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jherna2a

Iranian support seen crucial for Yemen's Houthis - 0 views

www.reuters.com/...-insight-idUSKBN0JT17A20141215

Yemen Iran Houthi war proxy

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  • jherna2a on 09 Mar 16
     
    Iran has provided weapons, medical aid, and training to the Houthis. In 2013, a ship smuggling Iranian weapons to Yemen was seized.
ralph0

Future generations will despise our 'realism' on Syria | Nick Cohen | Opinion | The Gua... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...-alternative-to-isis-and-assad

Syria political realism west us obama cameron

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  • ralph0 on 11 Mar 16
     
    Another article about the political realism shown by Western countries in their policies on Syria. It states that history will look on the war in Syria critically, making the claim that they would never have stood by watching.
cthomase

U.S. commander in Africa says Libya is a failed state - 1 views

www.militarytimes.com/...81486032

war politics Libya ISIS

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  • cthomase on 09 Mar 16
     
    Yet another doom and gloom article that discusses how bad the Libyan state is in the eyes of the American military. General David Rodriguez, head of American military forces in Africa, called Libya a "failed state," probably one of the starkest declarations in the 5 years since the fall of the Qaddafi regime.
csherro2

Syria: The story of the conflict - BBC News - 0 views

www.bbc.com/...world-middle-east-26116868

syria arab spring revolution War politics

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  • It has acquired sectarian overtones, pitching the country's Sunni majority against the president's Shia Alawite sect,
  • The rise of the jihadist groups, including Islamic State, has added a further dimension.
  • both sides of the conflict have committed war crimes - including murder, torture, rape and enforced disappearances.
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  • A UN commission of inquiry,
  • Western powers,
  • said it could only have been carried out by Syria's government.
  • regime and its ally Russia blamed rebels.
  • More than 3 million people have fled Syria since the start of the conflict,
  • A further 6.5 million people, 50% of them children, are believed to be internally displaced within Syria,
  • the total numbe
  • half the country's population.
  • rebel groups are also deeply divided
  • most prominent is the moderate National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces
  • Iran and Russia have propped up the Alawite-led government of President Assad and gradually increased their support,
  • support of Lebanon's Shia Islamist Hezbollah movement.
  • The Sunni-dominated oppositio
  • Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other Arab states along with the US, UK and France.
  • rise of radical Islamist militia in rebel ranks and the arrival of Sunni jihadists from across the world has led to a marked cooling of international and regional backing.
  • alarsso on 09 Mar 15
     
    This article delves into the issues of war crimes, chemical weapons, humanitarian issues, and the rise if islamist groups interventions
  • hkerby2 on 31 Mar 15
     
    This website offers eight steps to understanding the Syrian conflict. The sections include: uprising turns violent, descent into civil war, war crimes, chemical weapons, humanitarian crisis, Syrian refugees in the region, rebels and the rise of the jihadists, peace efforts, & proxy war
  • csherro2 on 29 Mar 16
     
    More than 250,000 Syrians have lost their lives in four-and-a-half years of armed conflict, which began with anti-government protests before escalating into a full-scale civil war. More than 11 million others have been forced from their homes as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and those opposed to his rule battle each other - as well as jihadist militants from so-called Islamic State.
blantonjack

Pentagon orders military families to leave southern Turkey - 0 views

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ISIS Syria US War

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  • blantonjack on 30 Mar 16
     
    Family members will also be evacuated from facilities in Izmir and Mugla, according to a Pentagon statement. "The decision to move our families and civilians was made in consultation with the Government of Turkey, our State Department, and our Secretary of Defense," This is in wake of another attack in Brussels that ISIS carried out. The U.S. has decided it is too dangerous to continue to have citizens in the country.
mportie

Cyber Security Trends To Watch: 2016 - 0 views

www.forbes.com/...-security-trends-to-watch-2016

politics cyber security US iran

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  • mportie on 30 Mar 16
     
    Major Nation-States are developing new policy and protocol for contingent cyber activities. For Iran having the new nuclear deal put through, it allows Iran to re-enter the global economy, this places focus on their ability to compete, and their cyber-espionage will shift focus towards financial institutions of the world. The bottom line is all States and businesses are transitioning to a more cyber-conscious world where the internet is a prime target of infrastructure.
cthomase

Libya joins Iran in snubbing oil freeze: source - 1 views

www.reuters.com/...s-opec-oil-libya-idUSKCN0WO1JJ

war politics iran Libya

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  • cthomase on 23 Mar 16
     
    Oil is an important aspect of the Libyan economy. Wishing to bring their oil production back to pre-war levels, The Libyan government has opted out of attending an April meeting of OPEC.
mportie

Israeli generals said among 1,600 global targets of Iran cyber-attack - 0 views

www.timesofisrael.com/l-targets-of-iran-cyber-attack

israel iran politics cyber attack espionage warfare

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  • mportie on 30 Mar 16
     
    Israel is one of Iran's prime targets of cyber attacks and espionage. State officials, generals, scientists, activists, those involved in large financial institutions are all victim to mass Iranian cyber tactics, such as phishing via e-mail, fake websites and links, and spyware sent through e-mail. Although Israel is second in the world in cyber-security, right after the US, the rate of cyber-attacks is accelerating higher than investment into cyber-security.
joepouttu

