New York Times 1
Aug 30, 2017
Lebanon Frees Hundreds of ISIS Fighters in Exchange for Soldiers’ Bodies
Syrian forces in tanks escorted Islamic State fighters on Monday to the militant group’s territory in eastern Syria. CreditLouai Beshara/...
Jerusalem Post
Aug 29, 2017
The Need for Jewish-Muslim Dialogue
By Byron Kronish and Mohammed Daoudi Dajai This Friday, Muslims in Israel and around the world will begin celebrating their most important...
Human Rights Watch
Aug 24, 2017
Middle East on a Roll to Repeal 'Marry the Rapist' Laws
In recent weeks, the Tunisian, Jordanian, and Lebanese parliaments have repealed provisions in their penal codes that allowed rapists to...
!a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Weekly 1
Aug 18, 2017
Thousands of refugees forced back to uncertain security situation in Syria
The militant group Hezebollah escorted 3,000 Syrian refugees and rebels from Lebanon to Syria’s Qalamoun region on Monday, 14 August. The...
New York Times 1
Aug 17, 2017
For a Yazidi Woman, Justice for ISIS Crimes Is Still Elusive
Iraqi Yazidis who escaped the Islamic State from Sinjar enteing Dohuk Province, in Iraqi Kurdistan, from Syria in 2014. Kurdish fighters...
21st Century Wilberforce Initiative 11
Aug 15, 2017
The Unliberated Liberated in Iraq
During a trip to northern Iraq last week, I was reminded of the plight that the religious and ethnic minorities face three years since...
Nick Cumming-Bruce | The New York Times
Aug 8, 2017
U.N. Warns of New Wave of Displaced Iraqis as Fight Against ISIS Continues
A group of people resting last month after fleeing the area of Mosul’s Old City still controlled by the Islamic State. Nine months of...
Marco Rubio | The Daily Caller
Aug 4, 2017
The U.S. Must Act On The Genocide Of Iraq’s Christians
Iraqis attend the first Palm Sunday procession in the burnt out main church of the Christian city of Qaraqosh since Iraqi forces retook...
Reporters without Borders 1
Aug 3, 2017
Syrian software developer’s execution in 2015 confirmed
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has received confirmation that Bassel Khartabil Safadi, a Syrian software developer and free speech...
New York Times 1
Aug 2, 2017
Jordan Moves to Repeal Marry-Your-Rapist Law
Women calling for the repeal of a law in Jordan allowing rapists to escape punishment if they marry their victims stood outside...
New York Times 1
Aug 1, 2017
In Mosul, Revealing the Last ISIS Stronghold
By Ivor Prickett An Iraqi federal police officer in the Old City of west Mosul. CreditIvor Prickett for The New York Times Days after the...
Susan Crabtree | The Washington Free Beacon
Jul 28, 2017
Human Rights Activists Applaud Tillerson for Calling ISIS Slaughter of Iraqi Religious Minorities &#
Human rights activists are applauding Secretary of State Tillerson for using the term genocide to describe the Islamic State's mass...
