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SyriaSource

Feb 5, 2016

Moadamiya: Two Years of Siege and Starvation

By Youssef Sadaki

Over the past two years, the Syrian regime and its allied militias have persisted in using starvation as a weapon against opposition areas. Madaya, which only recently became the focus of media attention, is only one of over 40 other areas that has reached a state of crisis due to regime siege tactics, according to Siege […]

Syria
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Dec. 3, 2015

NATOSource

Feb 4, 2016

A NATO Message for Mr. Putin

By Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal

[W]e’re glad to see the Obama Administration finally doing more to secure NATO’s eastern front against Russia

NATO Russia

MENASource

Feb 4, 2016

Turkey’s Problems in Aleppo

By Aaron Stein

The Syrian regime, backed by Russian airstrikes, severed the main overland supply route from Turkey to Aleppo on Wednesday, February 3. The loss of this territory directly impacts Turkish interests in northern Syria and may portend a scenario whereby the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a militia comprised mostly of Syrian Kurds, unite Kurdish-held territory […]

Turkey

New Atlanticist

Feb 4, 2016

Turning COP21’s Vision into Reality

By Mitch Hulse

International partnerships, technological innovation, addressing cybersecurity challenges seen as critical to realization of environmental goals International partnerships, technological innovation, and addressing cybersecurity challenges will be key to turning a global commitment to clean energy into reality, according to a senior US energy official. More than 190 nations agreed to curb rising global temperatures through carbon […]

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

SyriaSource

Feb 4, 2016

Syria: What Next?

By Frederic C. Hof

For over four years an article of faith for senior Western politicians has been that there is no military solution to the crisis in Syria. Properly translated this mantric assertion, still being chanted in 2016, would read as follows: We in the West will not lift a finger militarily to stop, complicate, or mitigate mass […]

Syria

SyriaSource

Feb 4, 2016

Top News: February 4, 2016

By SyriaSource

– Nearly 40,000 Syrians flee regime’s advance on Aleppo– Kerry demands Russia halt Syria bombing after talks suspended– Russian says strikes hit 875 ‘terrorist’ targets in Syria this month– Russia suspects Turkey prepares to enter Syria– YPG says it has crossed Turkey’s “red-line” in Syria – Turkey bans Russian observation flight near Syria border

Syria

MENASource

Feb 4, 2016

Top News: Nearly 40,000 Syrians flee regime’s advance on Aleppo

By MENASource

A regime offensive near Aleppo continues from Monday with Russian air support, accompanied by Iran-backed Shia militias and Hezbollah forces, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on Thursday. The operation broke an opposition siege on two regime held towns.

MENASource

Feb 4, 2016

Is 2016 Finally a Breakout Year for the Egyptian Economy?

By Mohsin Khan and Elissa Miller

On assuming office in June 2014, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi committed to revive the Egyptian economy, which had been in the doldrums for the past several years, and set it on a path of sustained high growth and low unemployment. To achieve this objective he identified a mixture of populist and traditional free-market policies to […]

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 4, 2016

Top News: Italian Student Giulio Regeni Found Dead in Cairo ‘with Signs of Torture’

By EgyptSource

Egyptian officials released conflicting reports as to the cause of Italian PhD candidate Giulio Regeni’s death on Thursday, days after the Italian government announced it was growing increasingly concerned about his disappearance.

MENASource

Feb 4, 2016

Three Things We Do Not Know About Yemen

By Jillian Schwedler

Tens of thousands of Yemenis gathered in the capital Sana’a to express their anger toward the government on February 3, 2011 in what was dubbed the “Day of Rage.” Five years later, a failed transitional process has led to open war between competing factions and their regional backers. As the war in Yemen enters its […]

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