Pence: Trump order stops ‘funding ineffective’ UN agencies; U.S. to directly aid persecuted Christians

Pence: Trump order  stops ‘funding ineffective’ UN agencies; U.S. to directly aid persecuted Christians

by WorldTribune Staff, October 27, 2017 The U.S. will no longer rely on the United Nations to provide humanitarian aid to persecuted religious minorities in the Middle East, Vice President Mike Pence said. “My friends, those days are over,” Pence said at the annual In Defense of Christians summit in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 25. “Our fellow […]

Syrian endgame: Diplomacy, for once, may be the only option

Syrian endgame: Diplomacy, for once, may be the only option

John J. Metzler PARIS — Spiraling sectarian violence, expanding regional destabilization, and the looming danger of proxy conflict between the United States and Russia, are among the dangers in the widening Syrian civil conflict which has taken over 93,000 lives. Equally an escalating humanitarian disaster continues to engulf a country where now approximately a third […]