Weekly News Brief 4/18/2013
Syria On Monday, a Lebanese official announced that Lebanon will send a letter of complaint to the Arab League over recent violations of its territory along the Syrian border, urging the UN… Read more…
Syria On Monday, a Lebanese official announced that Lebanon will send a letter of complaint to the Arab League over recent violations of its territory along the Syrian border, urging the UN… Read more…
Syria Jordan opened a second refugee camp, paid for by the United Arab Emirates, for Syrians fleeing the conflict on Wednesday. The current refugee camp in Jordan, Zaatari, may see services… Read more…
By Jackie Blachman-Forshay “You’re using YouTube to track rape in Syria? And Twitter?” I am asked this question on a frequent basis. As a student the Mailman School of Public… Read more…
Syria Last Thursday, a mortar attack on the University of Damascus killed at least 12 and wounded several others. The Assad regime and rebel groups blame each other for the attack. The increased… Read more…
By Alex Colley-Hart, Burma Conflict Education Coordinator Unfortunately, Burma is not new to interethnic violence following the country’s recent democratic reforms. The Myanmar military, which ruled the country prior to… Read more…
Syria Moaz al-Khatib, the president of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), Syria’s main opposition group, resigned Sunday stating that international powers have failed to help the rebels and that he could… Read more…
This piece, written by Danny Hirschel-Burns, from Swarthmore College STAND, originally appeared on his blog The Widening Lens. As I sarcastically noted in the above tweet yesterday, the reaction from the… Read more…
Democratic Republic of the Congo On Saturday, The New Times in Rwanda reported an influx of over 200 Congolese refugees into North and Western Rwanda, a group that includes combatants. Jean-Marie Runiga,… Read more…
Burma Last weekend, the Myanmar opposition group the National League for Democracy (NLD) ended its party congress with Aung San Suu Kyi remaining its leader. The NLD has been struggling in… Read more…
By Sophia Geanacopoulos, USC STAND In preparation for Valentine’s Day 2013, members of the STAND chapter at the University of Southern California spent their afternoon making valentines with a slightly… Read more…