

Wilberforce Special Aler
This evening President Trump announced intent to nominate Sam Brownback as the new Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious...
Genocide Watch
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


President Trump’s Move to Bar Transgender People From Military Service
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to delivers remarks at the 2017 National Scout Jamboree in Summit Bechtel National Scout Reserve,...
Human Rights Watch
Jul 26, 2017


State Department Lawyers Removing References to ISIS ‘Genocide’ Against Christians, Other Religious
The State Department's top lawyers are systematically removing the word "genocide" to describe the Islamic State's mass slaughter of...
Susan Crabtree | The Washington Free Beacon
Jul 25, 2017


Tillerson to Shutter State Department War Crimes Office
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is downgrading the U.S. campaign against mass atrocities, shuttering the Foggy Bottom office that worked...
Foreign Policy
Jul 17, 2017

Bipartisan Congressional letter strongly urges that Trump admin delay permanent lifting of U.S. sanc
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Dr. Eric Reeves
Jul 7, 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


Iraqi-American Christians disappointed with Trump
Standing in the living room of her brother's home in Sterling Heights, Lina Denha wipes away tears with a tissue as she recalls how...
Niraj Warikoo | Detroit Free Press
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


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


As Trump Alights in Israel, Palestinians are Descending into Darkness
By Nathan Thrall President Donald Trump makes a 26-hour visit to Israel on 22 May to discuss the “ultimate deal” — a peace agreement...
International Crisis Group 1
May 19, 2017
Security in the Aftermath of ISIS
President Trump has garnered reams of coverage and criticism for his executive order on refugees, but so far the press has shown little...
Andrew Doran, Robert Nicholson
May 2, 2017