Gaza Starts to Feel Forgotten amid Syrian Crisis

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Welcome back to the World Brief, the flagship newsletter of The Viyug delivered to you directly from the Editor’s desk, catching you up on 24 hours of news in five minutes. In today’s edition of the newsletter we’re looking at the world’s ignorance of Gaza crisis amid the takeover of Damascus by Syrian rebels followed by European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) interest rate cuts, editor’s comment on Britain’s economy, Iran’s comment on Syrian rebels and ending with expected invitation between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

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Gaza Starts to Feel Forgotten amid Syrian Crisis

Many Palestinians in Gaza cheered the scenes in Syria this week, as rebels overthrew Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Last month they watched the war in Lebanon end; now Syria’s 13-year civil war might be at a close too. But Israel’s war in Gaza drags on. At least 28 people were killed in Israeli strikes on Thursday, according to Palestinian medics. Western and Arab diplomats are still trying to negotiate a ceasefire. Israel’s Mossad spymaster was in Qatar this week for talks. Hamas seems to have made concessions, including for Israeli troops to remain in parts of Gaza at the beginning of a truce.

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Anirudh Phadke is the Founder/Editor of The Viyug. He is currently serving as a Member of the Board of Studies (BoS) for the Department of Defence & Strategic Studies at the Guru Nanak College (Autonomous). He previously worked for International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL). Anirudh holds a Master of Science in Strategic Studies along with a Certificate in Terrorism Studies from S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He completed Bachelor’s degree in Defence & Strategic Studies from Guru Nanak College (Autonomous).

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