The Andes
Peru claims new blow against Sendero Luminoso, assails Bolivia
Peru announced the capture of a top Sendero commander—and called upon neighboring Bolivia to stop stigmatizing it as a source of "narco-terrorism."
Africa
Cameroon takes steps against Boko Haram
Authorities in Cameroon have beefed up border controls in the Far North region to guard against infiltration by Boko Haram as civilians flee the growing war in Nigeria.
Syria: massacres and hypocrisy
The anti-Assad insurgents of Liberated Kafranbel hold aloft their latest banner—calling the world to account for allowing the Syrian repression to continue. Bloodshed is escalating in the closing days of 2013, exploited or overlooked for propaganda reasons by all sides. Assad's partisans… Read moreSyria: massacres and hypocrisy
Greater Middle East
Syria: massacres and hypocrisy
Assad's partisans tout a supposed massacre by jihadists near Damascus, while igonoring the much larger and thoroughly verified one being carried out by the regime in Aleppo.
Palestine
Bedouin homes demolished in West Bank, Negev
On Christmas Eve, Israeli forces destroyed two "illegal" Bedouin villages in the West Bank, followed two days later by another such demolition in the Negev.
Greater Middle East
Egypt declares Muslim Brotherhood terrorist group
Egypt's interim government officially declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group following the bombing of a police station that killed 16 people.
Southern Cone
Chile: ‘Caravan of Death’ perps guilty of murder
A Chilean judge found eight former members of the military guilty of murder in the notorious 1973 "Caravan of Death" operation, responsible for the killings of nearly 100.
Greater Middle East
International hunger strike for Syria launched
US activists are fasting in solidarity with Syrian civil resistance figure Qusai Zakarya, who is on hunger strike to protest the siege of over 30 towns by the Assad regime.
Palestine
Prisoner Samir Issawi released from Israeli jails
Israeli authorities released Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi, who waged one of the longest hunger strikes in history, freeing him to return to his East Jerusalem home.
Iran
Persian Gulf militarized —by drug war
In addition to the naval face-off over a global oil outlet, the Persian Gulf has seen escalating militarization by international forces in the guise of narcotics enforcement.
Greater Middle East
Egypt: court sentences rights activists to prison
An Egyptian court sentenced three human rights activists to three years in prison and fined each $7,000 for violating the country's controversial new anti-protest law.
Violence is not our culture
The network Violence Is Not Our Culture has protested across the Middle East, North Africa and Europe to demand that violence against women not be tolerated in the name of cultural relativism. A founder of the network is Algerian sociologist Marieme Helie Lucas…. Read moreViolence is not our culture