Area of clashes contained, but heavy fighting continues, displacing 70,000 people
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Some Hostages Released, but Philippines Insurgent Standoff Continues
Mortar explosions rock the city of Zamboanga soon after MNLF rebels release five civilian hostages to government forces
At Least 80 People Killed in Latest Iraqi Violence
Escalating Shi’ite-Sunni bloodshed as U.S. ponders entering parallel sectarian conflict in Syria
How Syria’s Rebels Aren’t Winning the War: The Anatomy of a Battle
The short message screeched over a walkie-talkie, prompting the half a dozen rebels in the room who had been lounging on flat mattresses and drinking tea to jump to their feet, grab their guns and run out of the door. It was …
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Leaders in Africa refuse to recognize a rebel leader as the new president of Central African Republic and Japan’s central bank is set to announce a new billion-dollar plan
Malaysia: At Least 26 Dead as Police Raid Sabah Siege
The three-week standoff involving a band of Filipino rebels who stormed a northern Borneo village has now claimed at least 26 lives
U.S. Steps Up Aid, but Syria’s Rebels Want Arms
It should come as no surprise that Syria’s rebels were underwhelmed by Thursday’s U.S. pledge of $60 million in direct aid: although the announcement by Secretary of State John Kerry in Rome marked Washington’s first direct …
Sabah Standoff: Diplomatic Drama After Filipino Militants Storm Malaysia
A diplomatic crisis is engulfing northern Borneo after a band of Filipino rebels seized control of a remote section of the island’s Sabah state
Assad’s Roll of the Dice: Is Winter Coming for the Syrian Rebellion?
President Bashar Assad knows his regime can’t win Syria’s civil war — his foreign minister, Farouk al-Sharaa, admitted as much in an interview published last week by a sympathetic newspaper. But nor does he believe he’s about …
Congo’s Crisis: Rebels Launch Offensive in Country’s East
In the war-torn, mineral-rich Democratic Republic of Congo, rebels belonging to an armed group known as the M23 have launched a devastating offensive against the government of President Joseph Kabila, capturing the main …
Mali’s Militiamen: A Country Split in Two Readies for War
In the districts abutting Mali’s vast north, war looms. In 2012, locals and others forced to flee the conquest of Mali’s north by rebel factions and Islamist groups linked with al-Qaeda are readying to be part of an offensive to …
Can Foreign Intervention Forge a New Syrian Leadership?
The U.S. wants to reshape Syria’s opposition. But there is no guarantee the plan will work
How Did Gaddafi Die? A Year Later, Unanswered Questions and Bad Blood
A year after Libya’s long-ruling despot Muammar Gaddafi was cornered and killed by rebel forces, questions remain over the nature of his death and its legacy for the fractious, fledgling Libyan state