Al Jazeera
- May 12, 2021
Israel-Palestine Conflict Escalation
Protests over the expulsion of Palestinian families and Israeli raids on Al-Aqsa Mosque compound preceded Israel’s heavy bombardment of...
Genocide Watch
- May 5, 2021
UNSC press release: violence flaring in syria
United Nations Security Council | April 28, 2021 With Violence Flaring across Syria, Chief United Nations Mediator Calls for ‘New Means’...
Al Jazeera
- Apr 22, 2021
Victims of Syrian gov’t chemical attacks file case in Sweden
Four NGOs have filed a criminal complaint against members of the Syrian government for deadly attacks in 2013 and 2017. A UN-commissioned...
Sarah Kane | Genocide Watch
- Apr 20, 2021
Country Report: Qatar
The discovery of natural gas reserves in Qatar in 1939 transformed its economy. Gas revenues funded ambitious projects, such as hosting...
Anchal Vohra | Al Jazeera
- Apr 1, 2021
‘Afraid of return’: Palestinians fearful of life in Yarmouk camp
Some 160,000 Palestinians were forced to flee the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus throughout the 10-year-long war. Yarmouk was heavily...
Human Rights Watch
- Mar 31, 2021
Lebanon: Tripoli Detainees Allege Torture, Forced Disappearance
Don’t Try Civilians in Military Courts; Drop Unsubstantiated Terrorism Charges Security forces force anti-government protesters away from...
Amnesty International
- Mar 23, 2021
Lebanon: Torture of Syrian refugees arbitrarily detained on counter-terror charges
Jawad Morad © Amnesty International Lebanese security forces have committed shocking violations against Syrian refugees who have been...
Jillian Kestler-D'Amours | Al Jazeera
- Mar 23, 2021
Will latest push for accountability for Syria torture succeed?
Effort by Canada and Netherlands under UN Convention Against Torture will be slow but sends strong message, experts say. Syrian...
Al Jazeera
- Mar 22, 2021
Several killed in gov’t attack on hospital in northwest Syria
At least six civilians, including a child, were killed after government forces fired on a hospital in western Aleppo. Syrian mourners...
Ruth Sherlock, Scott Neuman, Nada Homsi | NPR
- Mar 19, 2021
Syria's Civil War Started A Decade Ago. Here's Where It Stands
A Syrian child poses atop a stack of neutralized shells at a metal scrapyard on the outskirts of Maaret Misrin town in the northwestern...
Genocide Watch
- Mar 18, 2021
Timestream: Yazidi Persecution and Genocide
Genocide Watch staff have published the sixteenth Timestream in a series of critical genocides in the world. This Timestream covers the...
'A crime on top of a crime': Assad regime reburies Aleppo's war dead
Fears Syrian government carrying out ‘degrading’ exhumations to erase identities and forensic evidence Young people inspect the damage in...