to be taken against militancy. The attack on a paramilitary police convoy was the deadliest single attack on Indian forces in 30 years of insurgency in the Muslim-majority region. The Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad claimed responsibility for the attack. India accuses Pakistan for harbouring the group, which Pakistan denies. Modi is under domestic pressure for decisive action against Pakistan and is facing an election that must be held by May. Macri is in India for a meeting on bilateral trade on topics ranging from renewable energy to agricultural products, according to a statement posted on Facebook. (Production: Lewis Macdonald) (Caption:1002WD-INDIA-KASHMIR_ARGENTINA)

日付：2019年2月18日

RM 98460085

Israel trims funds to Palestinians over militant stipends

Date:FEBRUARY 17, 2019, FILE Israel will cut around 5 percent of the tax handovers to the Palestinian Authority over its financial support for jailed Palestinian militants, the Israeli security cabinet said on Sunday (February 17), following similar U.S. legislation last year. Under interim peace deals, Israel collects taxes on behalf of the Palestinians, who put the current sums at $222 million a month. With negotiations stalled since 2014, Israel has at times withheld money as a measure of protest or pressure. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, though facing steep aid cuts by a Trump administration that he has boycotted over perceived bias, has held to paying stipends to the families of Palestinians jailed as security offenders or killed by Israel. Israel and the United States say the policy, which is scaled to give greater monthly payouts for prisoners serving longer sentences, fans Palestinian violence. Abbas describes the slain and jailed Palestinians as "heroes" of a national struggle. Citing the around $138 million that Abbas' administration reported paying in prisoner stipends in 2018, the Israeli security cabinet said the same amount would be "frozen" from within the taxes collected for the Palestinian Authority. (Caption:7107EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_)

日付：2019年2月17日

RM 98460084

Israel trims funds to Palestinians over militant stipends

Date:FEBRUARY 17, 2019, FILE Israel will cut around 5 percent of the tax handovers to the Palestinian Authority over its financial support for jailed Palestinian militants, the Israeli security cabinet said on Sunday (February 17), following similar U.S. legislation last year. Under interim peace deals, Israel collects taxes on behalf of the Palestinians, who put the current sums at $222 million a month. With negotiations stalled since 2014, Israel has at times withheld money as a measure of protest or pressure. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, though facing steep aid cuts by a Trump administration that he has boycotted over perceived bias, has held to paying stipends to the families of Palestinians jailed as security offenders or killed by Israel. Israel and the United States say the policy, which is scaled to give greater monthly payouts for prisoners serving longer sentences, fans Palestinian violence. Abbas describes the slain and jailed Palestinians as "heroes" of a national struggle. Citing the around $138 million that Abbas' administration reported paying in prisoner stipends in 2018, the Israeli security cabinet said the same amount would be "frozen" from within the taxes collected for the Palestinian Authority. (Caption:7107EV-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_)

日付：2019年2月17日

RM 98460049

Three months on, France's "yellow vests" are still marching

Date:FEBRUARY 17, 2019 Thousands of "yellow vest" protesters marched on the streets of Paris on Sunday (February 17) as supporters of the movement aimed at toppling French President Emmanuel Macron's government reached its three-month mark. The movement sprung up on November 17, 2018 to counter proposed fuel taxes - since cancelled by the government - and has grown into a series of demonstrations calling for Macron's resignation and, more recently, against the use of excessive force by riot police. Protesters gathered near the Arc de Triomphe monument on Sunday morning before marching towards the iconic Eiffel Tower. The most recent demonstration marked the first time protesters assembled on a Sunday, as for the last 14 weekends of the movement, protests had so far been held every Saturday at the French capital. Sunday's march did not see any bloody clashes between protesters and police, although authorities had used tear gas against rowdy demonstrators who fought back with projectiles during Saturday's (February 16) demonstrations. (Caption:7086EV-FRANCE-PROTESTS_UPDATE)

