

Yezidi survivor Nadia Murad urges UN Security Council to act
Nadia Murad. Photo: Mark Wilson/AFP ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Words are not enough, action is needed, Yezidi survivor and activist Nadia...
Rudaw
Dec 21, 2016


Aleppo’s people are being slaughtered. Did we learn nothing from Srebrenica?
A man carries a child as he flees deeper into the remaining rebel-held areas of Aleppo, Syria. Photograph: Abdalrhman Ismail/Reuters I...
The Guardian
Dec 18, 2016
Foreign Policy Situation Report: ISIS chemical weapons use and war crimes in Palmyra
Aleppo. After a brief ceasefire Tuesday brokered by Russia and Turkey to allow civilians to flee Aleppo fell apart on Wednesday, some...
Foreign Policy
Dec 18, 2016


'The Children of ISIS': The recruitment of child suicide bombers
For the ‘children of ISIS,’ target practice starts at age 6. By their teens, they’re ready to be suicide bombers. An Islamic State...
Souad Mekhennet & Joby Warrick | The
Oct 7, 2016


Russia’s Brutal Bombing of Aleppo May Be Calculated, and It May Be Working
Civilians and rescuers at the site of an airstrike in Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday. Credit Karam Al-Masri/Agence France-Presse — Getty...
Genocide Watch
Sep 28, 2016
Written Testimony before The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe By Chris Engels, Deput
The Commission for International Justice and Accountability September 22, 2016 Please let me begin by thanking you, Chairman Smith,...
Chris Engles
Sep 22, 2016


Amal Clooney Says the UN Has Failed Yazidi Women
More than 3,000 Yazidi women and girls remain in ISIS sexual enslavement. Credit: Independent.co.uk Amal Clooney Criticizes World...
Newsweek
Sep 17, 2016


Suspected Chlorine Gas Attack in Syria
A Syrian civil rescue organization said on Tuesday that a helicopter had dropped two barrels of toxic gas over a town close to where a...
Foreign Policy
Aug 2, 2016


Podcast: We’ve Said It – Now What? Genocide in the Middle East
For the full voice podcast please visit the Federalist Society . After much prodding from human rights advocates and congressional...
Genocide Watch
Apr 12, 2016


Time to Think Bigger About the Refugee Crisis
By Bono I’VE recently returned from the Middle East and East Africa, where I visited a number of refugee camps — car parks of humanity. I...
New York Times 1
Apr 12, 2016


The Assad Files: Capturing the top-secret documents that tie the Syrian regime to mass torture and k
Some half a million people have been killed in Syria’s civil war. An additional five million have fled, emptying the country. CREDIT...
The New Yorker
Apr 3, 2016


Russian Sappers Arrive in Syria to Clear Mines in Palmyra
This photo released on Monday March 28, 2016, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows some damage at the ancient ruins of Palmyra,...
Genocide Watch
Mar 31, 2016