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Saudi Arabia has been hosting a gathering of Syrian rebel groups, including terrorists, in the capital Riyadh. Extremists from Jaysh al-Islam and Ahrar al-Sham had been invited while Kurdish militias and opposition parties in Syria’s parliament were excluded. Ahrar al-Sham, later withdrew from the conference to try to unite the factions fighting against the Syrian … Continue reading
Russia said yesterday that its jets had blitzed nine Isis terrorist targets in the previous 24 hours. They included a concealed forest base near the north-western city of Idlib, where Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said 30 vehicles had been destroyed — including several ancient Soviet bloc T-55 tanks used by the terrorists. Russian … Continue reading
By Satheesan Kumaaran The UN has become a refuge providing employment and protection not only to war criminals but also to the abettors of war crimes, an explicit irony of the principles for which it was founded. Since the end of Eelam War IV (the final phase of a ‘civil war’ in Sri Lanka … Continue reading
Sri Lankans went to the polls on Tuesday to vote at the end of a hard-fought election campaign to decide whether President Mahinda Rajapaksa or his former army chief General Sarath Fonseka should lead the nation. Both men led the bloody war that last year ended in defeat for Tamil Tiger Nationalists fighting for independence … Continue reading
By Satheesan Kumaaran Although Sri Lanka maintains a dubious status as a democracy, Sri Lankans will vote on January 26 to elect a president. The Tamil voters are in a state of shock and dismay as they face enormous hardships at the hands of the Sri Lankan State. Tamils have no hope whatsoever to overcome … Continue reading
The two communities in the north, however deeply divided by religion, share an outlook on life which is different from that prevailing in the south and which bears the stamp of a common heritage. E. Estyn Evans, The Personality of Ireland. Like that of many other nations, Ulster’s border, territory and population has dramatically shifted … Continue reading
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