日付：2019年2月17日

RM 98460048

Three months on, France's "yellow vests" are still marching

Date:FEBRUARY 17, 2019 Thousands of "yellow vest" protesters marched on the streets of Paris on Sunday (February 17) as supporters of the movement aimed at toppling French President Emmanuel Macron's government reached its three-month mark. The movement sprung up on November 17, 2018 to counter proposed fuel taxes - since cancelled by the government - and has grown into a series of demonstrations calling for Macron's resignation and, more recently, against the use of excessive force by riot police. Protesters gathered near the Arc de Triomphe monument on Sunday morning before marching towards the iconic Eiffel Tower. The most recent demonstration marked the first time protesters assembled on a Sunday, as for the last 14 weekends of the movement, protests had so far been held every Saturday at the French capital. Sunday's march did not see any bloody clashes between protesters and police, although authorities had used tear gas against rowdy demonstrators who fought back with projectiles during Saturday's (February 16) demonstrations. (Caption:7086EV-FRANCE-PROTESTS_UPDATE)

日付：2019年2月17日

RM 98460047

Three months on, France's "yellow vests" are still marching

Date:FEBRUARY 17, 2019 Thousands of "yellow vest" protesters marched on the streets of Paris on Sunday (February 17) as supporters of the movement aimed at toppling French President Emmanuel Macron's government reached its three-month mark. The movement sprung up on November 17, 2018 to counter proposed fuel taxes - since cancelled by the government - and has grown into a series of demonstrations calling for Macron's resignation and, more recently, against the use of excessive force by riot police. Protesters gathered near the Arc de Triomphe monument on Sunday morning before marching towards the iconic Eiffel Tower. The most recent demonstration marked the first time protesters assembled on a Sunday, as for the last 14 weekends of the movement, protests had so far been held every Saturday at the French capital. Sunday's march did not see any bloody clashes between protesters and police, although authorities had used tear gas against rowdy demonstrators who fought back with projectiles during Saturday's (February 16) demonstrations. (Caption:7086EV-FRANCE-PROTESTS_UPDATE)

日付：2019年2月17日

RM 98460057

Past and future collide on anniversary of Libya's revolution

Date:FEBRUARY 16, 2019 Scanning through the photos of his son who was killed during the revolt against former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, al-Hadi al-Shaibani Khamaj believes that Libya today is not the country that his deceased son once dreamt of. Khamaj's son, Mussab, is among the youth who lost their lives during the 2011 revolt that toppled Gaddafi from his 42-year rule. The protesters sought freedom and hoped for a better life, fuelled by the uprisings in neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt. But shortly after, the North African country was marred with violence and political deadlock. Khamaj believes the death of his son did not reap the rewards he had hoped for, namely, stability and free elections. "We kept telling ourselves that things will get better but they just didn't, we dreamt we would have a decent life, that we'd have infrastructure and roads and cars, that people would be given their rights, but none of this happened, unfortunately," he said. A certificate granting Mussab an honorary degree from the University of Tripoli stands as the only recognition he can get for his sacrifice. Khamaj is displaying it in a corner he dedicated to his son in the family's home in Tripoli. Khamaj often visits the graveyard where Mussab is buried, and kneels on the ground to pray. A friend of his son, Mansour al-Mahdy, believes the country is still wrought with blood and weaponry. "We really can't see any tangible change, conflicts arise for the simplest reasons. We fought in the beginning against Gaddafi, against the domination of tribalism, now tribalism is even more dominant than before," Mahdi said, while kneeling next to his friend's tombstone. The internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli is opposed by a rival government and allied factions in eastern Libya. Towns and cities are largely carved up between militia groups, many of which draw salaries from the state but answer only loosely at best to either government. Elsewhere in the Libyan capital, celebratory music blares from speakers set up across the streets. Men, women, and children wave flags and carry pictures of their loved ones who died during the chaos that enveloped the country in the past eight years. And with the anniversary falling just weeks before planned municipal elections, Libyans are hoping they might pave the way for local leaders to focus on issues affecting their everyday lives. "We hope in the eighth anniversary, for Libya to stabilise and for it to get back to security through national reconciliation, elections and constitution. We need a constitution, stability, a civil and democratic state," Libyan citizen, Mesbah al-Warfelli, said. But at least 69 municipal councils out of 120 in Libya may not hold elections in March as planned due to a lack of funding. (Caption:7090ME-LIBYA-REVOLUTION_ANNIVERSARY)

