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More hope for successful peace talks shown in this article. This concerns a clash between the Kurds and the rebels in the northern part of Syria. It is interesting to follow these conflicts as the US have shown support for the Kurds despite Turkey's complaints. Now, I am unsure what the response will be to the clash with the rebels.

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The Kurds in Syria are now fearing the use of chemical weapons by the extremist group, ISIS. The chemical weapons were used near the town of Kobani.

In this article, Salwa Bugaighis was stabbed and shot through the head by gunmen who broke into her house in Benghazi. Her husband was also abducted and remains missing. Salwa and her husband had just returned from an election and the attack is a reminder of the growing number of extremists taking over Libya. "Her killing triggered outrage on social media, with one supporter tweeting: "Salwa Bugaighis was hope. Shocked and saddened." Salwa was a part of the National Transitional Council, but left after accusing it of freezing-out female members. She also opposed moves to make the wearing of the hijab compulsory, and her views brought her into conflict with the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamist extremists.

In Saudi Arabia if workers file a complaint against their employers about abuse they are usually returned to their employers or pressured to drop the charges. Typically, the employers will file a false counter-argument against the workers for theft, witchcraft, and adultery in retaliation. This country is also accused of failing to take action to reduce the demand of prostitution or child sex tourism. 

A new analysis of the data available to the public about drone strikes, conducted by the human-rights group Reprieve, indicates that even when operators target specific individuals - the most focused effort of what Barack Obama calls "targeted killing" - they kill vastly more people than their targets, often needing to strike multiple times. Attempts to kill 41 men resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1,147 people, as of 24 November.

US general Philip Breedlove is worried that the Syrian Refugees who are being dispersed throughout Europe and to the United States are causing the terror group of ISIS to "spread like cancer". He blames the Russian bombing in the name of Assad for causing this because civilians are forced to leave their land and are further pushed toward no other choice but joining ISIS.

This article states the problems of humanitarian aide. Assads regime has slowed the process. Also the fact that so many people are displaced makes it difficult for NGO's to reach the people that need help.

Many men from the Muslim Brotherhood were killed in a massacre. This leaves the women in the Muslim Sisterhood to wonder if that gives them a possibility of having a greater role in the organization.

Putin and Russia have intervened in the civil war in Syria by bombing opponents of ISIS. They are bombing the moderate opposition. The country says that it has a range of targets that it is bombing but residents and rebels say that this is not the case.

This article reveals the religious influence as to why the fighting is going on between ISIS and Arab nations right now. Prophet Muhammad mentions particular locations where fighting will occur between Christians and Muslims which will be the precursor to the apolcalypse.

This article talks about a senior figure of ISIS by the name of Tarkhan Batirashvili. It turns out, one of the big figures at the head of ISIS is far from Syrian, as he is a Chechen that served in the US-trained Georgian army.

In-depth account of why Iran and Israel have such a bad relationship. Although they have experienced positive working relations in the past, including support through the arms and the energy alliance, conflict has still risen in the past couple of decades.

Women's rights are still on the path to improvement. Many wonder what will happen. In this article this is discussed along with other important points about women being involved in the Arab Spring and still not given equality.

Women's rights are still on the path to improvement. Many wonder what will happen. In this article this is discussed along with other important points about women being involved in the Arab Spring and still not given equality.

After the city of Kobani had all but been lost, people had given up. But after a rejuvenated effort by airstrikes, and the Kurdish fighters, it is now getting more support. Iraqi Kurdish fighters of the peshmerga fighters have now entered through Turkey. They bring with them several weapons.

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.

"The chief of Libya's new UN-backed government has reached Tripoli, defying threats from city militias, to proclaim a new order for the conflict-ravaged country in a move that could eventually pave the way for international forces to provide troops and air support."