Russian marine major killed in combat in Syria: agencies
A Russian marine major has been killed in combat in Syria, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday, confirming an earlier report that...
Reporting by Maria Tsvetkova and Anton Zverev;
Apr 20, 2017
Instruments of Pain: Conflict and Famine
The last time the UN declared a famine was in 2011, in Somalia. The last time it faced more than one major famine simultaneously was more...
International Crisis Group 1
Apr 13, 2017
Bodies of 1,500 Yazidis found in northern Iraq since 2015, says official
By Muhammad Jambaz and Sarah Sirgany Irbil, Iraq (CNN) - The bodies of between 1,300 and 1,500 members of the Yazidi minority have been...
CNN 1
Apr 12, 2017
Inside the tense closed-door UN Security Council deliberations on Syria
New York (CNN)The US missile strikes in Syria Thursday night exploded just as the UN Security Council in New York concluded a closed-door...
CNN 1
Apr 10, 2017
'Pockets of famine' already exist in Yemen, ITV News learns
Maram's father can't stop her crying as she battles severe malnutrition. Credit: ITV News Parts of Yemen are now in famine, according to...
Paul Tyson | ITV News
Apr 10, 2017
The Grim Logic Behind Syria’s Chemical Weapons Attack
By Anne Barnard It was the first time the White House had ordered military action against forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad....
New York Times 1
Apr 6, 2017
Worst Chemical Attack in Years in Syria; U.S. Blames Assad
By Anne Barnard and Michael R. Gordon The body of a child after a reported gas attack on Tuesday in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun in...
New York Times 1
Apr 5, 2017
‘The hospitals were slaughterhouses’: A journey into Syria’s secret torture wards
A woman looks at images smuggled out of Syria on display at the United Nations in New York in 2015. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) BEIRUT — One...
Louisa Loveluck and Zakaria Zakaria | The
Apr 2, 2017
Famine in Africa, Mideast is man-made
When his stepbrother starved to death in January, Matthew Yaw buried him in the sand next to the family’s shack of sticks and plastic,...
Kevin Seiff | Portland Press herald
Apr 1, 2017
Inside the “perfect storm” of famine
Like the four countries facing extreme hunger crises today, the famine that gripped Ethiopia from 1983 to 1985 struggled for attention...
IRIN News
Apr 1, 2017
Iraq: Plains of Nineveh – Christian churches unite to rebuild
Erbil (Iraqi Kurdistan): The idea can no longer be shrugged off as a mere pipe dream – the hope of the thousands of Iraqi Christians who...
Daniele Piccini | ANC News
Mar 31, 2017
Civilian death toll rises as fighting to retake Mosul from ISIL intensifies
LXLMS Fighting between Islamic State (ISIL) forces and the Iraqi military has intensified in recent weeks as the latter has pushed...
!a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Weekly 1
Mar 31, 2017
