In the New York Times, Trump’s troop withdrawal from northern Syria was heavily criticized as a betrayal of Syrian Kurds who had...

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took the city of Baghouz, ISIS’ last stronghold in Syria, in March. While formally the SDF still...

In the first few months of 2019, streams of women, children, and surrendered fighters have trickled out from the Islamic State’s last...

Inspired by the Arab Spring uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, a group of Syrian demonstrators took to the streets of Deraa to protest...

The Syrian civil war that began more than seven years ago has resulted in the deaths of countless innocents: estimates range from a few...

The documentary has always been the global community’s preferred medium of political exposé. Even devotees to the masterworks of...

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which largely consists of Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), have recently taken over the...

While provision of welfare services, such as healthcare, is one of a government’s foremost responsibilities to its citizens, it can, at...

As violence continues to plague war-torn South Sudan, even after efforts at ceasefires, refugees continue to pour out of the world’s...

In the past few years, issues surrounding immigration, refugees, and displaced persons have proven to be ones transcending national...

“Before the drought, I would have to dig 60 or 70 meters to find water. Then I had to dig 100 to 200 meters,” said former Syrian...

In 2016, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his efforts in negotiating a peace deal that...

Indonesia, with its over 240 million practicing Muslims, is usually devoid of much of the instability that plagues the...

Western countries routinely and almost systematically regard the Middle East as a historically conflict-ridden region, and the...

During the Cold War, global politics were characterized by the notion of bipolarity: The United States and the Soviet Union were...

Mainstream American mass media tends to suggest that the rise of ISIL in the Middle East has been predominantly countered by the efforts...

On August 17, Omran Daqneesh, a five-year-old Syrian boy, narrowly survived a Bashar al-Assad-backed airstrike in Aleppo. Overnight, a...

In light of recent events, it’s evident the threat of terrorism is growing. Western countries, insulated for so long from the chaos in...

In March 2013, among the overcrowded chaos of the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, American psychiatrist Dr. James Gordon watched as...

In August of 2015, the Islamic State brutally destroyed the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria, one of many such attacks on cultural...