On Friday, the major Syrian opposition groups agreed to peace talks brokered by the UN regarding the almost 7 year, ongoing civil war. This is incredibly significant due to the fact that all of the different opposition groups are finally going to come together to negotiate before President Bashar al-Assad’s regime later in the month. However, these talks have failed… Read more »
http://www.france24.com/en/20171127-saudi-arabia-first-summit-Islamic-Military-Counter-Terrorism-Coalition Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Sunday an attack on an Egyptian mosque that killed more than 300 worshippers would galvanise an Islamic military coalition that aimed to counter “terrorism and extremism”. Top defence officials from 40 Muslim-majority nation’s met in Riyadh on Sunday. They are part of an alliance gathered together two years ago… Read more »
http://www.france24.com/en/20171124-syria-opposition-agree-united-delegation-peace-talks-geneva-assad Syria’s disparate opposition groups announced an agreement early Friday to send a united delegation to next week’s UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva, as international diplomatic efforts to end the six-year conflict intensify. The announcement came on the second day of a Saudi-sponsored meeting in Riyadh, where around 140 opposition figures are gathered to unify their ranks before direct talks… Read more »
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/20/europe/turkey-ankara-gay-rights/index.html (CNN)The governor of Turkey’s capital, Ankara, has banned all public events relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues, citing fears they could “provoke hatred and hostility.” The ban covers events including film festivals, forums, interviews and exhibitions, according to the city’s governor. In a written statement Sunday, Ankara governor Mehmet Kiliclar said that LGBT events could interfere… Read more »
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/26/middleeast/syria-conflict-airstrikes/index.html (CNN)Airstrikes and shelling killed at least 57 people Sunday in two separate towns in Syria, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory For Human Rights (SOHR). The continued fighting on Sunday came two days before a fresh round of United Nations-facilitated peace talks were to start Tuesday in Geneva, to be followed by a second session in December. In the… Read more »