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Syrian women open soap making workshop in Idlib

Syrian women open soap making workshop in Idlib

by Jeannie Michele Kopstein | Mar 16, 2022 | Featured, Foreign Affairs

Twenty women making soap in Idlib hope to expand their factory and increase their production in a bid to improve the living conditions of their families, which they provide for after losing their husbands in the Syrian war.   Published in conjunction...
China’s Modernized Military Poses a Serious Challenge to the United States, Says Senior Army Official

China’s Modernized Military Poses a Serious Challenge to the United States, Says Senior Army Official

by Zoya Mirza | Dec 2, 2021 | Foreign Affairs, Military

WASHINGTON –– China’s rapid economic, technological and military expansion over the past two decades poses serious competition and an imminent threat to the United States, according to the Secretary of the U.S. Army, Christine Wormuth. “We shouldn’t be seeking, in my...
VIDEO: U.S. Continues Support for Philippine Government Despite Human Rights Violations

VIDEO: U.S. Continues Support for Philippine Government Despite Human Rights Violations

by Jeannie Michele Kopstein | Nov 30, 2021 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, Politics

WASHINGTON — Activists placed thousands of pairs of flip flops on the National Mall last weekend to protest Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs that has resulted in more than 30,000 extrajudicial killings in the country. Demonstrators also lobbied for...
Lawmakers stress importance of U.S. leadership in upcoming international elections

Lawmakers stress importance of U.S. leadership in upcoming international elections

by Julia Mueller | Nov 18, 2021 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, National Security

WASHINGTON — The United States needs a strategy for upcoming elections at several key international organizations, lawmakers said Thursday during a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on U.S. leadership in the United Nations. The last U.S. administration...
Human rights crises in Western Hemisphere demand U.S. attention, lawmakers say

Human rights crises in Western Hemisphere demand U.S. attention, lawmakers say

by Julia Mueller | Nov 17, 2021 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, Politics

WASHINGTON — Threats to human rights and democracy were central to lawmakers’ conversations Tuesday at a House Foreign Affairs hearing to examine the Biden administration’s policy priorities for Latin America and the Caribbean. “It is a turbulent time for the Western...
Washington’s Uyghur Community Commemorates Riots and Calls for Action

Washington’s Uyghur Community Commemorates Riots and Calls for Action

by Mark Dovich | Jul 6, 2021 | Featured, Foreign Affairs

WASHINGTON — Members of the Uyghur community gathered on Monday in front of the White House for a commemorative march to the State Department headquarters. The demonstration was organized by the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement, a Washington-based non-profit...
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