Latest in Tag: War Highlight
Latest in Tag: War
14 die in Damascus shelling, new presidential hopefuls named
AFP-  At least 14 people were killed on Monday in a rebel mortar attack on Syria’s capital Damascus, as four new candidates registered to run in next month’s presidential vote. The new candidates bring the number of people hoping to compete in the 3 June election to 11, including incumbent President Bashar Al-Assad. Shortly before …
A world free of wartime rape is within our reach
By Zainab Hawa Bangura Conflict-related sexual violence is a war crime mired in myths and shrouded in secrecy and stigma. Perhaps the greatest misperception is that it is an atrocity of a bygone era, and that in today’s age of high tech warfare, rape is no longer used as a weapon of mass destruction. Nothing …
Syrians arrested while attempting to illegally emigrate
Arrested group include 2 underage Egyptians, 18 Syrians
120 sent to prison for 6 October clashes
The court acquitted six defendants taking part in violence on October War’s 40th anniversary
More than 150,000 killed in Syria conflict: NGO
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had documented the deaths of 150,344 people, 51,212 of them civilians, including nearly 7,985 children.
Syria army advances in rebel town as war enters 4th year
A military source said “13 rebel chiefs leading operations are dead”, adding there were “many deaths among the insurgents”.
Syrian children bear the brunt of brutal war
By Dr Cesar Chelala One of the saddest things in the world today, ravaged by brutal wars, is a child, looking nowhere, as if asking the viewer, “Why are you doing this to us? We are only children.” This thought came to my mind as I read a report of the effects of the Syrian …
Ukraine seeks US help after Putin talks tough on Crimea
The pro-European team in Kiev that rode the wave of three months of deadly protests to topple a Kremlin-backed regime is running against the clock to preserve the territorial integrity of the culturally splintered nation of 46 million.
Ukraine mobilises army as west warns Russia
Russia’s parliament voted Saturday to allow President Vladimir Putin to send troops into its western neighbour – a decision US President Barack Obama swiftly branded a “violation of Ukrainian sovereignty”.
Aleppo’s tears
By Dr Cesar Chelala “Aleppo was a large and terrifying town,” wrote the American writer Frederic Prokosch in his famed novel “The Asiatics”.  This has been never truer than now, as I read about the barrel bomb attacks that have killed dozens of civilians just in a few days. I look at an October 2013 photograph of a …
Obama to face blunt talk in Saudi Arabia
The White House waited until Monday to confirm that Obama would indeed add an unexpected stop in Saudi Arabia onto a previously announced tour of the Netherlands, Brussels and Vatican City in March.
Documentary shines a light on Nuba Reports
The documentary aims to bring much-needed attention to the ongoing war in Nuba Mountains
West hails Syria opposition vote to join peace talks
The Syrian leader was quoted on Sunday as saying his departure is not up for discussion, in a Russian media report that his office quickly denied.
Putin: Western states must bring Syrian opposition to peace talks
Russia, which backs Assad, and the United States, which supports the opposition, announced plans in May to convene a “Geneva 2” conference to try to end the Syrian conflict
Cameron puts Sri Lanka on notice over war crimes
“The Sri Lankan government needs to go further and faster on human rights and reconciliation,” David Cameron told a press conference.
Insight: As powers push for talks, Syria balance tilts towards Assad
The National Coalition says it fears the US – Russia deal to dismantle Syria’s chemical arsenal has restored the Assad administration’s legitimacy
Hezbollah will stay in Syria as long as needed: Nasrallah
“As long as the reasons (to fight in Syria) remain, our presence there will remain,” Nasrallah said
Syria army retakes key rebel town near Damascus
Rebels in southern Damascus have now had practically all their supply routes cut off
Just one Syria chemical site uninspected: watchdog
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said that Syrian personnel had visited one of two remaining sites that they could not visit for security reasons
Syria war costs industry $2.2bn: Minister
More than 120,000 people have been killed in Syria’s war, and millions more forced to flee their homes.
Israel ‘bombs’ Syria as envoy presses peace talks bid
Israel did not comment on the reports, but it has struck Syria in the past and warned it will continue to take action to prevent weapons from falling into the hands of Hezbollah
Syria chemical arms production equipment destroyed: watchdog
“Syria has completed rendering inoperable its chemical weapons production and assembly installations,” said the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Half of Syria living in poverty: UN
“More than half the population now live in poverty, with 7.9 million people becoming poor since the beginning of the crisis, of whom 4.4 million now live in extreme poverty,” the report said.
Conflicting reactions to 6 October violence
The Anti-Coup Alliance calls for continued demonstrations
Syria warns Turkey will ‘pay dearly’ for rebel support
Relations between once close allies Damascus and Ankara have deteriorated since a popular uprising which began in March 2011 in Syria snowballed into a full-blown conflict
Aleppo stalemate fuels rebel frustration
The conflict in Syria has cost more than 115,000 lives since it erupted in March 2011 with peaceful protests that became a civil war after a harsh regime crackdown on dissent.
Tamarod joins 6 October’s demonstrating camps
Campaign announces it will demonstrate in celebration amid planned anti-military protests by Morsi-supporters
A tragic legacy of Afghanistan’s war
By Dr. CĂ©sar Chelala The revelation that the number of opium-addicted Afghan children has reached new highs is a sad, unintended consequence of the war in that country. It dramatically illustrates how adult war games can doom generations of children to a miserable life. It is one of the tragic legacies of a disastrous war. …
Syria rebel chief: extremists ‘stealing revolution’
An unknown number of foreign fighters has streamed into Syria to join jihadist rebel groups such as the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Mortar round kills one at Iraq consulate, Damascus
One woman killed and three wounded in the attack that came at around noon in the northwest of Damascus