“Living Proof”: Syrian Accountability Project Publishes White Paper on the Yazidi Genocide
Crimes committed against civilians during war can be especially heinous, but when those crimes are committed with planned intent to...
Syracuse University
Oct 31, 2017
IDC Summit 2017: American Leadership and Securing the Future of Christians in the Middle East
IDC Summit 2017: American Leadership and Securing the Future of Christians in the Middle East Day 2, October 25 Policy Briefing Day and...
In Defense of Christians (IDC) 1
Oct 16, 2017
Syrians Thrust Back into War
A lone man crosses Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. The camp population fell from 203,000 during its peak in April 2013 to 80,000 by July...
Human Rights Watch
Oct 2, 2017
Afghan Children Recruited to Fight in Syria
Tombstones of Afghan child soldiers buried in Iran. © 2017 Private Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has recruited Afghan...
Human Rights Watch
Oct 1, 2017
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Advances Bill Aimed at Helping Christians in Iraq and Syria
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted Tuesday to advance a bill, passed by the House in June, that attempts to ensure that...
Lauretta Brown | Townhall
Sep 21, 2017
Protecting Civilians Critical to Syria Talks’ Success
A Syrian man carries his two girls as he walks across the rubble following a barrel bomb attack on the rebel-held neighborhood of...
Human Rights Watch
Sep 15, 2017
Prevent a Lost Generation of Syrian Children
Millions of dollars in aid money pledged to get Syrian refugee children in school last year did not reach them, arrived late, or could...
Human Rights Watch
Sep 14, 2017
Lebanon Frees Hundreds of ISIS Fighters in Exchange for Soldiers’ Bodies
Syrian forces in tanks escorted Islamic State fighters on Monday to the militant group’s territory in eastern Syria. CreditLouai Beshara/...
New York Times 1
Aug 30, 2017
Middle East on a Roll to Repeal 'Marry the Rapist' Laws
In recent weeks, the Tunisian, Jordanian, and Lebanese parliaments have repealed provisions in their penal codes that allowed rapists to...
Human Rights Watch
Aug 24, 2017
Thousands of refugees forced back to uncertain security situation in Syria
The militant group Hezebollah escorted 3,000 Syrian refugees and rebels from Lebanon to Syria’s Qalamoun region on Monday, 14 August. The...
!a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Weekly 1
Aug 18, 2017
Syrian software developer’s execution in 2015 confirmed
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has received confirmation that Bassel Khartabil Safadi, a Syrian software developer and free speech...
Reporters without Borders 1
Aug 3, 2017
Trump can make the best of things in Iraq and Syria with 'expeditionary economics'
Restoring the devastated regions of Iraq and Syria will require a new, bottom-up approach to post-conflict reconstruction, focusing on...
Stephen Hollingshead and Henrik Fogh Rasmussen |
Jul 26, 2017
