Thirty years ago this week, Saddam Hussein’s forces attacked the Kurdish town of Halabja in Northeastern Iraq. Iraqi forces first launched a conventional attack, forcing civilians into confined basements
Fast Company interviews Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC) Legal and Strategy Analyst Shabnam Mojtahedi on how SJAC is attempting to preserve videos of violations in Syria before YouTube deletes
It is now clear that the ceasefire passed by the UN Security Council (UNSC) on February 24th has failed to put an end to the fighting in Syria or address
Vladimir Putin, Hassan Rouhani, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Russia, 2017. The three guarantors of the “de-escalation zones” in Syria. Photo from Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_involvement_in_the_
In an article written in collaboration with SJAC, Enab Baladi explores how the proliferation of biased and inflammatory news sources is fueling the Syrian conflict. The partisan narratives that arise
Syrians cast their vote in a controversial presidential election in 2014. Although the government claimed voter turnout was at 73%, many observers criticized the process and said the results were
UN Special Envoy to Syria prepares to brief press | Photo Credits: Department of State On November 21, 2017, several Syrian human rights organizations received official invitations to attend the Civil
Syrian refugee children attend a lesson in a UNICEF temporary classroom in northern Lebanon, July 2014- Photo Credit DFID – UK Department for International Development [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfid/
Jaime Dunaway interviews Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC) Executive Director Mohammad Al Abdallah about life as a detainee in Syria and SJAC’s work to build cases against perpetrators
Children wait for a Syrian Arab Red Crescent convoy delivery of food in besieged Eastern Ghouta. | Source: BBC Arabic [http://www.bbc.com/arabic/media-41734593] In October, photos of severely