Siavosh Hosseini | The Media Express
Feb 26, 2017
Iran Human Rights Violations Continue Unabated
President Hassan Rouhani election was based on his “moderate” campaign, which seemed to signal a change in Iran on various issues,...
Paul Antonopoulos | AINA
Feb 21, 2017
Turkish Airstrikes Target Kurdish PKK in Iraq
Turkish war planes illegally operating in Iraq have targeted Kurdistan Worker Party (PKK) positions. At least 34 fighters of the PKK, in...
Reporting by Orhan Coskun | Writing by Daren
Feb 21, 2017
Turkish Military Says 44 Islamic State Militants Killed in Syria
Forty-four Islamic State militants were killed by Turkey-backed operations around the Syrian town of al-Bab and in U.S.-led coalition air...
ORTHODOXY COGNATE PAGE
Feb 21, 2017
Aleppo, Mosul & Beyond: What Future do Christians have in the Middle East?
FEBRUARY 20, 2017 Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II participated in the discussion panel...
Leith Fadel | AINA
Feb 20, 2017
Syrian Army Takes Control of Western Mountains Overlooking Lebanon
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is now in control of the Western Mountains that overlook Lebanon after the jihadist rebels in Serghaya...
Muayad al-Tarfi | AINA
Feb 20, 2017
Iraqi MPs Condemn Alleged Kurdish Abuses
An Iraqi parliamentary committee on human rights on Monday demanded that Baghdad and Erbil investigate alleged abuses by Kurdish...
Foreign Policy
Feb 19, 2017
J Is For Jihad: How The Islamic State Indoctrinates Children With Math, Grammar, Tanks, and Guns
Every child left behind? The Islamic State has set up education programs to groom the next generation of fighters. And they don’t just...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 16, 2017
Iraq: Looting, Destruction by Forces Fighting ISIS
Armed forces fighting Islamic State (also known as ISIS) to retake a town and four villages near Mosul looted, damaged, and destroyed...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 16, 2017
Syria: Coordinated Chemical Attacks on Aleppo Security Council Should Impose Sanctions
(New York) – Syrian government forces conducted coordinated chemical attacks in opposition-controlled parts of Aleppo during the final...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 15, 2017
Pakistan Drives Out Afghan Refugees: "Now You're Calling Us Terrorists?"
(Kabul, February 13, 2017) – Pakistani authorities have carried out a campaign of abuses and threats to drive out nearly 600,000 Afghans...
Genocide Watch
Feb 15, 2017
Civilians in Syria’s ‘Four Towns’ need support as humanitarian catastrophe looms – UN relief officia
In Madaya, Rural Damascus, children and their families wait for permissions to leave the besieged Syrian town. Photo: UNICEF/Omar...
Cat Wise | PBS
Feb 14, 2017
A New Generation of Human Rights Investigators Turns To High-tech Methods
Humanitarian crises like those in Syria’s Aleppo sometimes make headlines. But how do we identify such atrocities when they are occurring...
