

Syria’s Armenians are fleeing to their ancestral homeland
WHEN war broke out in Syria in 2011, some of the wealthier families from the country’s Christian Armenian minority decamped to Yerevan,...
The Economist
Jun 26, 2017

The Sunni-Shia Divide
An ancient religious divide is helping fuel a resurgence of conflicts in the Middle East and Muslim countries. Struggles between Sunni...
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Jun 23, 2017
Russian warships fire missiles at ISIS in Syria
By Alla Eshchenko Russian warships have fired six missiles on ISIS targets in Syria, state media reports, in Moscow's latest show of...
CNN 1
Jun 23, 2017


Iran and Turkey, at war with Syria
Two traditional foes, Turkey and Iran, have found themselves on the same side of a bitter regional dispute between Saudi Arabia and...
Newsweek
Jun 21, 2017


Trump still doesn't have a strategy for dealing with Assad
With tensions escalating between the United States and Russia, the White House still has no larger strategy on how to deal with fresh...
Politico
Jun 19, 2017


Trump and the battle for eastern Syria
By Jonathan Marcus The battle for Mosul may be entering its final phase. The battle for Raqqa is under way. But the battle for the future...
BBC News
Jun 19, 2017


ACLU asks court to stop deportation of Iraqi Christians
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan has asked for a temporary restraining order on the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
John Burger | Aleteia
Jun 16, 2017


Civilian Deaths in Raqqa Mount as US-led Coalition Forces Push to Reclaim City from ISIL
Since beginning a large-scale offensive campaign on 6 June, the US-led coalition has continued to advance in Raqqa, the de facto capital...
!a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Weekly 1
Jun 16, 2017


Number of Civilian Deaths in Mosul on the Rise
As the number of civilian deaths continues to rise in Mosul, ICRtoP member Human Rights Watch (HRW) has reported that the latest...
!a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Weekly 1
Jun 9, 2017
Attacks on Health Workers in War Zones Continue, Despite U.N. Resolution
UNITED NATIONS — A string of blatantly illegal attacks on clinics and ambulances in war zones around the world prompted the Security...
New York Times 1
May 25, 2017


The Pope and Trump discuss protection of Christians in Iraq
Among the topics discussed by Catholic leader Pope Francis and US President Donald Trump was the persecution and protection of dwindling...
Rudaw
May 25, 2017


Want to defeat the legacy of ISIS? Try rebuilding non-Muslim communities it has destroyed.
By Alberto Fernandez The Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate is crumbling, if all too slowly. Sadly, though, its ultimate collapse...
Washington Post
May 24, 2017