Day: January 29, 2017

Deadly Bomb Blast Hits Syria’s Rakban Refugee Camp

On Saturday, January 21, 2017, a car bomb exploded near a market in the Rakban refugee camp, located near the Syria-Jordan border. According to The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, as many as 11 were killed and several others wounded. Among the dead were a husband, a wife, and their

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Trump And Jerusalem: A Disaster In The Making

The Trump administration is considering a relocation of the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. During the presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly emphasised his unequivocal support for Israel and told Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that he would “recognise Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the state of

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Deadly Suicide Blasts Set Back Mali Peace Efforts

The Coordination of Movements for Azawad (CMA), a union of Tuareg and Arab-led rebels which formed the main rebel coalition in northern Mali, officially signed a peace agreement on June 20, 2015. This event completed the series of diplomatic peace talks with the Mali government and the Algiers platform, an

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