News Roundup – 16 January 2014

Mexican Militia Leader Hipolito Mora Says Groups Will Work With Government Against Organized Crime, But Won’t Disarm

Rwandan peacekeepers arrive in C. African Republic

UN drone crashes at eastern Congo airport

U.N. Reports Mass Executions in Northern Syria, see here for the OHCHR press release

Burma’s Latest Nationwide Ceasefire Talks Delayed Once Again

At the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, the opening of the first (Prosecution) case (The Prosecutor v. Ayyash et al.) took place today. See the following reports:

Ayyash et al. case opens at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon

Lebanon wary as Hague trial begins

And this new blog that follows the trial.