Sat 05 March 2022: A devastating convergence of conflict and climate change is driving displacement and making life even more precarious for those forced to flee. In the run-up to COP26, much of the conversation has dealt with predictions about the future and forthcoming pledges for more decisive action: carbon neutral by 2030, net zero […]
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Fri 04 March 2022: For those who survived the Bosnian war of 1992-1995, the war in Ukraine feels too familiar. When Serb forces bombed my home in Sarajevo, I was hiding in a neighbour’s house just across the street. It was July 19, 1995, and I was four years old and putting on my red […]
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Solidarity with Ukraine from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thu 03 March 2022: There is now an opportunity for vulnerable countries like Bosnia to shake off Russian influence and take steps to join NATO, analysts say. The Russian invasion of Ukraine may spill over into the Western Balkans, most critically, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a small […]
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Wed 02 March 2022: In 2012, six months into the protests in Syria, activists asked for UN observers to be embedded with demonstrators to stop the Assad regime shooting indiscriminately into the crowd. They called for a no-fly zone, the same international protection from NATO that led to the overthrow of Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. […]
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Tue 01 March 2022: The Russian president is facing an unexpected level of resistance, but remains determined to continue on a belligerent path. As Russia’s war on Ukraine enters another day, with reports of hundreds killed in less than a week, there are rising questions about what President Vladimir Putin is trying to achieve. According […]
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Mon 28 January 2022: Britain’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said that she will support anyone who wants to go to Ukraine to join an international brigade of fighters against Russia. She described such a mission as taking part in a battle “for freedom and democracy”. I can’t help but wonder, though, about those who’ve left British […]
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Mon 28 January 2022: Ukraine’s invasion is a painful reminder for many Iraqis who have lost their hopes and dreams due to conflict. Baghdad, Iraq – The air assaults and gunfire on Ukrainian soil following the Russian invasion are stirring up memories barely sealed in Iraq nearly 19 years after the US-led invasion. The attack ordered […]
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Muslim soldiers pray before before going into battle in Ukraine against Russian-backed forces (Supplied by Imam Yevhen Hlushchenko). __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sun 27 January 2022: On Thursday, Russia launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine. Several Ukrainian casualties have already been reported, with the Russian military describing the first day of battle as “successful”. Igor Konashenkov, spokesman […]
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Sat 26 January 2022: In Scotland, when someone is on shaky ground or skating on thin ice they are said to be hanging by a “shoogly peg”. That is exactly where Israel has found itself over the crisis in Ukraine as the hypocrisy of Tel Aviv and its Zionist allies is exposed for the whole […]
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Wed 23 February 2022: A recent poll suggests just 20 percent think an invasion will happen soon, in line with some Ukrainian leaders. Kyiv, Ukraine – The White House’s increasingly worrying warnings about an imminent Russian invasion in Ukraine are nothing but a political game designed to help Democrats win Senate seats in the autumn. This is not […]
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