Lauren Blaxter is a Middle East Research Manager at ACLED. She has been responsible for coding Israel, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan since May 2017. Lauren holds a BA in Human Rights, a Graduate Diploma in Law, and a LLM in International Criminal Law. Her work focuses on law and forensics in armed conflict.
Of all regions in Israel, Jerusalem district* is the most active site for political violence…
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The Qalamoun Offensive was a military operation conducted against rebel groups on the Lebanese-Syrian border…
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On December 6, 2017, President Donald Trump announced that the US would recognize Jerusalem as…
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