Raped, plundered, ignored: central Africa state where only killers thrive The Observer's Mark Townsend journeys into the remote and dangerous north of the country, into the heart of the rebel stronghold, to uncover fresh allegations of summary executions, disappearances and... (photo: UN / Martine Perret) The Observer Africa Observer Photos Sudan Wikipedia: Sudan Syrian rebels kill 123 people in north, majority civilians Syrian state media have accused insurgents of killing 123 people, the majority of them civilians, during a rebel offensive this week to take the northern town of Khan al-Assad. | A two-year revolt-tur... (photo: AP / Ugarit News via AP video) The Irish Times Photos Syria Rebels Syria War War Crimes Wikipedia: Timeline of the Syrian civil war (from May 2013) Top Stories Lawyers in Turkey seek retrial for Kurdish rebel leader Ocalan | Reuters | July 26, 2013 - 16:44 | By Ayla Jean Yackley | ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Lawyers for Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, serving a life sentence in Turkey... (photo: AP / AP Photo) Swissinfo Istanbul Photos Politics Prison Wikipedia: Abdullah Öcalan Special Report: How the Muslim Brotherhood lost Egypt CAIRO (Reuters) - When Egyptians poured onto the streets in their millions to demand the fall of President Hosni Mubarak in 2011, few thought they would return two years ... (photo: AP / Manu Brabo) Reuters Brotherhood Egypt Photos Politics Wikipedia: 2013 Egyptian coup d'état Syrian refugee crisis raises tensions in Turkish border towns Influx of people fleeing civil war leaves resources stretched and many local people angry at lack of international response | People walk between containers in the refuge... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici) The Guardian Human Rights Photos Syria Turkey Wikipedia: Refugees of the Syrian civil war ‘Sahelistan’ an Eldorado for Islamists As Mali attempts to restore stability through elections after armed conflict with Al Qaeda-linked militias, the spotlight has been thrown on the growing threat of Islamis... (photo: AP / Claude Paris) Middle East Online Islamists Mali Photos Politics Wikipedia: Laurent Fabius The sky darkens for American journalism Bradley Manning released hundreds of thousands of government documents and files to Wikileaks, most famous among them the unclassified video Wikileaks dubbed, "Collateral... (photo: AP / Patrick Semansky) Al Jazeera Journalism NSA Spying Photos US Wikipedia: Bradley Manning The price of intervention The United States' highest ranking military officer has given the most explicit assessment yet of Washington's options to stem the bloody conflict in Syria. | | Bu... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi) Al Jazeera Photos Syria US War Wikipedia: Syrian civil war Mexico lowers alert level for Popocatepetl volcano | Reuters | July 24, 2013 - 03:36 | MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has lowered the alert level for the Popocatepetl volcano a notch, just weeks after an increased ... (photo: NASA / Shizhao) Swissinfo Airline Mexico Photos Volcano Wikipedia: Popocatépetl Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad will ‘survive’ rebel uprising, only full-scale foreign intervention can unseat him, says Iraqi minister Hoshyar Zebari Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is not going to lose power unless there is foreign intervention amounting to a full-scale war, according to a leading Middle-East politic... (photo: UN / Mark Garten) Belfast Telegraph Baghdad Defense Photos Syria Wikipedia: Hoshyar Zebari Intervention in Syria would implicate US in war crimes, warns top military officer Martin Dempsey, the US’s highest-ranking military officer, has warned against intervention in the Syrian conflict. In a letter to the chairman of the senate armed servi... (photo: US DoD / D. Myles Cullen) The Irish Times Crime Defense Photos Syria Wikipedia: Martin Dempsey
