Crisis Group raises Syria threat level to critical on its Trigger List early-warning platform
On the evening of 7 April 2018, the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Douma was subjected to an apparent chemical weapons attack. Military...
International Crisis Group 1
Apr 19, 2018
Chemical attacks on Iran: When the US looked the other way
Iran denounces 'hypocrisy' of US air strikes as experts urge Tehran to press Syria to stop future chemical attacks. US President Donald...
Al Jazeera
Apr 19, 2018
How Syria Came to This
A story of ethnic and sectarian conflict, international connivance, and above all civilian suffering By Andrew Tabler Seven years of...
The Atlantic
Apr 15, 2018
Genocide Watch: Kurds on brink of ‘extermination’ 30 years after Anfal
Gregory Stanton, the chairman of Genocide Watch, sits down with Rudaw in April 2018 to discuss a warning issued by the Washington,...
Rudaw
Apr 14, 2018
Human Rights Council extends mandates on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Syria, Iran, South S
The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting adopted five resolutions in which it extended the mandates on the Democratic People’s...
Genocide Watch
Mar 23, 2018
Russia vetoes resolution blaming Iran for arming Yemen's Houthis
Russia has vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution based on a UN report condemning Iran for violating an arms embargo by...
Al Jazeera
Feb 27, 2018
Syria war: Russia says no agreement on ceasefire resolution
Russia has said there is no agreement on a UN Security Council resolution to bring in a 30-day truce in Syria. Russia's UN ambassador,...
BBC News
Feb 22, 2018
Russia resists Western bid to condemn Iran at U.N. over Yemen Arms
By Michelle Nichols The United Nations Security Council should not condemn Iran in a resolution to renew sanctions on Yemen, Russia’s...
Reuters
Feb 22, 2018
Israel, Hizbollah and Iran: Preventing Another War in Syria
What’s new? A new phase in Syria’s war augurs escalation with Israel. As the Assad regime gains the upper hand, Hizbollah probes the...
International Crisis Group 1
Feb 7, 2018
Yemen’s war is so out of control, allies are turning on one another
SANAA, Yemen — The three-year-old Yemen conflict has largely been cast as a war that pits an internationally recognized government...
Ali Al-Mujahed and Sudarsan Raghavan | The
Feb 3, 2018
The Iran Nuclear Deal at Two: A Status Report
What’s the issue? The 2015 Iran nuclear accord is as successful as it remains fragile. President Trump has warned he will scuttle it...
International Crisis Group 1
Jan 16, 2018
Iran tries to censor coverage of protests by media based abroad
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the Iranian government’s attempt to silence coverage of the current wave of protests by...
Reporters without Borders 1
Jan 5, 2018
