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Pulling out of Syria is a sensible move
President Trump’s snap decision to pull 2000 American troops out of Syria has been met by a storm of criticism from local and Western allies. The move prompted the shock …
One step closer to another Arab-Israeli War
On 2 December, a powerful airstrike hit a Syrian military base in the city of Al-Kiswa, 13 kilometres south of Damascus. The strike went unclaimed but almost immediately after, the Israeli …
Is Al-Qaeda on the rebound?
Osama Bin Laden’s son Hamza is being readied for a promotion to the senior ranks of al-Qaeda. That is according to recent US intelligence reports which have elevated Hamza Bin …
Sudan’s Restless South
In the Nuba Mountains, a people hold out against genocide. An unreported war rages in the south of Sudan. In the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan province, the black African …