Reports & Files
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Jan- 2016 -25 January
U.N. sees six-month Syria talks starting on Friday
Talks on ending the war in Syria are expected to start on Friday and take six months, although invitations have…
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Nov- 2015 -1 November
Islamic State takes over town in Syria’s western Homs province: monitor
Islamic State fighters seized the Syrian town of Maheen in Homs province from government forces on Sunday, a monitoring group…
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1 November
Greece: Attacks on Boats Risk Migrant Lives
(Athens) – Armed masked men have been disabling boats carrying migrants and asylum seekers in the Aegean Sea and pushing…
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Oct- 2015 -11 October
Islamic State figures killed in air strike; Baghdadi not believed among them
Several senior figures from Islamic State were killed in an air strike while meeting in a town in western Iraq,…
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4 October
Cameron says Russian military action in Syria a ‘terrible mistake’
British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday that Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin’s decision to take military action in Syria…
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Sep- 2015 -26 September
Hezbollah welcomes Russian buildup in Syria, says U.S. has failed
Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah on Friday welcomed Russia’s military buildup in Syria in support of common ally President Bashar al-Assad,…
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26 September
EU: Five Steps to Tackle Refugee Crisis
(Brussels) – The European Union and its 28 member states should act immediately to address the human rights crisis resulting…
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16 September
EU: Action not words needed to end suffering of thousands
As European Union (EU) Home Affairs ministers meet in Brussels to discuss an EU response to the global refugee crisis,…
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Aug- 2015 -23 August
Air pollution has halved in the Middle East – due to armed conflicts since Arab Spring
Air pollution has decreased dramatically in parts of the Middle East in the past five years – partly due to…
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16 August
Germany to pull Patriot missiles from Turkey by early next year
Germany will pull two Patriot missile batteries and 250 troops from southern Turkey by the start of next year after…
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