The Future of the Middle-East is Being Decided in Raqqa and in Mosul
Hosham Dawod On DAESH
In Baghdad, the arbitrary detention of a French journalist continues
Baghdad: at least 28 killed in attack on mosque
Sanaa’s cry for her disappeared husband
Bush Changes his Tone (October 2002)
“Good morning, Baghdad...”
The Iraqi boomerang.
Democrats and Republicans Vote for Bush’s War Budget
The Voyage that Puts France Back in Atlantic Backwaters
The US Wants to Make Moqtada Al Sadr Toe the Line
Raïd Fahmi, the Eternal Opponent to Saddam Hussein
Controversy Surrounds French NGO’s Adoption of Darfur Children
Are French Soldiers Fighting in N’Djamena?
Blow Follows Blow in Chad
Déby Takes Aim at the Civilian Opposition
Chad “conducts an enquiry” on the democrats who have disappeared.
Pressure on the Rebellion in Chad Increases
Idriss Deby, Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Algeria. Gaïd Salah Seeks To Sow Fear
United States. Youth and Socialism: The Reasons for a Meeting
Venezuela — The Washington Condor Wants to Intevene in Caracas
Indian Lok Sabha elections 2019
Venezuela: coup d’État scenario too perfect
HAITI. Wave of Protests Against Miserable Living Conditions
Michel Mujica: “It’s up to the Venezuelan people to resolve these problems”
Apocalypse Brazil
Asia : The Koreas forge ahead
Brazil, Year 1 of the Bolsonaro Regime
Mumia Abu-Jamal — A Formidable Success, But ...
The Cubans Will Have the Last Word
ORIGINAL FRENCH ARTICLE: L’essentiel
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Essential News
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February 11, 2008 news briefs on Chad and Iraq.
Darfur. Twelve Thousand New Refugees in Chad.
Some 12,000 people have fled Sudanese Darfur for neighboring Chad following intense bombardments and attacks, the UN High Commission for Refugees (HCR) announced yesterday. The refugees have gone to the Birak region in southeastern Chad, following a series of attacks on Friday and Saturday and which are said to have been carried out by the Sudanese army and the djandjawid militias. Over 240,000 Sudanese from Darfur are already living in twelve refugee camps in Chad.
Bloody Attacks in Iraq
Nineteen people have been killed and 29 injured in a car bombing at a market in a town close to Balad north of Baghdad, according to a provincial government official. This attack is a sign of the continuing tension and extreme violence in the country, despite allegations by US authorities, who for weeks have been trying to say that there has been a certain normalization of the situation in Iraq.
And Also ... Chad
Worry was growing Sunday as to the fate of several opposition leaders who had been arrested a week earlier during the failed rebel attack on N’Djamena. The political adversaries of president Idriss Déby were arrested at their homes a week ago by armed men in military uniform.
