Goodbye, Islamic State. Hello, Anarchy.
On a quiet morning in late February, a convoy of black SUVs and pickups tore through the outskirts of east Mosul, at times nudging 75 mph...
Campbell MacDiarmid and David Kenner | Forgine
Mar 24, 2017
Kenya: Protect Somalis Facing Conflict, Abuses, Drought
Kenya should protect and assist Somali refugees and asylum seekers facing ongoing conflict and a humanitarian crisis in Somalia, Human...
Human Rights Watch
Mar 23, 2017
UN report decries Israeli settlements' 'alarming pace'
srael plans to build 6,000 new housing units in Palestinian areas [Mikkel Bahl/Danwatch] The UN's special rapporteur on the occupied...
Al Jazeera
Mar 22, 2017
Iraq: ISIS Dumped Hundreds in Mass Grave
The Islamic State (also known as ISIS) executed and dumped the bodies of possibly hundreds of detainees at a site near Mosul, Human...
Human Rights Watch
Mar 22, 2017
As we work to eradicate ISIS, Iraq's Christians, Yizidis need our help now more than ever
Three years ago ISIS began attacking Iraq's Christians and Yizidis in an onslaught of rape, murder and ruin that was properly designated...
Nina Shea | Fox News
Mar 17, 2017
Advocacy Coalition, Legislators Call on Trump to Act on IS Genocide
By Arman Tarjimanyan Bahzad Farhan Murad points to a list of missing and killed Yazidis to The Associated Press in the small office where...
VOA (Voice of America)
Mar 17, 2017
On the Ground in Iraq’s Battle with the Islamic State—Civilians Caught in the Crossfire
The city of Mosul has been in the news lately as the Iraqi central government and Kurdistan Regional Government, with the support of a...
Belkis Wille | The Progressive
Mar 17, 2017
Human rights abuses and international humanitarian law violations in the Syrian Arab Republic, 21 Ju
Human Rights Council Thirty-fourth session 27 February-24 March 2017 Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s...
Genocide Watch
Mar 14, 2017
Knights of Columbus Gives Nearly $2 million to Aid Syrian and Iraqi Christian Refugees
A year after the U.S. Congress and State Department declared that ISIS was committing genocide against Christians and other religious...
Knights of Columbus
Mar 14, 2017
Mosul IS battle: 'Remains of prisoners' found at mass grave site
More evidence has been discovered of a reported massacre in 2014 of up to 600 inmates at Badoush prison near Mosul, Iraqi forces say. The...
BBC News
Mar 12, 2017
Syrian children 'pushed to the brink' after worst atrocities since war began
Unprecedented number of children maimed, killed and recruited for combat roles in 2016, says Unicef report on violations suffered by...
The Guardian
Mar 12, 2017
UN: World facing greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945
UN humanitarian chief Stephen O'Brien said that more than 20 million people faced the threat of starvation and famine in Yemen, Somalia,...
BBC News
Mar 11, 2017
