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
Iraq launches 'deadly strikes' against ISIL inside Syria
Iraqi PM's office says F-16 fighter jets carried out air raids near the border in coordination with Syrian army. Iraq says it has carried...
Genocide Watch
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
Yazidis who suffered under Isis face forced conversion to Islam amid fresh persecution in Afrin
Islamist rebels allied to Turkey accused of destroying temples of those following the non-Islamic sect Shekh Qamber and his wife Adula...
The Independent
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
How Turkey’s Campaign in Afrin Is Stoking Syrian Hatreds
Mohammed is not his real name. He asked me not to share personal details, fearing retaliation from the fighters he passes when he walks...
The New York Review of Books
Apr 11, 2018
Genocide Watch Releases Genocide Warning for Kurds in the Middle East
Over the weekend, Genocide Watch released the following Genocide Warning for Kurds in Turkey, Syria and Iraq. A Genocide Warning is...
Genocide Watch
Apr 2, 2018
Crisis in Afrin--Potential Disaster for All of the Federation of Northern Syria, The Survival of Mid
Dear Friends: This is my third update on the situation in Northern Syria (and Iraq), including Afrin. It was beyond alarming to read in...
Lauren B. Homer | Homer International Law
Mar 30, 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
Democratic Federation of Northern Syria: Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing
This my second update on events in Afrin and beyond. After I wrote my first update (below) on Friday, March 16, it became apparent that...
Lauren B. Homer | Homer International Law
Mar 22, 2018
Kurdish fighters vow to fight Turkey army after Afrin withdrawal
YPG fighters pledge to shift to guerrilla tactics, as Turkish forces clear Afrin's city centre of explosive devices. Kurdish fighters in...
Al Jazeera
Mar 19, 2018