日付：2019年2月16日

RM 98460056

Past and future collide on anniversary of Libya's revolution

Date:FEBRUARY 16, 2019 Scanning through the photos of his son who was killed during the revolt against former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, al-Hadi al-Shaibani Khamaj believes that Libya today is not the country that his deceased son once dreamt of. Khamaj's son, Mussab, is among the youth who lost their lives during the 2011 revolt that toppled Gaddafi from his 42-year rule. The protesters sought freedom and hoped for a better life, fuelled by the uprisings in neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt. But shortly after, the North African country was marred with violence and political deadlock. Khamaj believes the death of his son did not reap the rewards he had hoped for, namely, stability and free elections. "We kept telling ourselves that things will get better but they just didn't, we dreamt we would have a decent life, that we'd have infrastructure and roads and cars, that people would be given their rights, but none of this happened, unfortunately," he said. A certificate granting Mussab an honorary degree from the University of Tripoli stands as the only recognition he can get for his sacrifice. Khamaj is displaying it in a corner he dedicated to his son in the family's home in Tripoli. Khamaj often visits the graveyard where Mussab is buried, and kneels on the ground to pray. A friend of his son, Mansour al-Mahdy, believes the country is still wrought with blood and weaponry. "We really can't see any tangible change, conflicts arise for the simplest reasons. We fought in the beginning against Gaddafi, against the domination of tribalism, now tribalism is even more dominant than before," Mahdi said, while kneeling next to his friend's tombstone. The internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli is opposed by a rival government and allied factions in eastern Libya. Towns and cities are largely carved up between militia groups, many of which draw salaries from the state but answer only loosely at best to either government. Elsewhere in the Libyan capital, celebratory music blares from speakers set up across the streets. Men, women, and children wave flags and carry pictures of their loved ones who died during the chaos that enveloped the country in the past eight years. And with the anniversary falling just weeks before planned municipal elections, Libyans are hoping they might pave the way for local leaders to focus on issues affecting their everyday lives. "We hope in the eighth anniversary, for Libya to stabilise and for it to get back to security through national reconciliation, elections and constitution. We need a constitution, stability, a civil and democratic state," Libyan citizen, Mesbah al-Warfelli, said. But at least 69 municipal councils out of 120 in Libya may not hold elections in March as planned due to a lack of funding. (Caption:7090ME-LIBYA-REVOLUTION_ANNIVERSARY)

日付：2019年2月16日

RM 98460055

Past and future collide on anniversary of Libya's revolution

Date:FEBRUARY 16, 2019 Scanning through the photos of his son who was killed during the revolt against former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, al-Hadi al-Shaibani Khamaj believes that Libya today is not the country that his deceased son once dreamt of. Khamaj's son, Mussab, is among the youth who lost their lives during the 2011 revolt that toppled Gaddafi from his 42-year rule. The protesters sought freedom and hoped for a better life, fuelled by the uprisings in neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt. But shortly after, the North African country was marred with violence and political deadlock. Khamaj believes the death of his son did not reap the rewards he had hoped for, namely, stability and free elections. "We kept telling ourselves that things will get better but they just didn't, we dreamt we would have a decent life, that we'd have infrastructure and roads and cars, that people would be given their rights, but none of this happened, unfortunately," he said. A certificate granting Mussab an honorary degree from the University of Tripoli stands as the only recognition he can get for his sacrifice. Khamaj is displaying it in a corner he dedicated to his son in the family's home in Tripoli. Khamaj often visits the graveyard where Mussab is buried, and kneels on the ground to pray. A friend of his son, Mansour al-Mahdy, believes the country is still wrought with blood and weaponry. "We really can't see any tangible change, conflicts arise for the simplest reasons. We fought in the beginning against Gaddafi, against the domination of tribalism, now tribalism is even more dominant than before," Mahdi said, while kneeling next to his friend's tombstone. The internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli is opposed by a rival government and allied factions in eastern Libya. Towns and cities are largely carved up between militia groups, many of which draw salaries from the state but answer only loosely at best to either government. Elsewhere in the Libyan capital, celebratory music blares from speakers set up across the streets. Men, women, and children wave flags and carry pictures of their loved ones who died during the chaos that enveloped the country in the past eight years. And with the anniversary falling just weeks before planned municipal elections, Libyans are hoping they might pave the way for local leaders to focus on issues affecting their everyday lives. "We hope in the eighth anniversary, for Libya to stabilise and for it to get back to security through national reconciliation, elections and constitution. We need a constitution, stability, a civil and democratic state," Libyan citizen, Mesbah al-Warfelli, said. But at least 69 municipal councils out of 120 in Libya may not hold elections in March as planned due to a lack of funding. (Caption:7090ME-LIBYA-REVOLUTION_ANNIVERSARY)

