Conflict
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 09:28
A U.N report shows a sharp rise in Israeli demolitions of Palestinian shacks, animal shelters and other structures in the West Bank's strategic Jordan Valley.
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 09:23
In Deir el-Zour, Islamist factions use “Sharia committees” to control most agricultural sites and several factories, as well as oil and gas sites. Perhaps that’s the reason behind the recent clashes between them and ISIS.
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 09:19
“Nobody should doubt for an instant that the United States is prepared to enforce the sanctions that exist. And all of our allies are in agreement that those sanctions are staying in place until or unless there is a deal,” Kerry said.
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 09:17
The largest Syrian rebel coalition, known as the Islamic Front, joined forces with the Nusra Front, al Qaeda's franchise in Syria, to launch an assault dubbed "The promise of truth approaches", a reference to a Koranic verse about Judgment Day.
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 09:05
“From now until the next round of talks in Geneva, Assad will be under real pressure — he will feel more pressure from opposition forces,”
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 09:00
Displaced men in a UN compound in Juba run a mobile phone-charging station to help others keep in contact with relatives. Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP
The speed and scale of the violence over the past six weeks in South Sudan has been unprecedented, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 08:52
The central African nation of Burundi was plunged deeper into a political crisis Wednesday after the three government ministers from the main Tutsi party resigned.
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 08:48
A wave of religious and ethnic violence has devastated many communities in Nigeria's central region over the past few days. Local leaders say the government needs to arrest and prosecute attackers or the violence will escalate.
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 08:45
In northern Nigeria, radical Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram is facing a vigilante backlash from armed young men with nothing to lose. Amid the renewed optimism of this teenage uprising are fears it could push a troubled nation closer to civil war. GQ reports exclusively from a region ripped apart by violence
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 08:39
The military ceremony Wednesday was meant to be a fresh beginning, an army being reconstituted after months of bloodshed, in front of a new interim president who declared how proud she was of the nation’s soldiers.