News roundup – 16th Oct -5th November 2018
Sam Jackson has prepared the news roundup for the period 16th October – 5th November. Please see below!
16th October – 22nd October
Syria destroying homes in ex-rebel areas to block residents from returning: HRW
Deadline passes for Syria’s Idlib buffer without fighters leaving
Egypt says security forces killed 450 fighters in Sinai peninsula
East Libya forces reopen probe into Abdel Fattah Younes killing
DRC rebels kill 13, abduct a dozen children in Ebola epicentre
Nigeria: Boko Haram killing of aid worker Hauwa Liman is a war crime
23rd October – 29th October
Syria summit: call for ‘lasting ceasefire’ at last rebel-held stronghold, Idlib
Coalition troops in Manbij clashed with armed group believed to be Turkish-backed rebels
India, Myanmar agree to take on insurgents
Wave of rebel attacks leads to surge in DRC Ebola cases
ICC trial of LRA leader only part of search for justice in Uganda
Armed US militia groups prepare to see off migrant caravan at the Mexico border
30th October – 5th November
Turkey tries managing Syrian rebel factions without disturbing status quo – analyst
Early solution to insurgency problem in Manipur difficult: Army
Yemen war: 150 killed over weekend as Saudi-led airstrikes pound rebel areas
Once at Guantanamo, 5 senior taliban members now join political office in Qatar
TV journalist, two policemen killed in India rebel attack
Israel’s deliberate targeting of children is an ongoing war crime, says PLO official
Three Palestinian teenagers killed by Israeli drone strike as tensions mount on Gaza strip
South Sudan frees rebel chief’s associates to back peace deal
South Sudan rebel leader Machar back in Juba after two years
Support for ethnic armed group service provision will aid federalism, say researchers
Annyssa Bellal
Katharine Fortin
Rogier Bartels