日付：2019年2月16日

RM 98460053

Past and future collide on anniversary of Libya's revolution

Date:FEBRUARY 16, 2019 Scanning through the photos of his son who was killed during the revolt against former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, al-Hadi al-Shaibani Khamaj believes that Libya today is not the country that his deceased son once dreamt of. Khamaj's son, Mussab, is among the youth who lost their lives during the 2011 revolt that toppled Gaddafi from his 42-year rule. The protesters sought freedom and hoped for a better life, fuelled by the uprisings in neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt. But shortly after, the North African country was marred with violence and political deadlock. Khamaj believes the death of his son did not reap the rewards he had hoped for, namely, stability and free elections. "We kept telling ourselves that things will get better but they just didn't, we dreamt we would have a decent life, that we'd have infrastructure and roads and cars, that people would be given their rights, but none of this happened, unfortunately," he said. A certificate granting Mussab an honorary degree from the University of Tripoli stands as the only recognition he can get for his sacrifice. Khamaj is displaying it in a corner he dedicated to his son in the family's home in Tripoli. Khamaj often visits the graveyard where Mussab is buried, and kneels on the ground to pray. A friend of his son, Mansour al-Mahdy, believes the country is still wrought with blood and weaponry. "We really can't see any tangible change, conflicts arise for the simplest reasons. We fought in the beginning against Gaddafi, against the domination of tribalism, now tribalism is even more dominant than before," Mahdi said, while kneeling next to his friend's tombstone. The internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli is opposed by a rival government and allied factions in eastern Libya. Towns and cities are largely carved up between militia groups, many of which draw salaries from the state but answer only loosely at best to either government. Elsewhere in the Libyan capital, celebratory music blares from speakers set up across the streets. Men, women, and children wave flags and carry pictures of their loved ones who died during the chaos that enveloped the country in the past eight years. And with the anniversary falling just weeks before planned municipal elections, Libyans are hoping they might pave the way for local leaders to focus on issues affecting their everyday lives. "We hope in the eighth anniversary, for Libya to stabilise and for it to get back to security through national reconciliation, elections and constitution. We need a constitution, stability, a civil and democratic state," Libyan citizen, Mesbah al-Warfelli, said. But at least 69 municipal councils out of 120 in Libya may not hold elections in March as planned due to a lack of funding. (Caption:7090ME-LIBYA-REVOLUTION_ANNIVERSARY)

日付：2019年2月16日

RM 98460052

Past and future collide on anniversary of Libya's revolution

Date:FEBRUARY 16, 2019 Scanning through the photos of his son who was killed during the revolt against former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, al-Hadi al-Shaibani Khamaj believes that Libya today is not the country that his deceased son once dreamt of. Khamaj's son, Mussab, is among the youth who lost their lives during the 2011 revolt that toppled Gaddafi from his 42-year rule. The protesters sought freedom and hoped for a better life, fuelled by the uprisings in neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt. But shortly after, the North African country was marred with violence and political deadlock. Khamaj believes the death of his son did not reap the rewards he had hoped for, namely, stability and free elections. "We kept telling ourselves that things will get better but they just didn't, we dreamt we would have a decent life, that we'd have infrastructure and roads and cars, that people would be given their rights, but none of this happened, unfortunately," he said. A certificate granting Mussab an honorary degree from the University of Tripoli stands as the only recognition he can get for his sacrifice. Khamaj is displaying it in a corner he dedicated to his son in the family's home in Tripoli. Khamaj often visits the graveyard where Mussab is buried, and kneels on the ground to pray. A friend of his son, Mansour al-Mahdy, believes the country is still wrought with blood and weaponry. "We really can't see any tangible change, conflicts arise for the simplest reasons. We fought in the beginning against Gaddafi, against the domination of tribalism, now tribalism is even more dominant than before," Mahdi said, while kneeling next to his friend's tombstone. The internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli is opposed by a rival government and allied factions in eastern Libya. Towns and cities are largely carved up between militia groups, many of which draw salaries from the state but answer only loosely at best to either government. Elsewhere in the Libyan capital, celebratory music blares from speakers set up across the streets. Men, women, and children wave flags and carry pictures of their loved ones who died during the chaos that enveloped the country in the past eight years. And with the anniversary falling just weeks before planned municipal elections, Libyans are hoping they might pave the way for local leaders to focus on issues affecting their everyday lives. "We hope in the eighth anniversary, for Libya to stabilise and for it to get back to security through national reconciliation, elections and constitution. We need a constitution, stability, a civil and democratic state," Libyan citizen, Mesbah al-Warfelli, said. But at least 69 municipal councils out of 120 in Libya may not hold elections in March as planned due to a lack of funding. (Caption:7090ME-LIBYA-REVOLUTION_ANNIVERSARY)

