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Hong Kong: It's purely symbolic
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 02/08/2019
» The anti-government demonstrations in Hong Kong are now eight weeks old and still going strong, but the level of violence is rising.
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Tigray split risks ending Abiy's 'empire'
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 05/07/2021
» Most analysts thought it would take a year or two of guerilla war for the rebels in Tigray to drive Ethiopian federal forces out of their state, but it has only taken eight months. "The capital of Tigray, Mekelle, is under our control," Getachew Reda, spokesman for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), said last week.
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When 'mowing the grass' will no longer do
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 20/05/2021
» 'We didn't want this conflict, but now that it's started it has to end with a sustained period of quiet," said Mark Regev, spokesman for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "That can only be achieved by Israel taking out Hamas -- their military structure, their command and control." Or, as the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) would put it, by "mowing the grass".
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The 'least bad' outcome to the Syria war
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 07/04/2016
» After the Syrian army recaptured the city of Palmyra from the Islamic State (IS) a week ago, US State Department spokesman John Kirby admitted that the liberation of the ancient city was a "good thing". But he could not resist adding: "We're also mindful, of course, that the best hope for Syria and the Syrian people is not an expansion of [President] Bashar al-Assad's ability to tyrannise the Syrian people."
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