Washington Post
Dec 27, 2017
Syria allows some patients to leave besieged area
BEIRUT — Syria’s government is allowing the evacuation of nearly 30 critically ill people from a besieged Damascus suburb, where hundreds...
The Atlantic
Dec 22, 2017
How ISIS Changed the Yezidi Religion
Those who went into exile have creatively adapted their rituals. Those who stayed have been just as innovative. By Cathy Otten BEHZANE,...
Geoffrey Johnston | The Whig
Dec 21, 2017
Genocide Survivors Celebrate Christmas in Iraq
When ISIS arose in 2014, the jihadist force swept across northern Iraq and carried out an ethnic cleansing campaign of Christian villages...
The New Yorker
Dec 20, 2017
Written in Blood and Rust from a Syrian Prison: “Don’t Forget Us”
Mansour Omari, a Syrian journalist in his mid-thirties with wavy hair and sideburns, spent a year documenting the names of detainees who...
Foreign Policy
Dec 20, 2017
Trump Nominee Concedes Saudi Siege of Yemen Could Be Violating U.S. Law
By Dan de Luce U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick for the top legal advisor at the State Department has acknowledged that Saudi Arabia...
New York Times 1
Dec 20, 2017
Holocaust Museum Tries Again on Contentious Syria Study
One of the most ambitious studies conducted on Syria’s civil war and American options to mitigate it finally saw the light of day on...
PBS
Dec 18, 2017
Yazidi women struggle to return to daily life after enduring Islamic State brutality
Yazidi women, who were sold as sex slaves by Islamic State militants, are now returning to their families from formerly ISIS-controlled...
!A Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) 1
Dec 6, 2017
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Troubled by Persecution of Christians
Order of Saint Andrew the apostle, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in America (05.12.2017) – http://bit.ly/2it8MpP – “Violence...
!A Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) 1
Dec 6, 2017
Hom Christians Return to Rebuild Homes and Lives
Syrians who fled the city of Homs five years ago are slowly returning to rebuild their homes and lives. Much of Syria’s third largest...
International Crisis Group 1
Dec 6, 2017
The Killing of Former President Saleh Could Worsen Yemen’s War
What exactly happened and what led up to this sudden twist in Yemen's devastating war? On 4 December, Huthi fighters killed Yemen’s...
Sudan Tribune
Nov 24, 2017
U.S. caused troubles in Middle East region, Sudan’s Bashir tells Putin
Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir Thursday Castigated the U.S. policy in the Middle East region and praised Russia for its support for...
Reporters without Borders 1
Nov 22, 2017
RSF calls for renewed efforts for John Cantlie’s release after five years of captivity
Five years since British journalist John Cantlie was kidnapped in Syria, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the international...
