Canadian training troops will be out of Afghanistan by the end of the week. NATO will be out by the end of the year. But they are leaving a country with a siege mentality.Al-Qaida plots comeback in Afghanistan Continue reading
The war in Syria is of the most brutal conflicts the world has seen in the past 20 years, but it hasn’t prompted the same public outcry as other humanitarian crises. Continue reading
Both sides of the Syrian conflict are to blame for human rights abuses while fighting “a war that no one is winning,” a new UN report states. Continue reading
A Canadian man may be one of three foreigners killed while fighting alongside Syrian rebels, according to media reports. Continue reading
A series of bombs in Iraq, including one targeting a provincial governor, killed at least 30 people Thursday and wounded dozens as a tireless wave of violence further rattled the country. Continue reading
“We are very disappointed… They lift the arms embargo and I don’t know what they are waiting for.”Gen. Salim Idris, Syria rebel commander Syria rebel commander calls for immediate shipment of arms once EU embargo lifted →
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged African leaders to implement a peace plan that the U.N. hopes will stabilize eastern Congo, a region long plagued by violence and which now is back on edge. Continue reading
“We will not fight today to allow Ban Ki-moon’s visit to successfully take place. We also want to give peace a chance and ask the government to come back to the negotiating table in Kampala.”Amani Kabasha, M23 spokesman Congo’s M23 rebels agree to cease-fire to allow U.N. chief’s visit →
Syria’s fighting has uprooted more than half of the country’s 530,000 Palestinians – descendants of refugees from a Mideast conflict half a century ago. Continue reading
U.S. officials say the Obama administration is providing $100 million in new Syria aid – but the money is for humanitarian purposes and not linked to any decision on arming Syrian rebels. Continue reading