日付：2019年2月16日

RM 98460051

Past and future collide on anniversary of Libya's revolution

Date:FEBRUARY 16, 2019 Scanning through the photos of his son who was killed during the revolt against former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, al-Hadi al-Shaibani Khamaj believes that Libya today is not the country that his deceased son once dreamt of. Khamaj's son, Mussab, is among the youth who lost their lives during the 2011 revolt that toppled Gaddafi from his 42-year rule. The protesters sought freedom and hoped for a better life, fuelled by the uprisings in neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt. But shortly after, the North African country was marred with violence and political deadlock. Khamaj believes the death of his son did not reap the rewards he had hoped for, namely, stability and free elections. "We kept telling ourselves that things will get better but they just didn't, we dreamt we would have a decent life, that we'd have infrastructure and roads and cars, that people would be given their rights, but none of this happened, unfortunately," he said. A certificate granting Mussab an honorary degree from the University of Tripoli stands as the only recognition he can get for his sacrifice. Khamaj is displaying it in a corner he dedicated to his son in the family's home in Tripoli. Khamaj often visits the graveyard where Mussab is buried, and kneels on the ground to pray. A friend of his son, Mansour al-Mahdy, believes the country is still wrought with blood and weaponry. "We really can't see any tangible change, conflicts arise for the simplest reasons. We fought in the beginning against Gaddafi, against the domination of tribalism, now tribalism is even more dominant than before," Mahdi said, while kneeling next to his friend's tombstone. The internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli is opposed by a rival government and allied factions in eastern Libya. Towns and cities are largely carved up between militia groups, many of which draw salaries from the state but answer only loosely at best to either government. Elsewhere in the Libyan capital, celebratory music blares from speakers set up across the streets. Men, women, and children wave flags and carry pictures of their loved ones who died during the chaos that enveloped the country in the past eight years. And with the anniversary falling just weeks before planned municipal elections, Libyans are hoping they might pave the way for local leaders to focus on issues affecting their everyday lives. "We hope in the eighth anniversary, for Libya to stabilise and for it to get back to security through national reconciliation, elections and constitution. We need a constitution, stability, a civil and democratic state," Libyan citizen, Mesbah al-Warfelli, said. But at least 69 municipal councils out of 120 in Libya may not hold elections in March as planned due to a lack of funding. (Caption:7090ME-LIBYA-REVOLUTION_ANNIVERSARY)

日付：2019年2月16日

RM 98460050

Past and future collide on anniversary of Libya's revolution

Date:FEBRUARY 16, 2019 Scanning through the photos of his son who was killed during the revolt against former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, al-Hadi al-Shaibani Khamaj believes that Libya today is not the country that his deceased son once dreamt of. Khamaj's son, Mussab, is among the youth who lost their lives during the 2011 revolt that toppled Gaddafi from his 42-year rule. The protesters sought freedom and hoped for a better life, fuelled by the uprisings in neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt. But shortly after, the North African country was marred with violence and political deadlock. Khamaj believes the death of his son did not reap the rewards he had hoped for, namely, stability and free elections. "We kept telling ourselves that things will get better but they just didn't, we dreamt we would have a decent life, that we'd have infrastructure and roads and cars, that people would be given their rights, but none of this happened, unfortunately," he said. A certificate granting Mussab an honorary degree from the University of Tripoli stands as the only recognition he can get for his sacrifice. Khamaj is displaying it in a corner he dedicated to his son in the family's home in Tripoli. Khamaj often visits the graveyard where Mussab is buried, and kneels on the ground to pray. A friend of his son, Mansour al-Mahdy, believes the country is still wrought with blood and weaponry. "We really can't see any tangible change, conflicts arise for the simplest reasons. We fought in the beginning against Gaddafi, against the domination of tribalism, now tribalism is even more dominant than before," Mahdi said, while kneeling next to his friend's tombstone. The internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli is opposed by a rival government and allied factions in eastern Libya. Towns and cities are largely carved up between militia groups, many of which draw salaries from the state but answer only loosely at best to either government. Elsewhere in the Libyan capital, celebratory music blares from speakers set up across the streets. Men, women, and children wave flags and carry pictures of their loved ones who died during the chaos that enveloped the country in the past eight years. And with the anniversary falling just weeks before planned municipal elections, Libyans are hoping they might pave the way for local leaders to focus on issues affecting their everyday lives. "We hope in the eighth anniversary, for Libya to stabilise and for it to get back to security through national reconciliation, elections and constitution. We need a constitution, stability, a civil and democratic state," Libyan citizen, Mesbah al-Warfelli, said. But at least 69 municipal councils out of 120 in Libya may not hold elections in March as planned due to a lack of funding. (Caption:7090ME-LIBYA-REVOLUTION_ANNIVERSARY)

