https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-conflict-biden/u-s-dispatches-senator-to-ethiopia-over-humanitarian-crisis-gives-additional-aid-idUSKBN2BA21F Biden chose to send Senator Chris Coons in order to carefully communicate with Prime minister Abiy Ahmed to discuss the thousands that have been killed due to the conflict between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray region. Additionally, the neighboring Eritrea nation has been accused of sending troops to help the Ethiopian cause. Biden and the administration have promised… Read more »
https://www.bbc.com/news/56249926 Ten rockets have hit a US coalition base in the Al Asad base in western Iraq. The US department of defense confirmed the death of a US contractor killed by a heart attack in the midst of the rocket attacks. This comes in addition to one contractor killed and one injured last month due to rocket attacks as well…. Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/financial-markets-financial-crisis-beirut-lebanon-652a3e7321ae878ec3385594bfbda5bf Intense protests broke out in Lebanon’s capital of Beirut on Tuesday. These protests come in realisation of the financial disaster plaguing the Lebanese for the past five months and continues to today. The financial struggle began when the Lebanese government resigned after an explosion occurred in the port that killed over two hundred people and left approximately six thousand… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-saudi-khashoggi-un/u-s-failure-to-sanction-prince-for-khashoggi-killing-dangerous-u-n-expert-idUSKCN2AT37U] The United States continues to make international news as the Biden administration makes multiple questionable decisions on the global stage. In this instance, the United States have not placed any sanctions on the Saudi prince despite his direct involvement in the operation of the murder of Khashoggi. Khashoggi was a columnist for The Washington Post that was assassinated in… Read more »
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/biden-airstrikes-syria-retaliating-against-iran-backed-militias-n1258912 Newly inaugurated President Biden ordered airstrikes on Syrian buildings that were said to be used by Iranian backed militias to attack U.S. targets in neighbooring Iraq. A Syrian organization confirmed that at least twenty-two people have died in the attacks and it is suspected that there are more to come. As this is President Biden’s first use of U.S…. Read more »
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56242610 The conflict torn Yemen suffers yet another blow, this time at the hands of the United Kingdom. It was announced on Monday that the UK would drastically reduce funding. The conflict, being called the worst humanitarian crisis, is only going to get worse. Specifically, the UK said they would give eighty seven million pounds down from their number from… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/31/at-least-13-killed-in-car-bombs-shooting-in-syrias-north The Syrian government and their largest ethnic minority, the Kurds continue to have issues as twelve people were killed in car bombs in a town called Azaz and another local village. The northwest part of Syria has been mostly controlled by the group since 2011. They run their own affairs and are in possession of most of the country’s… Read more »
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55760822 The Islamic State takes ownership for the bombing of Iraq’s capital, Baghdad. The bombing was a suicide mission that left 32 people dead and at least 100 wounded. This bombing is the biggest to occur in Baghdad for years. The bombing occured in Tayaran Square and the IS confirmed it was an attack on Shia Muslims in the area…. Read more »
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55824227 Biden’s administration and the Palestinian government move to make amends after Trump’s damage. During former President Trump’s administration, Trump proposed a peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that contained heavy favor towards Israeli. Though not abnormal from an American standpoint, this gravely angered Palestinians leading them to break relations with the administration. Trump then encouraged many aggressive policy moves… Read more »
