Aid workers are struggling to understand fluctuating Syrian refugee flows into Jordan in recent weeks. The government insists the border remains open, but refugees tell harrowing stories of being turned back.
The ISAF withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014 has once again pushed South-Central Asia, a globally strategic region, towards a decisive turning point similar to Soviet withdrawal from the war torn country in 1988. The strategic security of the regional and international interests has changed the debate, which now unfortunately is more concerned about the interests of various countries than that of the Afghan people.
The UN have launched a $5 billion (£3.2bn) humanitarian campaign for Syria stating that by the end of the year half of the population of the war-torn country, 10 million people, will be in need of aid.
As police fired tear gas and pointed pressurized water hoses at protesters marching towards Taksim Square in weekend anti-government protests, Syria’s regime was busy spinning Turkey’s predicament in its favour.
Pro-Assad forces have seized full control of the strategic town of Qusair near the Lebanese border