Syrian Election Shows The Extent Of Assad's Power
Written by: Ruth Sherlock Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife, Asma, vote at a polling station during the presidential election...
NPR 1
May 26, 2021
Genocide Warning: Israel & Palestine
Rockets being fired from the Gaza strip into Israel © JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images The current conflict between Israel and Hamas militants...
Genocide Watch
May 21, 2021
ISIS committed genocide against Yazidis & Shia: UN investigation
Experts say they established convincing evidence that ISIS committed genocide ‘against the Yazidi as a religious group’. Evidence...
Al Jazeera
May 13, 2021
A New Season of Unrest in Lebanon
ACLED has completed a review of the Lebanese news outlet El Nashra in a monthslong effort to improve coverage of political violence and...
ACLED
May 13, 2021
Israel-Palestine Conflict Escalation
Protests over the expulsion of Palestinian families and Israeli raids on Al-Aqsa Mosque compound preceded Israel’s heavy bombardment of...
Al Jazeera
May 12, 2021
UNSC press release: violence flaring in syria
United Nations Security Council | April 28, 2021 With Violence Flaring across Syria, Chief United Nations Mediator Calls for ‘New Means’...
Genocide Watch
May 5, 2021
Victims of Syrian gov’t chemical attacks file case in Sweden
Four NGOs have filed a criminal complaint against members of the Syrian government for deadly attacks in 2013 and 2017. A UN-commissioned...
Al Jazeera
Apr 22, 2021
Country Report: Qatar
The discovery of natural gas reserves in Qatar in 1939 transformed its economy. Gas revenues funded ambitious projects, such as hosting...
Genocide Watch
Apr 20, 2021
‘Afraid of return’: Palestinians fearful of life in Yarmouk camp
Some 160,000 Palestinians were forced to flee the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus throughout the 10-year-long war. Yarmouk was heavily...
Al Jazeera
Apr 1, 2021
Lebanon: Tripoli Detainees Allege Torture, Forced Disappearance
Don’t Try Civilians in Military Courts; Drop Unsubstantiated Terrorism Charges Security forces force anti-government protesters away from...
Human Rights Watch
Mar 31, 2021
Lebanon: Torture of Syrian refugees arbitrarily detained on counter-terror charges
Jawad Morad © Amnesty International Lebanese security forces have committed shocking violations against Syrian refugees who have been...
Amnesty International
Mar 23, 2021
Will latest push for accountability for Syria torture succeed?
E ffort by Canada and Netherlands under UN Convention Against Torture will be slow but sends strong message, experts say. By Jillian...
Al Jazeera
Mar 23, 2021
