A civil society has begun to emerge in the rebel-held areas of Syria with the Free Syrian Army taking over delivery of services, and the development of a new court system, but serious flaws remain.
There is much talk of a possible upcoming civil war in Dagestan, a Russian republic located next to Chechnya in the North Caucasus after days of subversive acts, murders and attacks in the region.
Syria’s media war is being waged with gory images from the ground. But preconceived notions about subservient Middle Eastern women could lead the world to assume that there have been no women active on the ground in Syria. This is simply not true: we’re just not looking hard enough.
Three Islamist armed groups controlling northern Mali have committed serious abuses against the local population while enforcing their interpretation of Sharia, or Islamic law, according to Human Rights Watch
Protests in Afghanistan over the controversial Innocence of Muslims anti-Islam film remained peaceful, surprising many in the international community and within the country