Egyptian Court Halts Transfer of Red Sea Islands to Saudi Arabia (January 16, 2016)
Author:
Eric A. Heath
On January 16, 2017, the High Administrative Court of Egypt blocked the transfer of two uninhabited Egyptian islands in the Red Sea, Tiran and Sanafir, to Saudi Arabia.
UN Secretary-General and OPCW Issue Joint Report on Uses of Chemical Weapons in Syria (August 24, 2016)
Author:
Douglas Cantwell
On August 24, 2016, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) submitted their third
UN Security Council Condemns Islamic State Attacks in Syria (May 24, 2016)
Author:
Aldo Perez
On May 24, 2016, the United Nations Security Council condemned the May 23 terrorist attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Syrian coastal cities of Jableh and Tartous.
