Tag: Generational Dynamics

Palestinian factions ‘unity’ talks in crisis, near collapse; ISIS and Yemen force yet another realignment of the Mideast

Saudi Arabia declares that it’s met its military objectives in Yemen; Patriotism and nationalism surge in Saudi Arabia, but not in Iran

Saudi Arabia appears headed for a quagmire in Yemen; US escalates conflict by sending warships to Yemen to confront Iran; ECB examines a possible ‘second currency’ for Greece – government IOUs

Migrants overwhelm Europe as Mediterranean drownings accelerate; Europe desperately considers military action in Libya

ISIS claims responsibility of major terrorist attack in east Afghanistan; Afghanistan becomes more ungovernable as US-led coalition withdraws; Greece scrapes the bottom of the barrel as bankruptcy talk increases

Russia’s Chechnya becomes biggest contributor of jihadists to ISIS; Chechen youth from Georgia’s Pansiki Gorge joining ISIS in droves

Thousands of immigrants flee xenophobic attacks in South Africa; South African xenophobic violence echoes 1820s Mfecane Zulu massacre

Saudis to Hezbollah: Yemen is none of your business; United Nations is ‘deeply shocked’ at Europe’s failure to save migrants

U.S.-China diplomacy over South China Sea turns vitriolic; 400 die as illegal migrants flood into Italy from Libya; Illegal immigration from Mexico down sharply, but not for lack of trying

Gaza prepares for all-out war with Israel; Iran and Qatar give Hamas money and weapons to fight Israel; Israel prepares for war with Hamas in Gaza; Greece denies reports that it’s preparing for a default

Desperate Kenya demands closure of refugee camp after Garissa school attack; Pakistan hits back at UAE over Yemen war military support issue

Holy Fire from Jerusalem’s Easter celebration arrives in Athens; Pakistan and Turkey refuse to support Saudi Arabia in Yemen; Pakistanis fear repercussions from neutrality on Yemen

Pakistan reneges on promise to prosecute 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind; Obama to meet with Cuban leader Raul Castro; Pakistan adopts a neutral stance in the Yemen war

Syria’s Yarmouk refugee camp descends into the ‘deepest circle of Hell’; Palestinians flip-flop on Syrian action in Yarmouk refugee camp; Europe demands list of reforms from Greece after numerous delays; Iran’s demands on sanctions threaten to unravel nuclear deal

Germany fears wave of xenophobia after arson attack on refugee home; U.S. begins daily aerial refueling for Saudi warplanes in Yemen; Fears of tribal and ethnic violence in Kenya continue

Bashar al-Assad’s Syria army showing signs of collapse; Why do Awakening era civil wars always fizzle?; US speeds up weapons deliveries to militias in Yemen

Pakistan parliament debates sending troops to Yemen to support Saudi Arabia; Greece confirms that it will pay the IMF on Thursday and avoid bankruptcy

Yemen Houthis arrest Sunnis in Sanaa, as fighting continues in Aden; Saudi Arabia razing villages near the border with Yemen; Many countries, but not US, are evacuating their citizens from Yemen

ISIS pushes closer to Damascus through Syria’s Yarmouk refugee camp; Texts of Iran nuclear deal differ in English and Farsi versions; Kenya’s president: terrorists are ‘deeply embedded’ in Kenya

China to sell eight advanced submarines to Pakistan, encircling India; As Russia-Saudi relations deteriorate, Egypt tries a middle road; Greece turns to Russia and China, amid reports of imminent default

Al-Shabaab kills 147 mostly Christian students in Kenya school; Bill O’Reilly’s ‘Killing Jesus’ and 1960s-style activism

ISIS captures Yarmouk refugee camp, closes in on Damascus; Hezbollah trapped by a sense of collapse in al-Assad’s army; Turkmenistan fears jihadist invasion from Afghanistan; Palestinian Authority joins International Criminal Court

Yemen crisis continues growth into major war and humanitarian crisis; Pakistan debates Saudi Arabia’s call for help

Desperate John Kerry looks for a nuclear deal with Iran on Tuesday; President Obama to update George Bush’s ‘Roadmap to Mideast Peace’