Terrorist threats rise amid coronavirus pandemic - The Hill
Government officials and researchers are warning world leaders not to lose focus on global security threats as extremist groups and terrorist organizations exploit the...
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Global Pandemic: Could the Coronavirus Bring Peace to the Mideast? - Fox News Radio
The coronavirus pandemic has possibly opened the door for peace in the Middle East as many countries in conflict are turning their efforts to fight the virus back home. A ceasefire has held in...
Can COVID-19 open the door to peace-building in Syria? - The Hill
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads to the Middle East, it also may unlock an unforeseen opportunity for peace-building in Syria. To be sure, the window is narrow and the...
Coronavirus prevention extremely difficult in refugee, IDP camps in Middle East - Al Arabiya
As the world grapples with the dangerous and evolving coronavirus pandemic, the impact on the most vulnerable populations—the homeless, prison populations, and...
Will Lebanon’s Eurobond default spur much-needed reform? - Arab Weekly
Lebanon has defaulted on its international debts for the first time. Through civil war and social and political turmoil, Lebanon had always met its economic obligations. However...
The Crisis in Syria/Idlib - Voice of America
Mona Yacoubian, Senior Advisor to the Vice President of Middle East and Africa at the US Institute of Peace and Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in...
Children are neglected victims of Syria’s war - Al Arabiya
As the war in Syria enters its tenth year, the conflict’s disproportionate toll on children underscores the generational challenge that lies ahead. An enduring political solution to...
U.N.: Humanitarian Crisis In Syria Reaches 'Horrifying New Level' - NPR
The humanitarian crisis in Syria has reached a "horrifying new level," according to a U.N. official. That's how Mark Lowcock, the United Nations under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, described conditions in northwest Syria...
Syria’s worst humanitarian catastrophe in its 9-year civil war is now unfolding - Vox
Maher Daboul tries to collect money to help, however he can, the people who have fled, who camp under trees or live in makeshift tents. He writes, too. He does this because he wants to complete his novel before something bad happens. The fear that...
Turkish soldiers killed in Syria amid threats of escalation - AP
Two Turkish soldiers were killed Thursday in an airstrike in northwestern Syria, Turkey said, after an attack by Ankara-backed opposition forces that targeted Syrian...