Ending war in Syria possible without outside intervention
Apr 19,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power A total of 500,000 dead and counting. President Bashar Assad is going full blast at reducing the parts of his country still standing, […]
The life of a mediator: ‘We are constantly surrounded by people yet always alone’
By Kathrin Ammann This content was published on April 20, 2018 Most mediators work for up to 15 years and then do something else. Julian Hottinger has been mediating […]
Special Report – This man is trying to rebuild Mosul. He needs help – lots of it Politics
Reuters International This content was published on March 21, 2018 Abdelsattar al-Hibbu, municipality chief of Mosul, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Mosul, Iraq, January 9, 2018. Picture […]
Rohingya refugees test Bangladeshi welcome as prices rise and repatriation stalls
Reuters International This content was published on February 28, 2018 Bangladeshi farmer Jorina Katun stands among the Rohingya Muslims camped out on her land near the Kutapalong refugee camp […]
A low-intensity world war in the Middle East
YAHYA BOSTAN @yahyabostan Since the future of the Middle East seems highly blurred, Turkey, like other actors in the region, needs to accordingly take measures for its own security The proxy wars in the Middle East slowly give way to new confrontations that pit the real parties against each other. […]
Years late, Syria’s children of war learn to read and write
Reuters International This content was published on February 8, 2018 4:23 PMFeb 8, 2018 – 16:23 Hussein al-Khalaf, 13, reacts as he sits in a classroom at […]
International humanitarian law: ICRC president warns over ‘explosive mix’ of urban conflicts
By Kathrin Ammann This content was published on December 11, 2017 The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer inspects the scene of the […]
Swiss pioneers: Swiss engineer takes on killer landmines
https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43460444&locale=en Embed code This content was published on October 10, 2017 5:00 PMOct 10, 2017 – 17:00 Swiss engineer, Frédéric Guerne, has dedicated half his life to making machines that […]
MISSILE STRIKE: Swiss warn against military escalation in Syria
APR 7, 2017 – US President Donald Trump announcing the missile strike on Thursday (Keystone) Switzerland has urged the international community to tackle the escalating Syrian crisis through diplomatic means rather than military confrontation. The statement follows United States missile strikes on a Syrian airfield suspected of launching an earlier […]
Post-war Syria: destruction and reconstruction
PODCAST By Thomas Stephens http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/swi/inline?urn=urn:swi:audio:42532212 DOWNLOAD MP3 FILE OCT 23, 2016 – 11:00 Three archaeologists explain the importance and challenges of rebuilding ancient Syrian heritage sites destroyed by Islamic State. http://www.swissinfo.ch
36 dead, over 1,000 injured in clashes between Egyptian protesters – National Ambulance Service
Mohammed Sultan, deputy head of Egypt’s national ambulance service said that 36 people were killed on Friday during violent clashes between supporters and opponents of deposed President Morsi. 1,138 more […]
Atheist seeking US citizenship told to join church or be denied
A 65-year-old British atheist who has lived in the US for 30 years has been denied US citizenship, unless she joins a church by Friday. During her application process to become a naturalized US citizen, Texas resident Margaret Doughty did not agree to bear arms to defend the country, claiming […]
The Legend and the Mystique of Alhambra
Prologue by Zia H Shah MD The charm and mystique of any good fiction lies in the conflict, tension and drama between the characters. Alhambra lives in the imagination of […]
Swiss help countries move beyond conflict
by Patricia Islas, swissinfo.ch Colombia is on the path to peace after 50 years of civil war and Tunisia is trying its hand at democracy after two decades of dictatorship; […]
Israel punishes Palestinian hunger strikers by removing rights
Israeli authorities are trying new methods to end hunger strikes among Palestinian prisoners. The measures include canceling prisoners’ rights to family visits and confiscating of their possessions. “Privileges such as family visits have been revoked and items such as electronics have been confiscated,” Sivan Weizman, a spokesperson for the Israeli […]
Is ‘Year of the Bible’ making Christianity official religion of US?
Russian TV: Are some faiths more ‘legitimate’ than others in the US? The Freedom from Religion Foundation has filed a lawsuit over a State House resolution announcing 2012 as ‘the […]
West’s poker face at Middle Eastern grand chessboard
by Adrian Salbuchi for RT The planned neo-colonial takeover of the Middle East is gearing up. As the heat rises, the West finds it increasingly difficult to proceed with its […]
Iran’s Achilles’ Heel: Get Syria to weaken Iran
NY Times: THE public debate in America and Israel these days is focused obsessively on whether to attack Iran in order to halt its nuclear weapons ambitions; hardly any attention is being paid to how events in Syria could result in a strategic debacle for the Iranian government. Iran’s foothold […]
‘Israel to strike Iran in April, May or June’ – US Defense Sec
Russian TV: US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has said that Israel could attack Iran in the next few months. This follows Israeli reports that Iran has the capability to develop […]