10,000 migrants in ‘mother of all caravans’ heading toward U.S. southern border

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10,000 migrants in ‘mother of all caravans’ heading toward U.S. southern border

by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2019 A migrant caravan, which started with 90 people from El Salvador the last week of March, has swelled to some 10,000 people hoping to reach the U.S. southern border. Mexico’s Interior Secretary Olga Sanchez Cordero dubbed it “caravana madre” – the “mother of all caravans.” Reports from media tracking […]

10,000 Syrians flee homes in Aleppo as government forces advance

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10,000 Syrians flee homes in Aleppo as government forces advance

by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2016 Some 10,000 residents of Aleppo fled their homes over the weekend as Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces, backed by Russian air support, advanced on the besieged city. Assad’s forces regained control of six rebel-held districts in eastern Aleppo amid heavy fighting over the weekend, forcing huge numbers of civilians […]