The news coming out of Syria was schizophrenic this week. On the one hand, the United Nations advance observer team was making a positive impact despite their small numbers. On the other hand, dozens were being killed as the Syrian…
The death toll continues to rise in Syria despite a proclaimed ceasefire and the presence of an advance team of United Nations monitors, according to activists and reports cited by the United States. An unnamed US State Department Official told…
With the United Nations gearing up for an expanded peacekeeping operation in Syria in a bid to end the violence there, the spokesman for the UN’s envoy to the country said the advance team of observers is already making an…
An announcement from Israel on Sunday sent out a “severe travel warning” regarding Israelis traveling in the Sinai Peninsula, due to concerns about an immediate terrorist threat. The statement from the National Security Council Counter-Terrorism Bureau “underscores” the Sinai warning…
This past week a high-ranking Palestinian delegation hand-delivered a letter from President Mahmoud Abbas to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In turn, Netanyahu promised a response letter in two weeks. The Palestinians made a point to say that the meeting…
After an initial decrease in violence in Syria after a ceasefire went into effect last Thursday, renewed conflict has raised concerns as a United Nations observer mission is being discussed. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a letter to the…