March 2018

Idlib province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:: the Islamic factions opened their sniper fires on areas in the towns of Kafria and al-Foua, which are inhabited by Shiite people in the northeastern countryside of Idlib, injuring a…

Hama province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:: warplanes carried out airstrikes today on places in Al-Amika town in Sahl Al-Ghab in the northwestern countryside of Hama, and no information about injuries, while the regime forces…

Saying there are "no words" to describe a horror is infuriating. But now not saying anything has become the new way to talk about the world's nastiest war. It is essentially the job of the United Nations to find the words -- to…

Russia's efforts to sow chaos in the US elections is now well-documented. As is its ability to foment unrest in Ukraine. And Estonia. And Western Europe. And to harm people who defy it, whether at home or in the United Kingdom.…

The story of Western intervention in the seven-year Syrian civil war is one of missed opportunities. In responding to such conflicts, the West must learn from its past mistakes, says DW's Kersten Knipp. The war in Syria poses…

The Kurds live in fear of once more being betrayed by their great power allies. But, for good self-interested reasons that have little to do with US gratitude to the Kurds for their role in the defeat of Isis, Washington is unlikely…

Turkish tightened security endangers Syrian refugees’ lives and freedoms This week, two important articles in the Arabic-language press looked at the trials faced by Syrian refugees as they seek a safe harbour to rebuild…

This is the seventh anniversary of the ongoing conflict that has seen over 400,000 people die and millions more displaced National Security Adviser HR McMaster speaks at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum on 15 March 15,…

For more on the situation in Syria seven years since the war started, we’re joined by Volker Turk, the UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner for Protection  It's been called one of the worst crises in modern…

As 17-year-old Aziza sat in her dark tent in a refugee camp, she rocked her baby while her tiny hands adjusted his pacifier, looking down at all she had left from two broken marriages. Aziza’s parents arranged for her to marry her cousin…