Syria

By Arie Kruglanski, David Webber, Erica Molinario and Katarzyna Jaśko | – While today’s news is full of stories about refugees and migrants to the U.S. from Central America, the plight of those particular refugees is only part of an international migration crisis that has been going on since 2015 and has driven 25.9 million […]

Afghanistan

Majority of US Veterans doubt Value of Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria Wars: Pew

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A Pew Research Center opinion poll conducted among 1,284 veterans who had served since 2001 (which also polled 1,087 American civilians as a control), found that a majority of veterans holds that the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars and the intervention against ISIl in Syria were not worth it. The results […]

Syria

Syria: US Coalition needs to Reimburse Civilians for Thousands of Innocents Killed and Massive Property Destruction in fight against ISIL

Human Rights Watch

First Public ‘Condolence’ Payment Provides Way Forward

Featured

Trump Heights on Stolen Golan an Indictment of Colonial White Privilege

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a publicity stunt Trumpian in its iniquity and emptiness, the government of Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu put up a sign in the Occupied Syrian Golan Heights, saying “Trump Heights.” There isn’t really any settlement there yet, just a sign, just as there isn’t any reality to Trump more […]

Iran

Russia is Calling Trump’s Bluff on Iran and Syria, and Winning Big

Reese Erlich

By trying to isolate Russia and Iran, the US is only isolating itself. (Moscow) – President Donald Trump won’t go to war with Iran. That was the prediction of Russian experts I interviewed in Moscow during the height of the US-Iran crisis in May. They were right. To date, Trump has threatened military action against […]

Bashar al-Assad

War Crimes: Syria’s Assad has Systematically Targeted Hospitals as a Battle Tactic

Middle East Monitor

By Zaki Kaf Al-Ghazal | – Although many reports touch on the political and humanitarian situation in Syria, little has been said about the medical situation in the war-torn country, and the plight of its doctors who remain there. The conflict has raged for eight years with no end in sight. The uprising against Bashar […]

Syria

Russia/Syria: Flurry of Prohibited Weapons Attacks

Human Rights Watch

( Human Rights Watch ) – (Beirut) – The Russian–Syrian joint military operation has used internationally banned and other indiscriminate weapons in unlawful attacks on civilians in northwest Syria in recent weeks, Human Rights Watch said today. According to the United Nations, the area is home to 3 million civilians, at least half of whom […]

Bashar al-Assad

Leaked Document Revives Controversy over Syria Chemical Attacks

Brian Whitaker

(Al-Bab.com – A leaked document which contradicts key findings of an official investigation into chemical weapons in Syria has surfaced on the internet. Described as an “engineering assessment” and marked “draft for internal review”, it appears to have been written by an employee of the Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) – the international […]

Arab World

Arab World Warms to Russia after Trump gives Syria’s Golan to Israel

Middle East Monitor

“We appreciate the Russian position on the Jerusalem and Golan files. This position is consistent and based on the need to abide by international law, norms and standards.”