Undispatch - undispatch.com - UN Dispatch
General Information:
Latest News:
Top of the Morning: Syria Intervention Watch 27 Aug 2013 | 06:08 pm
Top stories from DAWNS Digest Syria Intervention Watch: John Kerry Gets Forceful Secretary of State John Kerry’s remarks to the media augur heavily that the US will participate in a military strike....
A No-Win Situation in Syria for the UN and International Law 26 Aug 2013 | 07:59 pm
By now, it is clear the USA and other international actors are contemplating military strikes against the Syrian regime. Chances are that Russia will oppose this in the Security Council. If the USA an...
Top of the Morning: Lurching Toward US Military Intervention in Syria 26 Aug 2013 | 06:08 pm
Top stories from DAWNS Digest Lurching Toward US Military Intervention in Syria The Obama administration is exploring military options on Syria. On Sunday, American officials said that Assad’s offer...
How Will the USA Respond to the Syria Chemical Attack? 23 Aug 2013 | 07:39 pm
Do not expect any unilateral American action to respond to the chemical weapons attack in Syria, at least that is the upshot from an interview President Obama gave to CNN this morning. Obama seems ve...
Top of the Morning: Twin Bombing in Tripoli 23 Aug 2013 | 05:53 pm
Top stories from DAWNS Digest Syria’s Conflict Cannot Be Contained “Twin explosions rocked the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Friday, killing at least 13 people and injuring more than 80, said...
Syria Chemical Attack: Is this a Turning Point for the UN? 22 Aug 2013 | 09:25 pm
I just came off a Huffington Post Live segment discussing the UN’s response to the chemical weapons attack in Syria yesterday. Right now, a UN weapons inspection team is just a few miles from the sit...
Top of the Morning: Latest on Syria Gas Attack 22 Aug 2013 | 06:16 pm
Top Stories from DAWNS Digest Gas Attack Kills As Many as 1,300 in Syria, says Opposition An early morning attack apparently using chemical weapons on the outskirts of Damascus killed an untold numb...
Syria Chemical Weapons Attack: What’s Next For the UN? 21 Aug 2013 | 10:21 pm
Reports are coming in fast about the alleged chemical weapons attack outside of Damascus today. One report from Reuters suggests that the death toll will be in the thousands. The Security Council bee...
Hundreds Reported Killed in Chemical Attacks in Syria 21 Aug 2013 | 06:43 pm
There are very disturbing reports out of Syria of a chemical weapons attack on a rebel stronghold outside of Damascus. Here’s an eyewitness account from CNN. A man who referred to himself as voluntee...
Top of the Morning: Fighting Rocks Algeria-Mali Border 21 Aug 2013 | 05:51 pm
Top stories from DAWNS Digest Fighting Rocks Mali-Algeria Border Eight people have been killed in recent clashes. “The bloodshed in Bordj Badji Mokhtar stoked fears of a spillover of violence from n...