Lebanon's Security Agencies Must Take Responsibility for Shooting Protesters
Accountability Needed for Clear Abuses By Aya Majzoub A policeman strikes a protester during anti-government demonstrations on August 8,...
Human Rights Watch
Nov 16, 2020
Lebanon: Broken Promises On Women’s Rights
UN Review Should Focus on Increased Protection Against Violence, Bias Lebanese women have long been leaders in the country’s protest...
Human Rights Watch
Nov 5, 2020
Surviving torture in a Syrian prison made me who I am today
My journey from Syria’s notorious Branch 215 prison to the US’s Georgetown University. A photo of the writer following his recovery in...
Al Jazeera
Nov 4, 2020
After Isis, Yazidi women forced to leave their children behind
Mothers who have returned to Iraq without their children say they would rather be back in the hell of their former lives. As bombs...
Martin Chulov
Oct 30, 2020
Erdogan warns of military action in Syria, decries Russian strike
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country has a ‘legitimate reason’ to intervene in northern Syria with Kurdish fighters in...
Al Jazeera
Oct 29, 2020
UN urges Turkey to investigate war crimes in north Syria
UN notes 'alarming pattern in recent months of grave violations' by groups in Turkish-controlled areas of Syria [File: Delil...
Al Jazeera
Oct 5, 2020
Horrific Details on Syria Chemical Attacks Left Out, for Now, From U.N. Report
By Rick Gladstone and Maggie Haberman A destroyed neighborhood in eastern Ghouta in March, days after Syrian government forces took it...
New York Times 1
Jun 20, 2018
Months after Pence promise, Iraqi Christians say they are 'worse off'
Iraqi Archbishop Bashar Warda, the Chaldean Archbishop of Erbil (REUTERS) Seven months after Vice President Pence vowed to stop funding...
Fox News
Jun 8, 2018
What Will It Take for Syrian Refugees to Return Home?
Fragmentation of territories, widespread destruction, and new legislation governing property rights will all complicate Syrian refugees’...
Foreign Affairs
Jun 8, 2018
In harsh Saudi crackdown, famous feminists are branded as ‘traitors’
May 19, 2018—ISTANBUL — Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has cast himself as a reformer, advocating equality for women and...
Washington Post
Jun 8, 2018
Turkey doubles its military presence in Kurdistan: PM
Turkish soldiers patrol in Kurdistan Region's Avashin area, Duhok province last month. Photo: Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency ERBIL,...
Genocide Watch
Jun 5, 2018
Secretary-General Appoints Karim Asad Ahmad Khan of United Kingdom to Head Team Investigating Islami
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Karim Asad Ahmad Khan of the United Kingdom as the...
Genocide Watch
Jun 3, 2018
