Day: September 9, 2016

G20 Summit: For the First Time the West Couldn’t Dictate, but Had to Listen

September 9, 2016

China has spent months organizing the G20 Summit in Hangzhou. They had their own ideas and it was a sort of coming out for Chinese, showing to the international community that they are a real global p…

Obama says Americans Too ‘Lazy’ to Explore the World, Triggers Backlash at Home

September 9, 2016

North America

President Barack Obama says Americans are so uninterested in the rest of the world because they are “lazy” and don’t feel like knowing about “other people.” His remarks have not gone unnoticed at home…

Israel Starts Building Underground Wall Along Gaza Border to Counter Hamas Tunnels

September 9, 2016

Middle East

The Israel Defense Force (IDF) has started work on a massive underground concrete wall along the Gaza Strip border to prevent Hamas militants from digging tunnels into Israeli territory and using them…

China Keeps Grip on South China Sea with Patrols from Sansha Outpost Driving Off Hundreds of Foreign Ships

September 9, 2016

Diplomacy

City set up to administer disputed islands and atolls has driven off more than 370 foreign vessels from the contested waters, mayor reports. China’s outpost of Sansha in the South China Sea has sent v…

Airstrike Kills Top Nusra Commander Outside Aleppo, as Syrian Army Retakes New Neighborhood

September 9, 2016

Middle East

Senior Al-Nusra Front commander, known under the alias Abu Omar Saraqeb, was reportedly killed in a targeted airstrike on the village of Kafr Naha, 15 km north of Aleppo. In the city, Syrian governmen…

N. Korea Confirms 5th Nuke Test, Claims Nuclear Missile Capability

September 9, 2016

Asia

North Korea has confirmed it has conducted its fifth nuclear test, announcing it is now capable of mounting nuclear warheads on ballistic rockets. The statement came just hours after a powerful explos…

Syrian War Report – September 9, 2016: Iranian Fighters Arrive Aleppo City

September 9, 2016

Middle East

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pMqU5Jp_SA September 8, 2016 saw heavy action for the Islamic State in eastern Qalamoun, Damascus. Faylaq al-Rahman, the Alabdo Martyr brigade and the Islamic State ex…

Ottoman and Arab Maps of Palestine, 1880s-1910s

September 9, 2016

History

Academics have long concerned themselves with maps of Palestine. But almost all of the published literature on Palestine maps– including the publication of the maps themselves – has dealt with those m…