News Roundup – 14-20 December 2015
As FARC prepares to demobilize, neo-paramilitaries settle in rebel territory
Spain Police Arrest Alleged FARC Rebel for Forced Abortions
Shiite Muslim Sect Alleges Massacre by Nigeria’s Military
CAR Rebel Leader Declares Autonomous Muslim State
Libya’s Rival Factions Sign Deal for Unity Government, but At least 14 killed in clashes in Libya’s Ajdabiya
‘Informal Talks’ Between Sudanese Government and SPLM-N Start in Addis Ababa
South Sudan’s War Just Turned Two — And the UN Says Its Peacekeepers Aren’t Leaving
Fuelled by corruption, South Sudan war enters third year
Suspected Israeli Airstrike Kills Hezbollah Leader Samir Kuntar in Syria
International Crisis Group: A Sisyphean Task? Resuming Turkey-PKK Peace Talks
Protests Erupt in Turkey as Military Campaign Intensifies in Country’s Southeast
Over 100 Kurdish fighters killed in Turkish operation
Turkey says it will continue to move troops from northern Iraqi province
Russian airstrikes force a halt to aid in Syria, triggering a new crisis
60,000 people given aid in Homs (Syria) after ceasefire agreement
Human Rights Watch: Extensive Recent Use of Cluster Munitions by Russian and Syrian troops against armed opposition groups in Syria
‘Russian’ airstrikes kill scores in rebel-held north-west Syria
United Nations Security Council Adopts Sanctions Against ISIS
Where ISIS Gained and Lost Territory This Year
The Islamic State creates a new type of jihadist: Part terrorist, part gangster
Fierce fighting in northern Yemen kills at least 75
Houthi Rebel Leader Killed In Yemen Amid Fragile Ceasefire
Human Rights Watch: Coalition Bombs Homes in Capital Yemen
Yemen Peace Talks End With No End to Conflict
Afghan Taliban Overrun Key District in Helmand Province
In Myanmar/Birma, Changes in power begin taking shape and Non-signatories to be invited to ceasefire talks, but Fighting continues to expand in Shan State
Annyssa Bellal
Katharine Fortin
Rogier Bartels