Western powers are actively enabling the very human rights violations they seek to expose.

It is clear that there is consensus among the parties to the Syrian conflict to end or reduce the growing role of Iran in Syria. العربية

The next phase in Syria’s brutal modern history will likely see more Khaled al-Ahmad type figures propagated by the regime, repackaged and sold in western media as ‘fixers’.

An interview with Mazen Hassoun, a young Syrian researcher and the co-founder of the online outlet Raqqa Post.

The story of the Palestinian refugee camp besieged, destroyed, and emptied it of its people before being looted by Syrian regime soldiers.

How far would Russia risk its international relations to protect the regime of Bashar Al Assad?

The April chemical attack in the Damascus suburb of Douma provoked widely-circulated theories questioning why the Assad regime would use chemical weaponry. But do they really hold?

After years of funding being pumped to Iraq’s NGO sector based on US military needs, local civil society is rebuilding itself based on Iraqi priorities, not least of which is heritage.

Is it true that western powers’ silence over Yemen stands in opposition to their solidarity for the Syrians? Or, or do they both acquire the same quality?

A conversation with reporter Rania Abouzeid about practising journalism, the role of media in the conflict, and the future of Syria.

Islamic radical groups, such as the Islamic State, seem to have become the substitute for a failed regional order and failing domestic conditions.

Why is it that the brightest peaceful activists who preach freedom against violence are the first to be killed by the Assad regime?

ISIS may have been defeated, but the battle for Syria's political soul is far from over.

While recent violence in Eastern Ghouta has made international headlines throughout the first months of 2018, it has not been the only display of force by the Syrian regime.

Is it the disappearance of the Yemeni state that has resulted in the suffering of Yemenis?

The sharp regional and international alignments that have currently gripped the Middle East in general, and Syria in particular, have put the Syrian Kurds at a crossroads. العربية

In the 4-month period from 1 July to 30 October 2017, Israel violated Lebanon’s airspace 758 times for a total of 3,188 hours.

Despite the documented crimes of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, Sweden continues to sell arms to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

The commonly held view that the conflicts in Yemen – and elsewhere in the region – are a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia must be revised.

To attack a major Kurdish population centre alongside the forces of a historical adversary is a mistake firstly in terms of principle.