All posts tagged "Syria"

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  Turkey-Syria earthquake: how disaster diplomacy can bring warring countries together to save lives

  The death toll of the massive earthquakes that have rocked the Turkey-Syria border region has now exceeded 5,000 people and the World Health Organization has suggested it could rise as

  • Posted February 8, 2023
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  On the frontline: women and terrorism

  With most terrorist atrocities carried out by men, women have been largely excluded from the struggle to contain terrorism. But a recent UN event heard that they have a crucial

  • Posted March 26, 2018
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  Opinion: The Mladic convictions are a victory for international justice – but overall, the agenda is going backwards

  Last month, the Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic was sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes including genocide. But Nadina Ronc fears that his conviction may represent a high water

  • Posted December 5, 2017
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  António Guterres: what do we know about the new UN chief?

  António Guterres, sworn in as the ninth United Nations secretary general on 12 December, has said that ending the war in Syria is his first priority. The former Portuguese prime

  • Posted December 14, 2016
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  Clash over civil service advice in EU referendum

  Civil servants were again dragged into the UK’s bitter EU referendum yesterday, when a former adviser to the prime minister said that officials had warned the prime minister it would

  • Posted June 21, 2016
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  A family reunification dilemma for the EU

  Many of the asylum seekers heading for Europe hope to bring their families over later – so governments are squeezing refugees’ rights to family reunification. But Yermi Brenner finds that

  • Posted March 23, 2016
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  Managing the EU Migration Crisis

  The recent influx of migrants into Europe from Africa, the Middle East and South Asia has presented European leaders and policymakers with their greatest challenge since the Eurozone crisis. The

  • Posted March 23, 2016
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  New coordinating unit to meet Greek migrant health challenge

  The Greek government has created a central coordinating unit to manage the work of those public and voluntary sector organisations trying to meet the health needs of refugees. Funded by

  • Posted March 16, 2016
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  UK Border Force chief quizzed over migration crisis

  British border control staff have stopped almost as many attempts by people entering the UK from the French border in three months as it did over the whole previous year,

  • Posted October 15, 2015
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