Suspected Chlorine Gas Attack in Syria
A Syrian civil rescue organization said on Tuesday that a helicopter had dropped two barrels of toxic gas over a town close to where a...
Foreign Policy
Aug 2, 2016
Seizing the Moment: From Early Warning to Early Action
Executive Summary After a period of relative calm, an upsurge of crises is testing the international system, pitting major powers and...
International Crisis Group 1
Jun 23, 2016
Qatar: FIFA Faces ‘tough decision’ Over World Cup if Human Rights Abuses Continue
Image: Qatar’s treatment of migrant workers building the infrastructure to host the 2022 tournament has come under the spotlight....
The Guardian
Apr 14, 2016
Iran: U.S. Frowns on New Sanctions by Congress After Missile Test
Image: Missile test, retrieved from Bloomberg article. A top Treasury Department official argued against imposing new legislative...
Genocide Watch
Apr 13, 2016
Podcast: We’ve Said It – Now What? Genocide in the Middle East
For the full voice podcast please visit the Federalist Society . After much prodding from human rights advocates and congressional...
Genocide Watch
Apr 12, 2016
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
Amnesty International: Executions Highest in 25 Years,
Despite a growing repudiation of the death penalty by governments around the world, at least 1,634 people were executed last year, the...
New York Times 1
Apr 7, 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
Qatar Wants to Buy Dozens of U.S. Warplanes. Why Won’t Washington Sell Them?
By Dan de Luce Image: The White House can’t decide whether to sign off on a multibillion-dollar arms deal with the Persian Gulf kingdom,...
Foreign Policy
Mar 29, 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.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Daesh and Genocide
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson For Immediate Release March 17, 2016 Secretary of State John Kerry on Daesh and...
Genocide Watch
Mar 17, 2016
