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Syria summoned Jordan’s ambassador to Damascus on Wednesday and handed him a formal protest note for Jordanian airstrikes that killed civilians, including children, in the southern Daraa province, …
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The Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) has called for the release of a journalist detained in Somaliland without charge. Despite Somaliland being seen as democratic, its media freedom record is criticized.
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How Israel’s southern foothold limits Syria’s room to maneuver
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UN rights chief Volker Turk said Wednesday he hopes a new Israeli government will "change course massively" and respect international law, as the country's political future hung in the balance after hard-fought elections. "The message is: don't continue the current course of warfare where you think you are above international law, because I think that's what we have frankly seen in the current environment," he told reporters in New York.
