Four
Turkish soldiers are killed and seven are wounded in Tranbeh, west of Saraqeb by
Syrian Army shelling; some are transferred to Turkish hospitals in
Reyhanlı by helicopter.
(SOHR)(SOHR)
Twenty-six Syrian Army troops are killed by Turkish ground and drone strikes, raising the number of pro-Syrian government forces killed by Turkey in the past five days to 139.
(SOHR)(SOHR)
Iran says it will release 54,000 prisoners in an effort to prevent the spread of
COVID-19 in overcrowded jails. Only inmates who test negative for COVID-19 will be allowed to leave prison and those sentenced to longer than five years will not be freed.
(BBC News)
Two people who died in the
Seattle area on February 26 are found to have died from COVID-19, bringing the total death toll in the state of
Washington to nine.
(NPR)
A court in
Kazakhstan orders the early release of
Mukhtar Dzhakishev, the former CEO of state nuclear firm
Kazatomprom, who had been sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption in 2010. Upon his release he will have served more than 11 years in prison.
(Reuters)
Four
Turkish soldiers are killed and seven are wounded in Tranbeh, west of Saraqeb by
Syrian Army shelling; some are transferred to Turkish hospitals in
Reyhanlı by helicopter.
(SOHR)(SOHR)
Twenty-six Syrian Army troops are killed by Turkish ground and drone strikes, raising the number of pro-Syrian government forces killed by Turkey in the past five days to 139.
(SOHR)(SOHR)
Iran says it will release 54,000 prisoners in an effort to prevent the spread of
COVID-19 in overcrowded jails. Only inmates who test negative for COVID-19 will be allowed to leave prison and those sentenced to longer than five years will not be freed.
(BBC News)
Two people who died in the
Seattle area on February 26 are found to have died from COVID-19, bringing the total death toll in the state of
Washington to nine.
(NPR)
A court in
Kazakhstan orders the early release of
Mukhtar Dzhakishev, the former CEO of state nuclear firm
Kazatomprom, who had been sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption in 2010. Upon his release he will have served more than 11 years in prison.
(Reuters)