Lafarge Cement pleads guilty to paying ISIS as terror group killed Westerners

Eastern District of New York US Attorney Breon Peace speaks during a press conference in New York City on October 18, 2022. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images Lafarge SA on Tuesday pleaded guilty a...

The Girl Child Is Still Under Threat Globally

2022 has been a dangerous year for the girl child. In Afghanistan, many girls continue to be prevented from accessing secondary and higher education. On September 30, 2022, over 50 girls and young wom...

America Skipped Benghazi’s 10th Anniversary. This Is Why It Matters.

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MD – SEPTEMBER 14: U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) and U.S. Secretary of … [+] State Hillary Clinton (3rd R) hold their hands over their hearts during the Transfer ...

From Russia’s Borders To The Middle East And Central Asia, Strategic Balances Are Shifting

The US has just bombed Iranian IRGC bases in Syria. Strategic power blocs are shifting tectonically and no one seems to have noticed. To do so you have to connect the dots of seemingly unrelated incid...

How One Yazidi Woman Helped To Secure The Second Genocide Conviction Of A Daesh Member

On July 27, 2022, a court in Germany convicted a German Daesh member, Jalda A., of aiding and abetting genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes for the enslavement and abuse of a young Yazidi ...

Charitable Donations: CoinEx Charity Offers Eid al-Adha Gifts to Iran, Turkey, Syria, and Indonesia

Eid al-Adha is the most sacred holiday in the Islamic calendar and also a major religious festival celebrated by Muslims around the world. On this holy day, Muslim communities would gather to celebrat...

ISIS Leader Killed By US Airstrike, Military Confirms

Topline Maher al-Agal, a leader of the Isalmic State terrorist group, was assassinated by a U.S. drone that struck in northwest Syria, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed Tuesday, ahead of Pr...

Renewed Focus On Brining Daesh To Justice Urgently Needed

On July 5, 2022, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) published its new report and recommendations for Member States to the Cou...

Turkey, Syria And Iraq Face Allegations Of Failing To Prevent And Punish The Daesh Genocide

On July 6, 2022, a group of international human rights lawyers published a report accusing Turkey, Syria and Iraq of failing to implement their obligations under the UN Convention on the Prevention an...

Why Israel Would Threaten To Bomb One Of Assad’s Palaces

In August 2003, Israeli warplanes buzzed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s summer palace in the country’s western Latakia province. The Israeli jets reportedly flew so low that they shatt...

U.S. Service Member Arrested For Explosion On American Base In Syria

Topline A member of the U.S. Air Force was arrested in connection with an attack on an American base in Syria, the military said Tuesday, months after an explosion injured four U.S. personnel in easte...

Pentagon Investigating Whether U.S. Service Member Attacked American Base In Syria

Topline The U.S. military is investigating whether an American service member was involved in carrying out an April 7 attack on the military’s Green Village base in eastern Syria, an incident that lef...

Russia Now Has Little Hope Of Becoming A Major Middle East Arms Supplier

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will likely prove to be the final nail in the coffin of Moscow’s goal of becoming a major supplier of military hardware to the Middle East and North Africa. On...

What Joint Russian-Syrian Air Patrols Might Mean For Foreign Air Forces Over Syria

In late January, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that Russian and Syrian warplanes had conducted joint patrols along the Golan Heights and the Euphrates River.  “The mission route include...

U.S. Special Forces Carried Out Counterterrorism Operation In Northwest Syria, Pentagon Says

Topline U.S. special forces carried out a “successful” counterterrorism mission in northwest Syria early on Thursday, the Pentagon said in a statement, amid reports of multiple civilian casualties in ...