Twin Blasts rock southern Beirut
Twin suicide blasts ripped through Beirut last night in Hezbollah controlled Dahiyeh just north of Rafiq Hariri International Airport. Lebanese investigators are examining the attack which left 43 dead and roughly 239 wounded. The attacks were purportedly done as a response to Hezbollah’s involvement in...
Internal Report from Syria: Deir Ezzour Airport
Justice For Life (JFL) Observatory in Deir Ezzour published a new report entitled "Deir Ezzour Airport: Between two possibilities, ISIS breaking in and the control of Assad's regime." [pdfjs-viewer url= https://www.peopledemandchange.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/EN-Deir-Ezzor-Airport.pdf fullscreen=true download=false print=false openfile=false viewer_height=780 ] ...
U.S. TROOPS IN SYRIA: Small Numbers, Big Impact
Train, Equip, and Advise United States special operation troops will be entering Syria, according to several news sources. Anonymous statements made by U.S. officials indicate that this is not a full combat operation, but rather a small incursion of fewer than 50 troops entering northern Syria...
Recent Russian Diplomatic Actions
After roughly a month of Russian air strikes in Syria, Russia has blasted its way back into the international and regional diplomatic scene. Over the last few days there has been a spike in international diplomatic activity surrounding the Syrian conflict, which comes in the...
Canada’s Refugee Mandate?
Canada held elections earlier this week with a surprising outcome. Out was Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s conservative party, replaced with Justin Trudeau and his liberal government. Harper’s government did little to grow Canada’s slowing economy and held controversial foreign policy on growing issues like immigration...