Russian marine major killed in combat in Syria: agencies
A Russian marine major has been killed in combat in Syria, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday, confirming an earlier report that...
Reporting by Maria Tsvetkova and Anton Zverev;
Apr 20, 2017
Inside the tense closed-door UN Security Council deliberations on Syria
New York (CNN)The US missile strikes in Syria Thursday night exploded just as the UN Security Council in New York concluded a closed-door...
CNN 1
Apr 10, 2017
The Grim Logic Behind Syria’s Chemical Weapons Attack
By Anne Barnard It was the first time the White House had ordered military action against forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad....
New York Times 1
Apr 6, 2017
Worst Chemical Attack in Years in Syria; U.S. Blames Assad
By Anne Barnard and Michael R. Gordon The body of a child after a reported gas attack on Tuesday in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun in...
New York Times 1
Apr 5, 2017
‘The hospitals were slaughterhouses’: A journey into Syria’s secret torture wards
A woman looks at images smuggled out of Syria on display at the United Nations in New York in 2015. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) BEIRUT — One...
Louisa Loveluck and Zakaria Zakaria | The
Apr 2, 2017
Iraq: ISIS Dumped Hundreds in Mass Grave
The Islamic State (also known as ISIS) executed and dumped the bodies of possibly hundreds of detainees at a site near Mosul, Human...
Human Rights Watch
Mar 22, 2017
Human rights abuses and international humanitarian law violations in the Syrian Arab Republic, 21 Ju
Human Rights Council Thirty-fourth session 27 February-24 March 2017 Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s...
Genocide Watch
Mar 14, 2017
Knights of Columbus Gives Nearly $2 million to Aid Syrian and Iraqi Christian Refugees
A year after the U.S. Congress and State Department declared that ISIS was committing genocide against Christians and other religious...
Knights of Columbus
Mar 14, 2017
Syrian children 'pushed to the brink' after worst atrocities since war began
Unprecedented number of children maimed, killed and recruited for combat roles in 2016, says Unicef report on violations suffered by...
The Guardian
Mar 12, 2017
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
