Turkey’s continued backing of Syrian rebels leads to violent spillover within its own borders.
Turkey faces more spillover from Syria
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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Damascus rattled under war’s impact
With the rebels’ push into the heart of the government’s power, there is a growing sense of finality on the demise the Assad regime.
Pyongyang promises more uncertainty to a less-stable Asia
The fabric of the post-WWII order of the Asia-Pacific region has frayed, making it harder to achieve the diplomatic coordination needed to pressure North Korea.
Reported N. Korea famine sparks cannibal rumors
Recent cannibalism rumors echo haunting accounts from North Korea’s great famine nearly two decades ago.
Divisions in Muslim world on display at OIC Summit
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation summit in Cairo this week saw a full display of the divisiveness plaguing relations between many member states — and very little in the way of concrete solutions.
Mali’s Tuaregs: will their resurgence threaten France’s departure?
If France wants to start pulling out its troops next month, it will have to find a lasting solution to Mali’s Tuareg problem.
In Papua New Guinea, time for a repeal of an archaic law?
According to one report, hundreds are put to death each year in Papua New Guinea on charges of witchcraft.
Prison officials fête Gulag as Russia slammed for abuses
The nation’s worst human-rights year in two decades looks sure to presage continued repression.
Japan accuses Russia of violating its airspace
According to Japan’s Defense Ministry, the minute-long incursion took place over a chain of four islands to the country’s north.
U.K. raids people-smuggling ring
“The biggest operation of its kind” is a small ray of good news for the U.K. Home Office in the storm of paranoia currently swirling around the issue of immigration in Britain.
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