A few years ago, Hillary Clinton was overseas offering a reset button to the Russians, and this summer the White House was trumpeting their “historic” reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba and reopening an embassy in Havana (where John Kerry felt “very much at home”). How are those initiatives working out? Way to go, Smart…
On Thursday, the US House of Representatives voted to further restrict America’s program givingSyrian refugees safe haven in the United States. The bill, titledAmerican Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act,passed with near-unanimous support from Republicans and 47 Democrats backing the measure, Mother Jones reports. Homeland Security Committee Chairman, and one of the bill’s sponsors, Michael…
These are the world’s 10 least peaceful countries, according to the 2014 Global Peace Index (GPI). update View this image › archideaphoto/archideaphoto The world is overall becoming a less peaceful place and Syria is the least peaceful of all, according to the 2014 Global Peace Index(GPI) which will be released next Wednesday 18th June by…
The extremist Islamic State group kidnapped the humanitarian worker in Syria last year. BF_STATIC.timequeue.push(function () { if (BF_STATIC.bf_test_mode) localStorage.setItem(‘posted_date’, 1409077570); }); BF_STATIC.timequeue.push(function () { document.getElementById(“update_posted_time_3429223”).innerHTML = “posted on ” + UI.dateFormat.get_formatted_date(1409077570); }); A 26-year-old American woman is the third known hostage held by the extremist Islamic State group in Syria, family members and U.S. officials…