In Latest Count, 7.8 mag Earthquake Kills More than 5,000 in Turkey and Syria

Number of victims could go to 10,000

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The Swimmers: The Netflix Biodrama of Two Sisters’ Harrowing Journey to Safety

Unlike the refugee crisis depicted in the mainstream media, the first scene of The Swimmers, written and directed by Sally El Hosaini, depicts the familiarity of adolescence as the Mardini sisters, Yusra and Sara, play in a neighborhood swimming pool....

News

Guterres on Idlib, Syria: “Young Children Are Freezing to Death… Stop now!”

byAntonio Guterres

Full Remarks We are all aware of the unfolding crisis in northwest Syria and the terrible human toll on civilians. Nearly 900,000 people – the vast majority women and children – have fled in the latest fighting under the most...

Kelly Craft e gli obiettivi per la Presidenza USA del Consiglio di Sicurezza ONU

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Ambassador Kelly Craft Says UN Security Council to Focus on Credibility

byAbigail Napp

On December 6th at the United Nations, UN Ambassador Kelly Craft held a press conference to unveil the UN Security Council’s December agenda. As this month’s president, she said her tenure would focus on a “credible Council.” She was accompanied...

Arts

Bella Ciao: A “Kurdish Anthem” Made in Italy, Has Become a Global Sensation

byDeborah Parker

Since Trump acceded to Erdogan’s request that he withdraw American troops from Syria, a decision which has cleared the way for the removal of the Kurds, if not their extermination, “Bella Ciao” becomes the sound track of infamy. It is...

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Syrian Conflict: Security Council Tries to Shed Light on Idlib Hospital Bombings

byLuca Cristo

The Security Council meets for the eighth briefing from the Under-Secretary of Human Affairs and Emergency Relief Mark Lowcock, following the repeated bombings of medical facilities in de-conflicted zones. As most of the attacks came from the Syrian government forces...

Siria, l’addio di Staffan De Mistura, l’uomo della “mission impossible”

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Staffan De Mistura, the soon-to-be Former “Mission-Impossible” Man in Syria

byAngelo Pennati

Although De Mistura is resigning for “personal reasons”, he will henceforth be working until November to continue to enforce the noble peacekeeping tasks set upon him, in an effort to leave his successor an environmental framework well suited for peacekeeping...

New York

Trump on Sovereignty: “Make Their Countries Great Again”

byTeddy Ostrow

In proclaiming nationalism and sovereignty to be virtues of a democratic republic, Trump reveals what it means for a country to be ‘great’ and who in his eyes gets to be sovereign. He applauds Poland, Israel, and Saudi Arabia while...

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UN on Idlib: A Council Without Heroes… But One

byTeddy Ostrow

Staffan de Mistura urged the UN Security Council in a crucial meeting to put the people of Idlib before national interests. The terrorist-rebel-controlled province, home to three million Syrian civilians of whom half are internally displaced refugees, is threatened with...

Assalto finale in Siria: De Mistura pronto ad andare a Idlib per salvare i civili

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Syria’s Crisis on Edge: Staffan de Mistura, the Last Hope for Idlib

bySumana Ali

Staffan de Mistura is asking the Syrian government to take time to negotiate and avoid a drastic military action in Idlib: “So, I am once again prepared, once more, personally and physically, to get involved myself, with the Government cooperation...