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In recent weeks, the Tunisian, Jordanian, and Lebanese parliaments have repealed provisions in their penal codes that allowed rapists to...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
How the Islamic State Rose, Fell and Could Rise Again in the Maghreb
The Islamic State (ISIS) is in sharp decline, but in its rout lie important lessons and lingering threats. This is true for the four...
International Crisis Group 1
Jul 24, 2017
Syria peace talks come to a close with "no breakthrough" as battle for Raqqa continues
The seventh round of Syria peace talks held in Geneva ended in a stand-still, with UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura describing the...
!a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Weekly 1
Jul 21, 2017
US-led Coalition Airstrikes Contribute to Civilian Deaths in Syria
On Monday, 26 June, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reportedly captured al-Qadisia, a western district of Raqqa, the de...
!a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Weekly 1
Jun 30, 2017
Syria’s Armenians are fleeing to their ancestral homeland
WHEN war broke out in Syria in 2011, some of the wealthier families from the country’s Christian Armenian minority decamped to Yerevan,...
The Economist
Jun 26, 2017
Russian warships fire missiles at ISIS in Syria
By Alla Eshchenko Russian warships have fired six missiles on ISIS targets in Syria, state media reports, in Moscow's latest show of...
CNN 1
Jun 23, 2017
Iran and Turkey, at war with Syria
Two traditional foes, Turkey and Iran, have found themselves on the same side of a bitter regional dispute between Saudi Arabia and...
Newsweek
Jun 21, 2017
Trump still doesn't have a strategy for dealing with Assad
With tensions escalating between the United States and Russia, the White House still has no larger strategy on how to deal with fresh...
Politico
Jun 19, 2017
Trump and the battle for eastern Syria
By Jonathan Marcus The battle for Mosul may be entering its final phase. The battle for Raqqa is under way. But the battle for the future...
BBC News
Jun 19, 2017
