Security in the Aftermath of ISIS
The Nineveh Plain Safe Zone would promote security, foster local governance, and revitalize the area’s economy. It’s time to put it in...
Syria: Latest Round of Peace Talks Between Government and Opposition Begin in Geneva
On 23 February, the Syrian government and opposition delegations gathered in Geneva to launch the fourth round of UN-sponsored...
!a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Weekly 1
Mar 3, 2017
Turkish Military Says 44 Islamic State Militants Killed in Syria
Forty-four Islamic State militants were killed by Turkey-backed operations around the Syrian town of al-Bab and in U.S.-led coalition air...
Reporting by Orhan Coskun | Writing by Daren
Feb 21, 2017
Syrian Army Takes Control of Western Mountains Overlooking Lebanon
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is now in control of the Western Mountains that overlook Lebanon after the jihadist rebels in Serghaya...
Leith Fadel | AINA
Feb 20, 2017
Syria: Coordinated Chemical Attacks on Aleppo Security Council Should Impose Sanctions
(New York) – Syrian government forces conducted coordinated chemical attacks in opposition-controlled parts of Aleppo during the final...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 16, 2017
Civilians in Syria’s ‘Four Towns’ need support as humanitarian catastrophe looms – UN relief officia
In Madaya, Rural Damascus, children and their families wait for permissions to leave the besieged Syrian town. Photo: UNICEF/Omar...
Genocide Watch
Feb 16, 2017
A New Generation of Human Rights Investigators Turns To High-tech Methods
Humanitarian crises like those in Syria’s Aleppo sometimes make headlines. But how do we identify such atrocities when they are occurring...
Cat Wise | PBS
Feb 14, 2017
Breaking Aleppo
After nearly five years of bitter fighting, bombardment, and siege, the Bashar al-Assad regime, Iran, and Russia finally broke Aleppo on...
Atlantic Council
Feb 13, 2017
Syria: Coordinated Chemical Attacks on Aleppo
Syrian government forces conducted coordinated chemical attacks in opposition-controlled parts of Aleppo during the final month of the...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 13, 2017
Report Rebuts Russia’s Claims of Restraint in Syrian Bombing Campaign
By Michael R. Gordon Russian military officials have vociferously denied that their airstrikes have killed civilians in Syria, going so...
New York Times 1
Feb 12, 2017
Amnesty Report Accuses Syria of Executing Thousands Since War Began
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria in Damascus last month. He has denied accusations of abuses in Syrian prisons. CreditSyrian Arab News...
New York Times 1
Feb 9, 2017
13,000 people hanged in secret at Syrian prison, Amnesty says
By Joshua Berlinger and Lauren Said-Moorhouse (CNN)-Thousands of people have been hanged at a Syrian prison in a secret crackdown on...
CNN 1
Feb 7, 2017
