Thousands of displaced people who have taken refuge in Somalia’s capital are being forcibly evicted from makeshift camps by government forces, Amnesty International protests.
Some 160 Somali religious scholars came together in Mogadishu to issue a fatwa denouncing al-Shabab, saying the rebel group has no place in Islam.
A young protester was killed by police in Antakya, as demonstrations re-mobilize across Turkey—this time in response to a new highway development in Ankara.
New York area Syrians came out the afternoon of Sept. 7 for a Rally to Stop Assad’s War on Syria at 40th Street and Seventh Ave., just south of Times Square. Some 100—including many women in hijabs, men beating on… Read moreSyrians march against Assad
Armenians, Circassians, Mandaeans and other small ethnicities in Syria are being uprooted by jihadist terror, and increasingly see the Assad regime as the lesser evil.
Unarmed protesters in Damascus, November 2012. Syrian-American writer and activist Mohja Kahf appeals to anti-war forces in the US to acknowledge that there is a legitimate grassroots pro-democracy revolution in Syria, and not to loan comfort to the dictatorship of Bashar… Read moreSyria: It’s Still a Revolution
Jihadist forces of the Nusra Front launched an assault on the ancient Christian village of Maaloula, which is on the UNESCO tentative list of world heritage sites.
Swedish police have repeatedly broken up a protest occupation by Sámi indigenous people against iron mining in a crucial reindeer herding area above the Arctic Circle.
Anti-fascist militant Savvas Michael-Matsas went on trial in Greece, charged with "libellous defamation" in a case brought by members of the far-right Golden Dawn party.
President Nicolás Maduro charged that "the extreme right has implemented its plan to carry out an Electrical Coup" after a massive blackout hit Venezuela.
A vigilante calling herself Diana​ the Hunter claimed credit for the slaying of two bus drivers in Ciudad Juárez, calling it revenge for sexual abuse of women by night-shift drivers.
Tens of thousands have taken to the streets across Colombia, as workers and students joined the strike launched by campesinos in the north of the country.
