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June 7, 2013

United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Turkey Broils, Egypt Prosecutes, and Syria Deteriorates

Significant Developments Turkey. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was welcomed home today from a four-day trip to Africa by thousands of supporters at the airport— the first major show of suppor…

Anti-government protesters try to protect themselves from a water cannon as riot police disperse them during a protest in Ankara June 5, 2013 (Bektas/Courtesy Reuters)..
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters

November 29, 2012

International Organizations
Israel Loses European Support on Palestinian Statehood

Today’s vote within the UN General Assembly gave overwhelming support to the Palestinian quest for nonmember status—marking a significant diplomatic development in the long-running Israeli-Palestinia…

France's Foreign Affairs Minister Fabius greets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas before a meeting in Paris
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist

December 19, 2013

United States
This Week: Syrian War Crimes, Iranian Talks, and Egyptian Acquitals

Significant Developments Syria. UN investigators reported today that the Assad regime has been conducting extensive and systemic abductions that constitute a war crime and “widespread campaign of te…

Residents react while calling for help as they hold an injured man that survived shelling after what activists said was an air strike from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Takeek Al-Bab area of Aleppo, December 17, 2013 (AboBrahim/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters

January 23, 2015

International Organizations
Limiting the Security Council Veto in the Face of Mass Atrocities

PARIS — The veto held by the five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council is one of the most contentious rules of the United Nations. It was included in the UN Charter of 1945 as the explic…

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius speaks at a session of the UN Security Council on September 19, 2014.
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist

February 24, 2021

Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo is Back on the Front Page

The killing of the Italian ambassador to the DRC and the lifting of U.S. Treasury sanctions against an Israeli businessman in the final hours of the Trump administration has again focused international attention on the interlocking crises in the DRC.

Four UN vehicles are seen parked on a dirt road, protected by armed UN soldiers, in eastern DRC. Two motorcycles are also seen driving on the road, going in opposite directions.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition