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A member of Afghanistan’s special forces observes the enemy lines in Achin district of Nangarhar province in Afghanistan. – Reuters


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Rémi Garde sits on the steps to the entrance of Arsenal’s old Highbury stadium. ‘It is difficult for me to imagine the end for Arsène Wenger’ says the former Gunner. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian


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A woman paddles a kayak past an abandoned car on a flooded residential street in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Wattie


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Syrian refugees walk at Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria. REUTERS/ Muhammad Hamed


Safe Zones or Detention Camps?

Safe Zones or Detention Camps?

Do not rush into judging the safe zones plan in Syria. It is not a totally bad idea, but, as one commentator said, the devil is in the details. When the idea of assigning areas for civilians escaping the war was suggested few years ago, it was rapidly rejected by the...
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Members of the Dutch Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit stand next to a 500-pound bomb from World War II in Wannenaar, the Netherlands (file image) ROBIN UTRECHT/AFP/Getty Images