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31 Jan Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, January 31, 2013

Israel has carried out air strikes close to the Syria-Lebanese border . Donors have pledged $1.5 million to aid civilians displaced by the conflict in Syria. British PM Cameron has visited Algeria to discuss responses to the threat of terrorism. French troops have captured the last Islamist stronghold in Mali. ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda warned the Malian government over reports of human rights abuses by Malian forces. The UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday expressed regret that the Israeli government failed to send a representative to the Council’s review...

09 Mar AUMF 2.0

...Per The Post: “The debate has been driven by the emergence of groups in North Africa and the Middle East that may embrace aspects of al-Qaeda’s agenda but have no meaningful ties to its crumbling leadership base in Pakistan. Among them are the al-Nusra Front in Syria and Ansar al-Sharia, which was linked to the September attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya. As the article rightly explains, these are “militant groups with little or no connection to the organization responsible for the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.”...

03 Jan International Law and Foreign Relations: The Year in Review

...talking about Darfur today, but people are still dying. 16. The Hariri Report and Syria. The UN steps up and investigates the assassination of a former Lebanese Prime Minister and fingers Syria. Or the UN is wishy-washy and succumbs to political pressure. As usual, we find lots to debate about on this topic. See one, two, and three. See also this follow-up. 17. Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change Enters into Force. Is Kyoto good or bad? You decide. Either way, it is now in force. 18. Israel and the ICJ’s...

13 Jan Weekly News Wrap: January 13, 2014

...Qatar’s ambassador was summoned to Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs which considered an official Qatari press release critical of Egypt’s crackdown against the Muslim Brotherhood as interference in Egypt’s internal affairs. A new Egyptian constitution is expected to pass by referendum this week. Iraq’s ambassador to the US has said that the Obama administration could do more to battle al-Qaeda in Iraq, and has praised George W. Bush’s administration. The Friends of Syria have urged Syrian opposition groups to attend peace talks in Geneva later this month. A first shipment...

05 Jun Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, June 5, 2012

...has called for a special investigation into the Houla Massacre in Syria. Foreign Policy offers an op-ed about the real reason to intervene in Syria. It’s a busy week for diplomacy with Russian President Putin in China for security talks, US Defense Secretary Panetta in India and the EU’s Foreign Policy Chief Ashton travelling to Pakistan to launch the EU-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue. China’s ambassador to the UN denies that China is protecting Syrian President Assad and urges all parties to the conflict to implement Kofi Annan’s six points peace plan....

15 Nov Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, November 15, 2012

Israel has hammered the Gaza Strip in a series of airstrikes, one of which has killed Hamas’ military commander Ahmad Jabari. The United Nations Population Fund has declared contraception and family planning to be a human right having a positive effect on economic development. Unlike France, the United States has stopped short of recognizing Syria’s opposition coalition. Nigerian lawmakers have passed a bill criminalizing same-sex marriage. The International Monetary Fund is prepared to offer funds to assist in recovery in Tunisia, a country reeling from last year’s political turmoil during...

09 Nov Weekly News Wrap: Monday, November 9, 2015

...to gather information were circulating close to the South American country. U.S. and coalition forces are likely to increase air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria in coming weeks after a lull in September and October, the head of U.S. Air Forces Central Command said Saturday. Wealthy Gulf Arab states such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar as well as the so-called BRICs emerging market nations should do more to help Syrian refugees, a senior U.S. official said on Friday. The Obama administration is moving to increase and...

02 Oct Kiobel Roundtable: What is the Purpose of the ATS? Should That Matter?

...in cooperation with a foreign sovereign in a matter that has no link to the United States. Paul Hoffman did a terrific job for the petitioners on this point. He made an eloquent plea to the Court about how it would be wrong to prevent the ATS from applying to a foreign corporation aiding, for instance, Syria with chemical weapons. But he elides a couple of points. There are already a variety of criminal and regulatory laws that would apply to any such corporation. And no other country in the...

04 Oct Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, October 4, 2012

Turkey has struck back at Syria, after a mortar attack killed five Turkish civilians in a city close to the Syrian border. In an urgent meeting, NATO has urged Syria to respect international law. Turkey has also requested a response by the UN Security Council, but Russia asked for a day delay. Four UN Peacekeepers were killed in an ambush in West Darfur. At their next meeting in mid-October, Europe’s Foreign Affairs Ministers will reportedly consider tighter sanctions on Iran, including stricter limits on Iranian Central Bank assets in European...

17 Jul Bush/Blair Sidebar at the G-8

...is what they need to is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit and it’s all over… Blair: Dunno… Syria…. Bush: Why? Blair: Because I think this is all part of the same thing… Bush: (with mouth full of bread) Yeah Blair: Look – what does he think? He thinks if Lebanon turns out fine. If you get a solution in Israel and Palestine. Iraq goes in the right way Bush: Yeah – he’s [through] Blair: Yeah…. He’s had it. That’s what all this is about –...

14 Jul Weekly News Wrap: Monday, July 14, 2014

...on Saturday as a U.N. envoy warned of chaos if divided lawmakers did not make progress on Sunday towards naming a government. Europe must open its doors to more Syrian refugees, having welcomed only a “miniscule” number while Syria’s neighbors have reached “saturation point”, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday appointed veteran U.N. official Staffan de Mistura, a former U.N. special envoy to Afghanistan and Iraq, to replace Lakhdar Brahimi as the international mediator seeking an end to Syria’s civil war....