by Manon du Bus de Warnaffe | Jun 14, 2021 | Commentary, Peace and Conflict Management
1. What is going on? Back in February 2019, ground-breaking peace talks between the U.S. government and the Taliban took place in Moscow, fostering the possibility of a negotiated peace in an unpreceded way during the 17-year-long conflict. The peace table, however,...
by Onur Sultan* | May 19, 2021 | Commentary, Peace and Conflict Management, Policy Brief, Terrorism, Conflict and War, War and Conflict
Background In the week between May 1 and May 7, Palestinians started protesting against an incoming Israeli Supreme Court decision, expected to evict six Palestinian refugee families residing in Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in East Jerusalem. The move framed by...
by Erman Atak* | Jun 12, 2020 | Commentary, Peace and Conflict Management
Following their success in the west of Libya and Al-Watiya airbase, GNA advance continued this week. Tripoli International airport and its neighbouring towns like Ain Zara, Wadi Al-Rabi in the south of the capital are now under the GNA control. Failing to withstand...
by Erman Atak* | Oct 29, 2019 | Commentary, Peace and Conflict Management, Terrorism, Conflict and War
The Report of the Amnesty International (AI) published this week is the first public investigation of the war crimes committed since the Haftar’s offensive upon Tripoli on 4 April. There were some United Nations investigations conducted by experts on some particular...
by Alkhatab Alrawhani* | Jun 15, 2019 | Commentary, Peace and Conflict Management, Terrorism, Conflict and War
Nearly six months since the so-called Stockholm agreement was signed by Yemen’s warring parties in an effort to prevent a deepening humanitarian crisis, any semblance of progress is almost dead. The agreement, signed on Dec. 13, stipulates the redeployment of forces...
by Maysaa Shuja Al-Deen | Jun 11, 2019 | Commentary, Peace and Conflict Management, Terrorism, Conflict and War
The anti-United Nations campaign – and talk about its dubious role in Yemen – has become increasingly popular recently. This coincides with claims of conspiracy, a rhetoric mostly used by the helpless party in an indirect attempt to justify...
