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Syrian Civil War

Monsters, Courage and Politics: Erdogan's Conundrum

Gil Kazimirov | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Syria, Turkey, Nato, Genocide, Erdogan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Bashar Assad, Syrian Uprising, Bashar Al-Assad, Turkish Politics, Syrian Civil War, UK Students, UK Universities & Education News
Gil Kazimirov

Erdogan is a shrewd, mature politician, intimately acquainted with this and other tenets of international relations. With him as captain, Turkey re-emerged as a financial behemoth in the region and flexed its political muscle. Yet he failed to foresee the ultimate direction of his ship: a painful choice between Scylla and Charybdis, the two mythical sea monsters.

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The Week That Was: Out in the Cold

Carla Buzasi | Posted 14.03.2013 | UK
Read More: Jordan, Syrian Civil War, UK, UK Weather, World, Syria Crisis, Bashar Assad, Syria, Syria Conflict, UK News
Carla Buzasi

As the nation's weather men and women garner larger audiences than usual this weekend with the population gripped by forecasts of snow and ice, this week saw a harsh reminder of the impact of cold weather for those targeted by civil war. Give it a few days, and no doubt the caterwauling will start as trains get cancelled and roads blocked around the country. For Syria's refugees, transport delays are the least of their problems.

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'The Past Is The Past'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Terry Waite Hostage, Terry Waite Lebanon, Syrian Civil War, Lebanon, Ammar Moussawi, Syrian Refugees, Hezbollah, Hezbollah News, Terry Waite, Syria, UK News

Terry Waite has returned to Lebanon to meet representatives of the organisation responsible for his kidnap and torture 25 years ago. The 73-year-ol...

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Thinking on Syria

Alexander Yakovenko | Posted 17.11.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Syrian Civil War, Syria, Alexander Yakovenko, Russian Ambassador to Britain, World, UK Politics, Russia, Vladimir Putin, UK Diary, Syria Violence, UK Politics News
Alexander Yakovenko

We know what happened in Afghanistan when the Soviet Union intervened there and the USA followed to support the other side. It was all done presumably for a good cause, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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A Red Line With 'Enormous Consequences'

PA | Posted 22.10.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Syria, UK News, Syria Chemical Weapons, Chemical Weapons, David Cameron, Syrian Civil War, Barack Obama, UK Politics News

Prime Minister David Cameron and US president Barack Obama have agreed that the use of chemical weapons in Syria or even a threat to deploy them would...

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