日付：2019年2月16日

RM 97065772

イスラエルの包囲を破るため新しい船隊がガザから出航＝パレスチナ

A flotilla known as Freedom Ship 23 was launched 3:00pm Tuesday from Gaza port as part of ongoing attempts to break the Israeli siege imposed on the Gaza Strip. Eight palestinians were injured by Israeli forces, according to a Newsflare source. "Israeli forces opened fire, as well as fired tear-gas bombs towards large Palestinian crowds gathered at the northern borders of the besieged Gaza Strip," he wrote. Around 40 fishing boats joined the 22 -strong procession, and sailed off the northern sea coast of the Gaza Strip until they reached the area between northern Gaza Strip and Israel. Boats were then forced to head back to shore. The National Committee for Breaking the Siege, which organised the naval march, said "the naval marches will continue until our goals are achieved." (Original Title: New flotilla sails from Gaza port in attempt to break Israeli siege)

日付：2019年2月12日

RM 98021864

Trapped civilans 'main challenge' facing coalition in Islamic State's last eastern Syria enclave

Date:FEBRUARY 11, 2019 Rescuing and evacuating civilians trapped inside the last enclave of Islamic State in eastern Syria are the greatest challenge now facing the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the U.S.-backed coalition said on Monday (February 11). Coalition combatants watched as a column of at least 17 trucks filled with men, women and children left Baghouz, along a dusty track into SDF-held territory. Some of 20,000 civilians, that SDF said had fled Baghouz in past 10 days, identified themselves as Iraqis. "We have to isolate civilians from clash points" said head of SDF's media office, Mustafa Bali. The SDF believes between 400-600 Islamic State fighters may be holed up in Baghouz. But, Bali said, fighting could be over in a matter of days if civilians were rescued. The coalition believed some 1500 civilians fled the enclave on Monday, as it pressed on with its campaign and carried out airstrikes. It reported that Islamic State also sought to counter-attack on Monday morning. The SDF, which is spearheaded by the Kurdish YPG militia, advanced southwards into Deir al Zor province after capturing Raqqa. Their operations have been focused in areas east of the Euphrates River. To the west of the Euphrates, in territory otherwise held by the Syrian government and its allies, Islamic State retains a foothold in mountainous terrain. (Production: Rodi Said, Muath Freij) (Caption:2098EV-MIDEAST-CRISIS_SYRIA_ISLAMIC_STATE)

日付：2019年2月11日

RM 97857286

French 'yellow vest' protester loses fingers, cars burnt in Paris demonstration

Date:FEBRUARY 9, 2019 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES One man had his hand mangled by a small explosive during a "yellow vest" demonstration, after protesters scuffled with police in Paris on Saturday (February 9). Thousands of French demonstrators marched along the French capital's Champs Elysees towards symbols of power such as the National Assembly and Senate for their 13th weekend of action against President Emmanuel Macron. Though mainly peaceful, some protesters threw objects at security forces, a scooter and a police van were set on fire, and some shop windows were smashed. One participant's hand was injured with four fingers severed, when he tried to pick up a so-called "sting-ball grenade" used by police to disperse crowds with tear gas next to the National Assembly, a police source told Reuters. Leaders of the "yellow vest" movement have denounced the police for injuring protesters, but have also struggled to contain violence from their own lines. The Interior Ministry put the total number of protesters around France at 12,000, including 4,000 in Paris. A police source, however, said numbers were higher, with 21,000 demonstrators taking part in rallies outside Paris. (Caption:6068EV-FRANCE-PROTESTS_INJURED_FIRES)

日付：2019年2月9日