Conflict
Monday, May 5, 2014 - 07:21
El pasado 5 de marzo, la Corte Suprema de Justicia abrió investigación contra el exministro y expresidente del Congreso Carlos Holguín Sardi, por presuntamente haber recibido apoyo del excapo del norte del Valle.
Sunday, May 4, 2014 - 16:10
A local activist, Samer al-Homsi, and three other activists said it was not clear why Syrian forces were not allowing the first phase of several hundred rebel fighters to leave.
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 12:37
“Efforts to delegitimize and criminalize political adversaries are still commonplace. The line between state and party remains blurred. Allegations of politically-motivated harassment tarnish an otherwise vibrant political landscape,” it said.
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 11:52
This week, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry travelled to East and Central Africa; the U.S. army foreshadowed more activities in West Africa; and the U.S. Congress grappled with the crisis in the Central African Republic. Read about these and other news stories below.
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 11:14
DUBAI — Al-Qaeda’s leader ordered the group’s Syrian affiliate, the al-Nusra Front, to end fighting with its jihadist rivals, in an audiotape posted online on Friday.
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 10:51
HOMS, Syria — Syria’s government and rebels agreed to a ceasefire Friday in the battleground city of Homs aimed at allowing hundreds of fighters holed up in its old quarters to evacuate, a move that would surrender almost total control of the city once known as the “capital of the revolution” to President Bashar Assad’s forces.
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 10:23
The United States approved the delivery of arms to select Syrian rebel groups as the Syrian regime neared completion of its chemical weapons shipment agreement. The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa convened to discuss the 2015 State Department budget. Below is a roundup of some of the top articles and news highlights from around the Middle East and North Africa over the last week:
United States Policy:
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 06:18
A key House panel passed two non-binding resolutions on Wednesday urging the Obama administration to turn the screws on Bashar al-Assad in the latest bipartisan push for more action in Syria.
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 06:05
A Syrian government fighter jet fired a missile at a school in the northern city of Aleppo that killed as many as 47 people, mainly children, as students were preparing an art exhibition to depict the horrors of Syria's civil war, activists said.
Thursday, May 1, 2014 - 08:07
Azerbaijani media reports that the focus of the drills is the Agdam region and that heavy artillery and armored vehicles are participating and that loud expolosions could be heard in surrounding districts.