Western air and missile strikes against chemical weapon production and storage facilities in Syria have ended. The strikes were successful in both military and political
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7-9 April, 2017 Weekend Update: Syria and the Palm Sunday Terror Attacks
7-9 April, 2016 has been an active weekend in a number of ways and on a host of fronts around the world. Venezuela is heating
Monday 3 October, 2016 Update: Checkmate In Syria
Have Vladimir Putin and Sergei Lavrov manipulated Barack Obama and John Kerry effectively and deliberately in all mattered related to Syria? Yes. Has one year
Wednesday 2 March, 2016 Update: New Sanctions On North Korea, Syrian Ceasefire Holding…For Now
The UN Security Council has adopted a stringent set of new sanctions against North Korea, after a month of raucous behavior by Pyongyang which included
Saturday 6 February, 2016 Update: Aleppo
*Short update, more coming tomorrow* The suspension of the latest round of Syrian peace talks this past week was hardly a surprise. Going into the
Syrian Update 11 September, 2015: Russia To al-Assad’s Rescue
The last few months have not been kind to Bashar al-Assad. Setbacks on the battlefield are becoming a common occurrence. Government forces are falling back
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