A Dam in Syria Was on a ‘No-Strike’ List. The U.S. Bombed It Anyway
A military report warned that striking the giant structure could cause tens of thousands of deaths. Near the height of the war against...
Afghanistan: Taliban Takeover Worsens Rights Crisis
Broad Threats to Women, Media; Aid Loss Heightens Famine Risk The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan accelerated the country’s human rights...
Between Belarus & Poland, Yazidi refugees find cold & hunger – then ‘came back to nothing’ in Iraq
Smugglers took their money to spirit them out of Iraq, but Belarus’s authoritarian regime pushed them to Europe’s frontier, where Polish...
Yazidi genocide: landmark guilty verdict for IS jihadi could transform how atrocities are brought to
The genocide verdict brought recently by a German court against an Iraqi member of Islamic State for crimes including the murder of a...
Yazidi survivor Nadia Murad urges nations to copy Germany’s prosecution of genocide
Historic move has seen first conviction of an ISIS member for an offence of genocide Nobel laureate Nadia Murad is urging countries...
Yazidi genocide: IS member found guilty in German landmark trial
An Iraqi member of the Islamic State (IS) group has been found guilty of genocide against the Yazidi religious minority in a landmark...
Iraqi PM al-Kadhimi survives drone attack on his home
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has said he escaped unhurt after a drone attack on his home inside Baghdad's high-security Green...
Left Behind After U.S. Withdrawal, Some Former Afghan Spies and Soldiers Turn to Islamic State
Hunted by the Taliban and lacking income, members of disbanded security forces provide recruits for extremist group Relatives attended a...
Why Is There No Global Effort to Find the Missing Yazidis?
If the world truly intends to prevent atrocities, an obvious task is before us. When Pope Francis visited Iraq this year, he met and...
Inside the Hidden War Between the Taliban and ISIS
The group took aim at the Islamic State offshoot, earning it some support from world capitals. The Kabul airport bombings raise the...
