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UN Security Council Renews Mali Sanctions Regime For Another Year

The UN Security Council has extended for a further 12 months sanctions against individuals in Mali who violate a 2015 peace agreement which was signed in 2015 by the government and Tuareg armed groups.

The security council imposed travel bans in September 2017, and froze assets of designated individuals and entities actively frustrating progress in implementing the Mali peace and reconciliation…

Explosive device kills 2 French soldiers in Mali

Explosive device kills 2 French soldiers in Mali

Two French soldiers were killed after their armored vehicle was hit by an explosive device in Mali. France has deployed around 4,000 French troops in the West Africa’s Sahel region as part of Operation Barkhane aimed at tackling Islamist militants in the region. Also, France began a military intervention in Mali in January 2013 to drive out al…

Chris Hedges, On Contact: The Uncivil War on Syria with Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton

On this week’s episode of On Contact, Chris Hedges is joined by Max Blumenthal, author and Senior Editor of AlterNet’s Grayzone Project, and Ben Norton, reporter for Alternet. Following the American missile attacks on a Syrian airbase in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack, they discuss the U.S. role in the Syrian…

Russia Deploys Anti Aircraft Missiles to Syria: US Bombing Fades; British Bombing Stops

  British media confirms that British air campaign in Syria has ground to a complete stop.  US media confirms US air campaign in northern Syria has stopped following Russian anti aircraft missile deployments. 

    by Daniel Fielding

A few weeks ago I wrote a piece saying that all the fire and thunder in Britain about the Cameron government’s decision to bomb Syria was pointless, because the…

Refugee resettlement process leaves Syrian Christians in the cold

Christian refugees aren’t welcome in the U.S. because frankly, he doesn’t like those of the Christian faith because they adhere to the teachings of the Bible

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Canadians arrested for trying to join ‘jihadist groups’

Canadian police have arrested 10 young people for allegedly attempting to join jihadist groups in the Middle East, reports said. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said in a statement, cited by The Canadian Press on Wednesday, that no charges had been laid yet and that the investigation was ongoing. The RCMP statement did not specifically… (more…)

Mastermind of Mumbai Jihadi Slaughter Gets Bail

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