The New York Times
| Aug 22, 2012
The Times's C.J. Chivers travels with an antigovernment fighting group calling itself the Lions of Tawhid as it prepares to mount an attack on a regime checkpoint using a truck bomb. The Lions are fighting in and around Aleppo, where the war for S...
Al Jazeera English
| Jun 7, 2012
Syria's opposition is blaming the government for another alleged massacre, which reportedly left scores of people dead in Hama province. More than 80 people were killed on Wednesday in the village of Mazraat al-Qabeer, actvists said. UN observers ...
Al Jazeera English
| Mar 30, 2012
Al Jazeera's correspondent Cal Perry reports from the Qalandiya checkpoint in the West Bank on Land Day, as the Israeli army clashes with Palestinian protesters.
Euronews
| Mar 7, 2012
A female suicide bomber has killed at least five police officers at a traffic checkpoint in the Dagestan region of southern Russia, officials there said on Wednesday. The woman blew herself up late on Tuesday night in the village of Karabudakent, ...
Al Jazeera English
| Feb 28, 2012
Syrian government forces have been blamed by residents for attacking and killing thousands of civilians, including hundreds of children, during the crackdown on the country's 11-month uprising. Two fathers in central Damascus, which has seen a p...
Al Jazeera English
| Feb 27, 2012
Al Jazeera's Imran Khan takes a look at life under fire for the residents of Damascus.
— Apr 9, 2012 at 11:36 pm
...Lebanon: The Palestinian National Security forces assumed command of a checkpoint in Ain al-Hilweh Monday that was previously controlled by a sm...
— Aug 5, 2012 at 10:20 pm
Security and medical sources said gunmen in Bedouin attire and driving two vehicles opened fire on the post after sunset while the guards were havi...
— Aug 5, 2012 at 11:15 pm
...the country's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Since the turmoil early last year, the security situation in Sinai has deteriorated. Hardline...
Civilian checkpoints or Security checkpoints are distinguishable from border or frontier checkpoints in that they are erected and enforced within contiguous areas under military or paramilitary control. Civilian checkpoints have been employed within conflict-ridden areas all over the world to monitor and control the movement of people and materials in order to prevent violence.
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