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Author: Ben Hubbard / Source: New York Times Uriel Sinai for The New York Times ERBIL, Iraq — In 2010, President Bashar al-Assad of Syria asked President Barack Obama in a private letter to sponsor new peace talks between Syria and Israel, a diplomatic chimera for a string of American

Author: Clare Lombardo / Source: NPR.org Updated at 1:55 p.m. ET December 23, 2012. Bayada, Homs. July 29, 2014. Old City, Aleppo. July 4, 2018. Douma, outside Damascus. A study released Sunday tallies the chemical weapons attacks over the course of the Syrian civil war. At least 336 have

Author: Frank Jacobs / Source: Big Think The War in Syria has dropped off the radar, but it’s not over (yet) This 1-minute video shows how the fronts have moved – and stabilised – over the past 22 months Watching this video may leave you both better informed, and slightly queasy: does war need

Source: Good News Network Ten years ago today, after weeks of protests against a tyrannical regime, Nepal citizens won a major victory. In the first full meeting of the Constituent Assembly, Nepal formally declared a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty. (2008) MORE Good News

Authored by Alex Gorka via The Strategic Culture Foundation, Boris Johnson arrives in Moscow today to hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov the next day – the first visit to Russia by a British foreign minister in five years. International security issues are to top the agenda,