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          Belarus

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          Russian equipment at Oktyabrskoye air base in Crimea, the peninsula annexed from Ukraine in 2014. Reuters

          British citizens told to leave Ukraine as Nato warns of possible Russian invasion

          EuropeFebruary 11, 2022
          A Ukrainian serviceman walks in the trenches at a frontline position held by Ukraine's 503rd Detached Marine Battalion on February 7 near Verkhnotoretske, Ukraine. Getty Images

          Russia begins joint military drills with Belarus

          EuropeFebruary 10, 2022
          A satellite image showing troops housed in Belarus ahead of joint military drills with Russia. AFP

          Nato looks to guard against Russian presence in Belarus

          EuropeFebruary 07, 2022
          In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defence Ministry Press Service on Saturday, February 5, 2022, A view of a Tu-22M3 bomber of the Russian air force seen from the cockpit of another such plane during a training flight. Two Tu-22M3 long-range bombers of the Russian air force performed a patrol mission over Belarus on Saturday amid the tensions over Ukraine. (Russian Defence Ministry Press Service via AP)

          Russian bombers fly over Belarus amid Ukraine tensions

          WorldFebruary 06, 2022
          In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, a soldier fires during a Russian and Belarusian joint military drills at Brestsky firing range, Belarus. Russian and Belarus troops held joint combat training at firing ranges in Belarus Wednesday as tensions remain high under the looming threat of war with Ukraine. The drills involved motorized rifle, artillery and anti-tank missile units, as well tanks' and armoured personnel carriers' crews. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

          Nato concerned by Russian troop deployments in Belarus

          EuropeFebruary 03, 2022
          The US flag flies behind a fence at the embassy in Minsk, capital of Belarus. AFP

          US asks families of government employees to leave Belarus

          WorldFebruary 01, 2022
          The moment a Ryanair jet landed in Lithuania last May after its journey was interrupted by an emergency landing in Belarus. AFP

          Ryanair urges airlines to avoid Belarus after bomb hoax

          EuropeJanuary 31, 2022
          Workers construct a border wall along the Polish-Belarus border in Tolcze, Sokolka County in north-eastern Poland. Polish contractors began work on a 353-million euro wall along the Belarus border aimed at deterring migrant crossings following a crisis in the area last year. The 5.5-metre high wall will run along 186 kilometres (115 miles) of the border -- almost half the total length -- and is to be completed in June. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

          Construction of Poland's wall to block migrants cuts through protected forest

          UKJanuary 28, 2022
          Russia has concentrated an estimated 100,000 troops with tanks and other heavy weapons on the Crimean border near Ukraine in what the West fears could be a prelude to an invasion. AP

          Russia moves more troops to Belarus amid Ukraine tensions

          WorldJanuary 19, 2022
          Iraqi migrants arrive at the airport in Erbil on November 26, 2021 after one of the earliest repatriation flights to Iraq from Belarus. AFP

          Iraq repatriates thousands more citizens from Belarus

          IraqJanuary 16, 2022

          Germany stops 11,000 migrants who came via Belarus

          EuropeDecember 29, 2021
          A migrant brother and sister from Syria sit in the forest on the Polish side of the border with Belarus. Reuters

          UN denied access to Belarus border zone

          EuropeDecember 21, 2021
          A Polish soldier secures the Polish-Belarusian border near Polowce village, eastern Poland. EPA

          Police target 455 social media accounts exploiting migrants fleeing to Europe

          EuropeDecember 21, 2021
          After borrowing $10,000, Shamam and her husband Hiwa travelled with their young son Arias to Belarus in search of a better life instead they faced freezing conditions, rejection by border police and extortion from armed men. Photo: Oksana Manchuk

          Rejected, extorted, deported: Iraqi family's failed attempt to reach Europe

          EuropeDecember 21, 2021
          Italian military personnel hand out Covid-19 vaccines to migrants on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa. EPA

          Migrants in crowded quarantine centres face Covid threat

          EuropeDecember 20, 2021
          An Iraqi Kurdish migrant in a warehouse where some people were taken on the Belarusian side of the border. Reuters

          EU asylum changes in Belarus 'may violate human dignity'

          EuropeDecember 15, 2021
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