Weekly News Brief 2/21/13
Syria Syrian state media reported two mortar shell explosions near a presidential palace on Tuesday. The palace, one of three in Damascus, hosts visiting dignitaries but is not a residence of President Assad…. Read more…
Syria Syrian state media reported two mortar shell explosions near a presidential palace on Tuesday. The palace, one of three in Damascus, hosts visiting dignitaries but is not a residence of President Assad…. Read more…
Burma On Friday, January 18, the Myanmar military said it had recaptured its outpost in Kachin State and would cease hostilities against the Kachin rebels starting next Saturday. The military began hostilities… Read more…
By Alex Hart, Indiana University ’15 The Rohingya are a stateless ethnic group living on the west coast of Burma and east Bangladesh. They are described by the United Nations… Read more…