Search for peace in Yemen War-Zone
For about a decade now, the southernmost country of the Arabian peninsula Yemen has been witnessing a protracted war that has ravaged the country internally and has caused innumerable sufferings. What began as a...
Category: War
Interview: Privatization of Warfare and Mercenaries
The involvement of Private Military Companies in warfare is not new. However, in recent armed conflicts their numbers have increased significantly and the nature of their activities has changed, leading some commentators to speak...
Iraq denounces Iranian missile strike on Kurds
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards admitted firing seven missiles targeting a dissident Iranian Kurdish group in northern Iraq Among those injured were two officials of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran Baghdad on Sunday denounced...
At least 40 killed in Ethiopia as ethnicity triggers another war
Ethnicity in Ethiopia has been responsible for a massive number of violent outbreaks for quite some time now. This weekend, the eastern part of the country witnessed another horrible act of viciousness when at...
Israel launches strikes against Hamas targets
Israeli aircraft struck militant targets in the Gaza Strip and Palestinians launched dozens of mortar bombs and rockets from the enclave into Israel on Saturday, the Israeli military said. There were no reports of serious casualties...
Saudi Arabia intercepts Yemen rebel missile: coalition
Riyadh Saudi Arabia today intercepted a missile fired from rebel-held territory in neighboring Yemen, where a Riyadh-led coalition is fighting the insurgents, state media said. A coalition statement published by the state-run SPA news agency...
Increasingly close to the first war for the water
More important than the militias of the Islamic State in Sinai, that the conflicts already resolved with Israel and which the reorganisation of the Muslim Brothers is, for Egypt, the water supply which takes...
US says Taliban inertia on peace talks ‘unacceptable’
Kabul The US today said the Taliban’s failure to engage in talks to end Afghanistan’s nearly 17-year conflict was “unacceptable” and called on Pakistan to exert more pressure on the militants. US envoy Alice Wells...
Syrians fleeing war will not be allowed in Israel: Netanyahu
Jerusalem Civilians fleeing Syria’s war will not be allowed to enter Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today adding however that his government will continue providing them with humanitarian aid. Tens of thousands of Syrians...
Taliban say ceasefire will not be extended, as suicide attack kills 18
Kabul, Jun 17 (AFP) A suicide attack in restive eastern Afghanistan today killed at least 18 people in a crowd celebrating the Eid holiday, the second assault in as many days to mar an unprecedented...
