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SyriaSource

Nov 23, 2015

Deadlier than Conflict

By Faysal Itani and Lena Abdin

Ten million Syrians do not have enough food to eat, according to Oxfam. Rising food insecurity is a result of regime force and armed group tactics to put pressure on local populations and circumstantial situations outside of any one party’s control. Deliberate or not, civilians are struggling to secure basic staples such as bread and […]

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UK Prime Minister David Cameron, May 8, 2015

NATOSource

Nov 23, 2015

The Role of NATO in the UK’s New Strategic Defense and Security Review

By UK Government

[T]his document sets out our National Security Strategy for the coming five years, and how we will implement it. It presents a clear vision for a secure and prosperous United Kingdom, with global reach and global influence….

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MENASource

Nov 23, 2015

Top News: Houthis Rebels to Travel to Oman for Preliminary Peace Consultations

By MENASource

A Houthi delegation will travel to Oman on Saturday for preliminary consultations on UN-sponsored Geneva peace talks aimed at resolving Yemen’s complex civil war, Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdul Salam said.

SyriaSource

Nov 23, 2015

Top News: November 23, 2015

By SyriaSource

– Syria troops advance against ISIS in Homs province– Kerry in Abu Dhabi for Talks on Syria peace plan– Assad says Syria troops advancing thanks to Russia strikes– US ground forces traveling soon to Syria– Turkish warplanes pound Kurdish militant targets in southeast Turkey– Iraq closes northern airspace over missiles launched at Syria 

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New Atlanticist

Nov 23, 2015

For Argentina’s New President, It’s Still the Economy

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Reviving the economy will be top priority for Argentina’s new President, says Atlantic Council’s Jason Marczak Argentina’s President-elect, Mauricio Macri, will inherit an economy that is “in serious need of revival,” said Jason Marczak, Deputy Director of the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center. Macri, who defeated his main rival Daniel Scioli in the […]

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UkraineAlert

Nov 23, 2015

Ukraine Is Not a Bargaining Chip for Putin’s Support Against ISIS

By Ihor Kozak

A month and a half ago, while traveling along the frontlines of eastern Ukraine, I predicted that the Minsk II ceasefire agreements would not be respected by the Kremlin and its puppet Peoples’ Republics. It was clear to me—in spite of a tentative ceasefire put in place on October 2—that the situation in the Donbas […]

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MENASource

Nov 23, 2015

Top News: Voting Underway in Egypt for Second Stage of Parliamentary Elections

By EgyptSource

Polling stations opened in thirteen Egyptian governorates on Sunday, including Cairo, for two days of voting in the second stage of the 2015 parliamentary elections.

MENASource

Nov 23, 2015

FACTBOX: Evolution of the Islamic State’s Chemical Weapons Capacity

By Andrea Taylor

Days after the terror attack in Paris, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told the French parliament the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) presents a “risk [to France] of chemical or bacteriological weapons.”

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MENASource

Nov 23, 2015

EconSource: Algeria Sees Energy Earnings, Reserves Dropping Sharply in 2016

By EconSource

Algeria’s energy earnings are forecast to fall to $26.4 billion and foreign exchange reserves to $121 billion as low oil prices cut into the country’s economy, Finance Minister Abderrahmane Benkhalfa said on Sunday.

New Atlanticist

Nov 20, 2015

‘Demagogic’ Anti-Migrant Rhetoric Will Hurt America

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Madeleine Albright and Stephen Hadley criticize efforts to keep out Syrian migrants The terrorist attacks in Paris on Nov. 13 have produced an alarming anti-migrant backlash in the United States. Republican presidential frontrunner Ben Carson has compared migrants fleeing the war in Syria to dogs. Another Republican presidential contender, Donald Trump, said he would support […]

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