Cholera Outbreak in Yemen
Several weeks ago in early May, the first ever oral vaccination campaign kicked off in four districts of Aden, Yemen, with the aim of reaching 350,000 people. This campaign was borne in an effort to combat a resurgence of what the UN has deemed the...
Moscow announces a meeting between Russia, the US and Jordan to discuss a ceasefire in Syria
Following reports that the Syrian regime is sending more military forces to Dera’a province in southern Syria, Moscow announced its plans to hold a meeting between Russia, the United States and Jordan in order to discuss a de-escalation zone in the region. Additionally, Washington has...
How the Syrian Regime Abetted Environmental Degradation and Soil Erosion Through Poor Governance
The Syrian Civil War rages on with reverberations around the globe. Whatever the reasons for the outbreak in protests and revolution may be, these alone cannot explain the deluge of broader problems that beset Syria, which is suffering not only from the horrendous conflict but...
Pulling Out of the Iran Deal
After withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Paris Agreement, President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly referred to as the “Iran Deal”, appears to be yet another attempt to reverse the course of President Obama’s...
Update on Libya
On May 29th, 2018 Libyan officials Khalifa Hifter, Fayez al-Sarraj, Khalid Mishri and Aguila Saleh, alongside French president Emmanuel Macron, agreed to a framework regarding presidential and parliamentary elections for Libya later in the year.[1] The multilateral framework-officially known as the Political Declaration on Libya-outlines...