#defectors

Collection of defectors news, found 17 news.

Number of N. Korean defectors coming to S. Korea estimated at 190 last year

YNASeoul, (Yonhap) ANTARA/AsiaNet - The number of North Korean defectors coming to South Korea almost tripled to around ...

China denies rushing forces to border during Korean tensions

China did not rush reinforcements to its border with North Korea following a rise in tensions between the two Koreas ...

Nearly 90% of Syria conflict dead killed in 2012

Nearly 90 percent of those who have died in Syria`s 21-month conflict were killed in 2012, the Syrian Observatory for ...

More than 45,000 killed in Syria conflict: Watchdog

More than 45,000 people have been killed in Syria since the outbreak in March 2011 of an anti-regime revolt that ...

Syria Druze back sunnis` revolt with words but not arms

The Druze of Idlib province have not yet taken up arms in the war to unseat Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but have ...

Iindonesia calls for UN peacemaking forces in Syria

Muslim-majority countries that are members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will meet in Mecca, Saudi ...

More than 20,000 people killed in Syria revolt: NGO

More than 20,000 people have been killed in Syria since the start of an anti-regime revolt in March 2011, the Syrian ...

18th Syrian general defects to Turkey: diplomat

A Syrian general and several soldiers crossed into Turkey on Monday, a Turkish diplomat told AFP, bringing the number ...

Troops, rebels clash near Damascus, Aleppo: NGO

Syrian troops and rebels clashed on Sunday in the countryside of Damascus province and near the northern city of ...

Amnesty urges China not to return N. Korea refugees

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International urged China Wednesday not to repatriate North Korean refugees, joining ...

Syria civilian death toll at least 4,000: UN rights chief

The number of people killed in Syria following a crackdown on protesters since March has reached at least 4,000, the ...

Syrian army shells villages after defectors attack

Syrian troops shelled two northern villages on Thursday after an attack by army defectors on forces loyal to ...

Syria, US recall envoys in new spat

Syria has recalled its ambassador to Washington, an official television station reported Monday, shortly after the ...

Pro-Assad forces regain rebel Syrian town-agency

Syrian troops entered the central town of Rastan, the official news agency said on Saturday, after the most ...

Five more officers defect from Kadhafi regime: report

Five more officers have joined the flow of defectors from the regime of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, arriving at the ...