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...
Reporters without Borders 1
Aug 3, 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 2, 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...
New York Times 1
Aug 1, 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...
Susan Crabtree | The Washington Free Beacon
Jul 28, 2017
From the Rise of the Caliphate to the Fall of Mosul, One Family’s Journey
By Campbell MacDiarmid Residents of this shattered city initially welcomed the Islamic State, but the honeymoon was short. The damage...
Foreign Policy
Jul 27, 2017
Trump can make the best of things in Iraq and Syria with 'expeditionary economics'
Restoring the devastated regions of Iraq and Syria will require a new, bottom-up approach to post-conflict reconstruction, focusing on...
Stephen Hollingshead and Henrik Fogh Rasmussen |
Jul 26, 2017
How the Islamic State Rose, Fell and Could Rise Again in the Maghreb
The Islamic State (ISIS) is in sharp decline, but in its rout lie important lessons and lingering threats. This is true for the four...
International Crisis Group 1
Jul 24, 2017
Yazidi survivor: 'I was raped every day for six months'
Nearly three years ago, so-called Islamic State fighters swept through northern Iraq, where the country’s oldest ethnic minority were...
BBC News
Jul 24, 2017
Syria peace talks come to a close with "no breakthrough" as battle for Raqqa continues
The seventh round of Syria peace talks held in Geneva ended in a stand-still, with UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura describing the...
!a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Weekly 1
Jul 21, 2017
ISIS Defeated, Christians Still Face Uncertain Future in Iraq
By Erik Rosales Although the United States and other coalition forces have driven ISIS from Iraqi cities like Mosul, the task of...
CBN News
Jul 21, 2017
US-led Coalition Airstrikes Contribute to Civilian Deaths in Syria
On Monday, 26 June, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reportedly captured al-Qadisia, a western district of Raqqa, the de...
!a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Weekly 1
Jun 30, 2017
US State Department’s Lie About Child Soldiers
By Jo Becker United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a press conference at the State Department in Washington, U.S....
Human Rights Watch
Jun 27, 2017
