Time to Think Bigger About the Refugee Crisis
By Bono I’VE recently returned from the Middle East and East Africa, where I visited a number of refugee camps — car parks of humanity. I...
New York Times 1
Apr 12, 2016
The Assad Files: Capturing the top-secret documents that tie the Syrian regime to mass torture and k
Some half a million people have been killed in Syria’s civil war. An additional five million have fled, emptying the country. CREDIT...
The New Yorker
Apr 3, 2016
Russian Sappers Arrive in Syria to Clear Mines in Palmyra
This photo released on Monday March 28, 2016, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows some damage at the ancient ruins of Palmyra,...
Genocide Watch
Mar 31, 2016
From Minneapolis to ISIS
MINNEAPOLIS — Reading back over Abdi Nur’s Twitter feed, his chilling progression from the basketball courts of South Minneapolis to the...
New York Times 1
Mar 21, 2016
U.N. Says It Can’t Enforce a Syrian Peace Deal
By Colum Lynch Lost in this week’s debate about who would attend Syria peace talks was the question of who would enforce a Syrian peace....
Foreign Policy
Jan 29, 2016
Fulfilling the Humanitarian Imperative: Assisting Victims of ISIS Violence
Chairman Smith on the hearing: “More than half of the 635,000 refugees entering Europe this year are from ISIS-controlled territory in...
Foreign Affairs
Dec 9, 2015
Persecuted by Islamic State, Yazidis turn to ICC for Justice
Advocates for the Yazidi people of northern Iraq, who have been targeted by Islamic State because they are not Muslims, urged the...
Genocide Watch
Sep 24, 2015
ISIS Enshrines a Theology of Rape
Claiming the Quran’s support, the Islamic State codifies sex slavery in conquered regions of Iraq and Syria and uses the practice as a...
New York Times 1
Aug 13, 2015
Tracking Conflict Worldwide - November 2011
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential and parliamentary vote went ahead on 28-30 November, after a campaign marred by violence...
International Crisis Group 1
Nov 30, 2011