Exclusive: Russia, despite draw down, shipping more to Syria than removing - 0 views

www.reuters.com/...-russia-supplies-idUSKCN0WW0DJ

Russia Syria Military

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  • joepouttu on 30 Mar 16
     
    Russia announced its removal of military presence from Syria was starting last week. It seems as if reallocating their military resources within Syria is more accurate; they have been shipping in increased amounts of supplies for Syrian forces.
mkulach

UN expert decries Israeli soldier's killing of Palestinian attacker - 0 views

english.alarabiya.net/...g-of-Palestinian-attacker.html

Israel Palestine UN murder

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  • mkulach on 31 Mar 16
     
    This incident has brought attention to the amount of force used against Palestinians. There are different thoughts on the subject, many Israelis do not want to call it a murder, while international actors have been comdemning it.
blantonjack

ISIS' finances are taking a serious hit, and it's hurting morale inside the terror group - 0 views

www.businessinsider.com/isis-finances-declining-2016-4

ISIS war Money America

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  • blantonjack on 05 Apr 16
     
    As a US-led coalition hammers ISIS' oil infrastructure and other financial institutions in the Middle East, the terror group has cut salaries and infighting has broken out within the rank and file and senior leadership. Some units pay has been cut in half, and others are not even being paid. This is causing more in house fighting between the higher ups, which is crippling the ISIL units in general
jherna2a

UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia face inquiry and high court legal action - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...iry-yemen-bombing-human-rights

Yemen UK war international law

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  • jherna2a on 05 Apr 16
     
    The UK has been supplying Saudi Arabia with arms to use against Yemen, specifically the Houthi rebels. There have been 119 strikes of violations to international humanitarian law.
ysenia

US warns of dire outcomes if Iran nuclear deal scrapped - CNNPolitics.com - 0 views

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threatened abandoned iran deal outcomes

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  • ysenia on 05 Apr 16
     
    Obama administration warns presidential candidates of negative effects that could occur if they were to pull out of nuclear deal. Claims that it would destroy the relationship they have built and Iran would go back to program. Candidates threaten to pull out of deal despite warnings in order to maintain alliances with other countries.
joepouttu

U.S. behind Syria strike that killed top Nusra Front militant | The Japan Times - 0 views

www.japantimes.co.jp/...t-mouthpiece-abu-firas-cohorts

US Al-Nusra Airstrike

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  • joepouttu on 06 Apr 16
     
    The U.S. is supposedly behind the attack this past weekend that killed a prominent al Nusra leader. This could suggest that the U.S. is increasing their military presence in Syria. 
mportie

Two-Factor Authentication Phishing From Iran - 0 views

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Iran US hack cyber Google

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  • mportie on 06 Apr 16
     
    A new method to bypass G-mail's two step authentication is being implemented by Iranian hackers. Essentially it is a very active method of phishing in which the Iran hackers monitor a phone while triggering password verification. This puts everyone at risk and not just state actors or significant public figures.
stuartsayes

Yemen war clouds raise dangers for top oil shipping route | Reuters - 0 views

www.reuters.com/...shipping-idUSKBN0MM2JX20150326

waters yemen oil shipping

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  • stuartsayes on 07 Apr 16
     
    The war in Yemen threatens the Bab el-Mandeb passage, a shipping route that through which 4 million barrels of oil are shipped daily to out to the United States, Europe and Asia. Shipping is a crucial component for the economy in the Middle East and conflicts like this show the natural side of war.
mharcour

Poll: One-State Solution Sees Rise in Support - 1 views

www.timesofisrael.com/ising-support-in-us-poll-shows

Israel Israeli-Palestinian conflict Palestine Two State Solution One State Solution Brookings Institue

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  • mharcour on 30 Mar 15
     
    This December 2014 article from the Times of Israel examines a poll conducted by the Brookings Institution. The major take-away is that the poll is said to have shown a significant rise in support for a single-state solution should the two-state solution fail.
sambofoster

World Report 2015: Egypt - 0 views

www.hrw.org/...egypt

Women Egypt Civil Rights

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  • sambofoster on 08 Apr 16
     
    Security forces used excessive force to disperse protests early in the year. Nearly 20 people, most of them Morsy supporters, died in clashes with police in the first three days of January. On January 25, the third anniversary of the 2011 uprising, at least 64 demonstrators died in clashes with police in protests throughout the country.
aromo0

Human rights on trial in Egypt as NGO funding case revived | Reuters - 0 views

www.reuters.com/...us-egypt-rights-idUSKCN0WQ20X

ngos egypt activists human rights

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  • EIPR associate director Heba Morayef expects that freeze to be extended to the group as a whole, potentially forcing its office to close.
  • Abdel Fattah Sisi
  • aromo0 on 06 Apr 16
     
    Activists feel the new requirements set in place by the Egyptian government is the worst assault experienced in human rights history. It is unclear just how many organizations will be subjected to the investigation by the Egyptian government.
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