As Syria’s civil war enters its third year, the country’s humanitarian crisis worsens each day and the Levant grows increasingly vulnerable to the conflict’s spillover.
After a three week standoff, Malaysian forces attacked the Royal Sulu Army occupying parts of Lahad Datu in Sabah sparking a humanitarian crisis after scores of Sabah residents with Filipino ancestry were arrested and 1,500 migrant Filipinos sought refuge in the Philippines.
Moaz al-Khatib, the former Damascus cleric and leader of the Syrian opposition coalition, has resigned his post to “work with freedom”
Ten years ago British and US forces invaded Iraq in a bid to topple Saddam Hussein’s regime and uncover WMDs. But with no such weapons found and Iraq less safe now than under Saddam, has the result of the war been a continued mistrust in Britain and its politicians?
Syrian forces’ use of cluster munitions in residential areas is causing mounting civilian casualties, Human Rights Watch said today. An initial review of available information has identified at least 119 locations across Syria where at least 156 cluster bombs have been used in the past six months.