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Kurdish Insurgency Faces Crossroads

The Arab Spring has given Kurds across the Middle East new hopes for independence through political means. But some are worried an armed Kurdish insurgency operating in four countries may ultimately derail national aspirations.

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Delivering aid to displaced Syrians increasingly hazardous, says UN refugee agency

A Syrian refugee registers with a UNHCR staff member in Lebanon to receive assistance.

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Ban calls for de-escalation of tensions amid new violence in Gaza and southern Israel

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called for an immediate de-escalation of tensions amid the new wave of violence in Gaza and southern Israel, which has resulted in several Palestinian deaths, including civilians, and wounded...

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Darfur: UN-African Union envoy urges combatants to accept that continued violence is a ‘dead end’

Acting Joint Special Representative and Joint Chief Mediator of UNAMID Aïchatou Mindaoudou.