Campus Under Siege as Hong Kong Police Battle Protesters

KEN MORITSUGU / The Associated Press Nov 18, 2019 Police corner trapped demonstrators that had fortified university but now seek escape. Supporters try to disrupt law enforcement outside. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Syrian Troops Breach Three-Year Islamic State Siege

By Bassem Mroue / AP Sep 5, 2017 The breach ends a humanitarian crisis for the estimated 70,000 people in Deir el-Zour who survived on erratic air drops of food and supplies. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Syrians Under Siege Since July Say They Are Eating Leaves and Dying of Starvation

Staff / Truthdig Jan 7, 2016 Roughly 30,000 residents of a Syrian town a few dozen miles from the capital, Damascus, say they are trapped and dying of starvation as a result of a monthslong siege by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Kabul Attacks Blamed on NATO Intelligence

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2012 Afghan President Hamid Karzai has branded the Taliban’s 18-hour siege of Kabul and places across eastern Afghanistan on Sunday an intelligence failure and called for an investigation into NATO security operations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

2 Israeli Soldiers Found Guilty

Staff / Truthdig Oct 3, 2010 Two Israeli soldiers were convicted in a military court of using a Palestinian child as a human shield during their army's siege of the Gaza Strip in 2009. The soldiers, who forced the 9-year-old boy to check for suspected booby traps, are now awaiting sentencing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

More Than 170 Killed in Mumbai Terror Attacks

Staff / Truthdig Nov 30, 2008 On Saturday, officials in Mumbai continued hunting for clues, and for bodies, in the wake of the terror siege that began Wednesday in the Indian megalopolis. More than 170 people are known dead. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )