The Israeli judge found that the death of American pro-Palestinian activist in 2003 was the result of an “accident she brought upon herself”.
While conflict rages just kilometers away in Syria, the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights remains quiet. But there are signs that the 17-month old conflict has touched the areas’ Arab residents
Timor-Leste’s recent elections were dubbed “the key test for the fragile democracy” by the Australian media. A peaceful outcome of the election meant that United Nations military and police contingent would leave by the end of 2012.
The vast majority of the world’s conflicts involve not just government troops but also armed groups, which act without state sanction or control – and while some wear their complete disrespect for the laws of war as a badge of honour.
The fighting continues in Aleppo, Damascus, and across Syria with atrocities being committed by both sides in this increasingly splintered civil war