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Thursday, 17 September 2015 16:36
Syria: Russia has 'positioned tanks in Syrian airfield'
Russia has positioned at least seven Russian T-90 tanks at an airfield near the Syrian government stronghold of Latakia, in a continued show of support by the Kremlin for President Bashar Al-Assad. Washington has said that…
Thursday, 17 September 2015 16:36
Syria: Russia has 'positioned tanks in Syrian airfield'
Russia has positioned at least seven Russian T-90 tanks at an airfield near the Syrian government stronghold of Latakia, in a continued show of support by the Kremlin for President Bashar Al-Assad. Washington has said that…
Thursday, 17 September 2015 16:35
Azerbaijan: Old world and new
Sadly, corruption prevails here. Azerbaijan has high ratings of human development, but the government in this prosperous country abuses many rights of its population. Christianity is frequently associated with Russian imperialism and Armenian enmity, so Christians…
Thursday, 17 September 2015 16:34
Jordan: Refugee food rations cut - now what?
200,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan were told by text message last week that their food rations were being cut. The United Nations’ World Food Programme sent the message as a last resort when no major donors…
Thursday, 10 September 2015 21:13
Yemen: Tweets from a Medecins Sans Frontières doctor
Medecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) doctor Natalie Roberts is an emergency doctor from the UK who has been working with MSF for two years and has just returned from Yemen. The following are five of…
Thursday, 10 September 2015 21:12
Myanmar: Website launch ahead of elections
A website has been launched dedicated to Wirathu, a controversial Mandalay monk, and his hardline Buddhist monk group, Ma-Ba-Tha, dedicated to the primacy of all things Buddhist in Myanmar. Buddhist nationals could powerfully impact Myanmar’s November…