This week I have probably learned a lot more about the actual crisis of the area in Aleppo than ever before and actually feel what the people are going through over there. 96 children have been killed this week and all of the schools destroyed in some way shape or form. Unfortunately we are half a world away and that… Read more »
Turning away from the Middle East and looking at North Africa we will find Morocco, which is in a pretty tough situation as they will be holding an election where the Authenticity and Modernity party (PAM), and the Justice and Democracy party (PJD) will be fighting for the spot of prime minister. Many Moroccans are dissatisfied with what both party’s… Read more »
Living in the United States, its hard to understand the citizens lives who are living in this war zone and what they are experiencing. Schools continue to be under fire and they are very few left in this area of the world. The Aleppo attack killed almost 400 people, with a quarter of those being children. These kids should not have to be put… Read more »
The situation has taken a disappointing turn of events recently, in Syria. The U.S. and Russia recently ended their cooperation agreement over ending the Syrian conflict, and have shut down diplomatic relations with each other. The United States blamed Russia’s aggressive actions towards U.S.-backed rebel groups, and its reckless bombing campaign towards Aleppo in support of the Syrian government, which was found… Read more »
(aljazeera.com) The recent bombardment of Aleppo has killed 96 children in one week alone and delayed the resumption of the school year. “Nothing can justify such assaults on children and such total disregard for human life. The suffering and the shock among children is definitely the worst we have seen,” Justin Forsyth, the deputy executive director of UNICEF, said in… Read more »
(Al Jazeera) With no other military or political solution on offer, the Syrian conflict will nestle back into a disastrous stalemate. A harsh and saddening reality emerges: There is no productive solution on the horizon to end the Syrian conflict [Getty] What a difference a month can make. This week, US officials halted talks with Russia on a ceasefire in… Read more »
(Al Jazeera) Rhetorical bait and switch enabled Assad to neglect political reform while cultivating support among wealthy elite. Assad was portrayed as an accidental president with no previous political ambitions [Getty Images] In January 2011, citizens across Egypt and Tunisia began demonstrating against their governments. Their calls for change swelled into a collective outrage that, in Tunisia, quickly pushed the… Read more »
(France24) Morocco’s October 7 election has been presented as a showdown between the ruling PJD party and a self-styled party of “modernity”. But on the streets of Casablanca, the country’s largest city, few people can be bothered to vote. Morocco heads to the polls Friday, and yet there is hardly any trace of the looming general election in the sprawling… Read more »
(France 24) French fighter jets took off from the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle on Friday for an operation against the Islamic State jihadist organisation (IS) in its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul, an officer said. Eight jets took off from the carrier in the eastern Mediterranean, an AFP photographer on the flight deck reported. The Charles de Gaulle is on… Read more »
(BBC) At least 30 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack at a Kurdish wedding in north-eastern Syria. The bomber blew himself up on Monday night at a hall in Tal Tawil, outside Hassakeh city, reportedly while the bride and groom were exchanging vows. There were conflicting reports about whether the groom was among the dead.