Posted on September 5, 2014. Tags: Assad, Balkans, Golan Heights, ISIS, Islamic State, Israel, Jabhat an-Nusrah, Max Weber, Nusra Front, Syria, UNDOF, UNIFIL
The established templates of international peace operations are under threat, because the core premise of these operations, consent, is eroding . Filipino and Fijian troops serving with the UNDOF mission in the Golan Heights were targeted by the Nusra Front last week (30 Aug). A number of Fijians have been captured while the Filipinos managed […]
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Posted in Conflict, Iraq, Middle East, Security Issues, Syria, Terrorism, World
Posted on March 18, 2013. Tags: Al Qaeda, Assad, Jabhat an-Nusrah, Syria
The ongoing conflict that has been running in Syria for more than two years, and the brutality of the Syrian regime in suppressing the uprising has encouraged the emergence of radical Jihadist movements in the country. The most important of these movements and one which has raised significant controversy and discussion among the Syrian intelligentsia […]
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Posted in Conflict, Iraq, Middle East, Security Issues, Syria, Terrorism, World