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
The Halabja Genocide 30 Years After
On March 16, 1988, after sustained shelling and aerial bombardments had driven most of the inhabitants of the Kurdish town of Halabja...
Kenneth R. Timmerman | FrontPage
Mar 16, 2018
Russia Should Go Beyond Humanitarian Corridors in Syria
Syria’s civilians have suffered tremendously through the country’s seven years of conflict. Now, as the Syrian government and its allies...
International Crisis Group 1
Mar 8, 2018
Syria: Is the Worst Yet to Come?
On the seventh anniversary of the Syrian conflict, this commemorative event will examine ongoing atrocities against civilians and...
Genocide Watch
Mar 7, 2018
Syrian government ground forces attack Ghouta despite Russian truce plan
Syrian government forces launched a ground assault on the edge of the rebel-held eastern Ghouta enclave on Wednesday, seeking to gain...
Reporting by Tom Perry in Beirut and Stephanie
Feb 26, 2018
UN passes Syria ceasefire resolution after strikes in Eastern Ghouta kill hundreds
This week, Syrian government-led airstrikes in the rebel-held suburb of Eastern Ghouta killed an estimated 500 civilians. On Saturday,...
PBS
Feb 24, 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
