Where Facebook’s Fake News Has Deadly Consequences
Freedom of speech came to Iraq with the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003. But Iraqis have been blindsided since then...
The Daily Beast
Apr 22, 2018
What it Means to be an African Migrant Deported From Israel
Meles Ghirmay remembers every moment leading up to his deportation from Israel. "I was hopeful and thinking that they would give me a...
Genocide Watch
Apr 19, 2018
Saleh loyalists turn guns on Houthis as Yemen lurches into new conflict
Supporters of Ali Abdullah Saleh fight first battle with Houthis since former president died at Houthi hands in Sanaa last year. Houthi...
Middle East Eye
Apr 19, 2018
Crisis Group raises Syria threat level to critical on its Trigger List early-warning platform
On the evening of 7 April 2018, the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Douma was subjected to an apparent chemical weapons attack. Military...
International Crisis Group 1
Apr 19, 2018
Iraq launches 'deadly strikes' against ISIL inside Syria
Iraqi PM's office says F-16 fighter jets carried out air raids near the border in coordination with Syrian army. Iraq says it has carried...
Genocide Watch
Apr 19, 2018
Chemical attacks on Iran: When the US looked the other way
Iran denounces 'hypocrisy' of US air strikes as experts urge Tehran to press Syria to stop future chemical attacks. US President Donald...
Al Jazeera
Apr 19, 2018
Yazidis who suffered under Isis face forced conversion to Islam amid fresh persecution in Afrin
Islamist rebels allied to Turkey accused of destroying temples of those following the non-Islamic sect Shekh Qamber and his wife Adula...
The Independent
Apr 19, 2018
As conditions worsen in Yemen, new UN envoy hopes to rekindle peace talks
The new United Nations envoy for war-torn Yemen called Tuesday for all parties to the conflict to abandon preconditions and begin...
Genocide Watch
Apr 18, 2018
Iraq: Women and children with perceived ties to IS denied aid, sexually exploited and trapped in cam
Report reveals collective punishment of women and children for being related, however distantly, to men linked to IS or fleeing IS...
Amnesty International
Apr 17, 2018
Developing: Yemen has launched 119 ballistic missiles targeted at Saudi Arabia
Yemen has launched 119 ballistic missiles targeted at Saudi Arabia, said Saudi-led coalition spokesperson Turki Al-Maliki. Saudi-led...
Arab News 1
Apr 16, 2018
Yemen PM says no more ‘bloodshed’ in Aden
After spending two months in Riyadh, Daghr and a number of ministers returned to Yemen last week to run the country from the temporary...
Arab News 1
Apr 16, 2018
How Syria Came to This
A story of ethnic and sectarian conflict, international connivance, and above all civilian suffering By Andrew Tabler Seven years of...
The Atlantic
Apr 15, 2018
