Widows and Children of the Caliphate’s Last Stand
By Miles Vining 9 April 2019 “They came in mostly as Burkha-clad widows with their screaming, crying, and confused children.” (Miles Vining) “She soaked a big rag with bright red blood. We put a new...
View ArticleWhere Evil met its End
by Miles Vining 7 June 2019 (Miles Vining) Our relief group provided humanitarian assistance to people fleeing the last stronghold of ISIS in Baghouz, Syria. In Feburary and March 2019 we fed over...
View ArticleFeature – Shabiha in Syria and Titushki in Ukraine as Elements of...
by Daria Platonova 15 July 2019 “Titushki” on their way to Mariinskiy Park (Photo credit: Unian) Introduction Incumbent authoritarian regimes[1] can use a variety of tools to protect the status quo and...
View ArticleFranchise Jihad: The Role of the Bedouin for ISIL in Sinai
by Joseph Jarnecki A snapshot of life for civilians in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula – a region wracked by conflict between Sinai’s ISIL affiliate and Egyptian security forces (Image Credit: 2017 CGTN) The...
View ArticleWar’s Invisible Killer: We Must Not Forget Populations Affected by Conflict...
by Charlotte Hooker A Syrian boy poses for a picture during an awareness workshop on coronavirus at a camp for displaced people in Atme town in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province (Image Credit: Aaref...
View ArticleThe Lasting Relevance of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Case of Syria
by Etfa Khurshid Mirza Unexploded barrel bombs allegedly dropped by government helicopters are pictured here in Idlib, Syria in 2015 (Image credit: Getty Images) A history of conventions, agreements,...
View ArticleShould Female Foreign Fighters be Repatriated?
by Francesco Bruno While as devoted as their male counterparts, female Jihadis are an underexplored topic of analysis in understanding racidalisation (Image credit: AFP) It is a woman who teaches you...
View ArticleFeature – Climate Change, Conflict, and Children’s Rights Abuses: Syrian...
by Chiara Scissa In limbo in Lesbos: Doctors without Borders labelled the Mória Refugee Camp as the ‘worst refugee camp on earth’ (Image credit: Getty Images/AFP/F. Perrier) Introduction The world is...
View ArticleConflict & Health in the Eastern Mediterranean Series: How does the Syrian...
by Dr Abdullah Alhouri Syrian Health care workers gathered in New York City calling for an end to attacks on health care facilities in Syria This article is part of our Conflict & Health in the...
View ArticleWhy the Arab League cannot become a genuine ‘Arab Union’
Photo Credit: Nicolas Raymond, licensed under Creative Commons The Arab League has not succeeded in unifying the Arab world. Since Arab states are deeply divided on issues such as Iran, Islamism or...
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