Day: November 20, 2023

Resurgence Of Anti-Assad Protests In Sweida, Syria

Protests in the Druze-majority Syrian governorate of Sweida have grown in size and increased in hostility toward the regime of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad the last several weeks. Demonstrations were initially sparked in mid-August to protest the Assad government ending fuel subsidies, as well as the nation’s surging inflation, but

Dominic Nozzarella November 20, 2023

What A Chinese Salt-Buying Frenzy Can Tell Us About Chinese-Japanese Relations

The Chinese National Salt Industry Group recently issued a statement that salt supply was stable, discouraging over-buying as major e-commerce retailers and grocery stores are selling out of the product. The panic-spike in salt demand is a result of Japan’s officially commencement of a 30-year long process to discharge treated

Julia Madureira November 20, 2023