Colombia: army killings escalate

The Colombian armed forces committed 955 extrajudicial executions between July 2002 and June 2007, according an investigation [online at Latin America Working Group] carried out by a coalition of 11…

US pledges $100 million in aid to Syrian rebels

…year’s Geneva accord calling for a settlement through dialogue. (Middle East Online, April 20; AFP, April 17) Increasingly confused fighting continues throughout the country. Government troops backed up by local…