Clashes broke out between Syrian rebel factions and Kurdish fighters in Aleppo province,Ā as Arabs and Kurds are further pitted against each other by Great Power manipulation.
Several civilians were killed when US air-strikes reportedly targeted ISIS-held Raqqa with white phosphorus—banned by the Geneva Convention as a weapon of war.
Qatar's diplomatic isolation by the other Gulf states, accused of supporting terrorism in the region, heightens contradictions for the Pentagon's use of the critical al-Udeid Air Base.
Trump’s decisionĀ to pull out of the Paris climate agreementĀ comes just as an unprecedentedly huge piece ofĀ Antarctica’s ice shelf is on the verge of breaking off from the continent. (Map: Geology.com)
After Kurdish guerillas attacked an Iranian border patrol, Tehran blamed Turkey for failing to prevent "terrorist" infiltration—even as Turkey is building a security wall along the frontier.
The yellow press and much of the "left" react identically to the Manchester terror: by blaming "regime change" in Libya and demonizing refugees from the Arab world.
Over the past month, air-strikes carried out by the US and its coalition partners in Syria have killed the highest number of civilians on record since the bombing campaign began.
US jets attacked a convoy of Iran-backed militia forces loyal to Syrian dictator Bashar Assadāironically within one of the new “deconfliction zones” established by the US and Russia.
In his White House meeting with Erdogan, Trump was sure to pledge support against the PKK "terrorists"—even as the US is backing PKK-aligned Kurds against ISIS in Syria.
Rights groups have long charged the Assad regime with mass murder at its Saydnaya military prison. What are we to make of US claims thatĀ a crematorium has been installed there?
TheĀ Rojava Kurds, caught in a pincer between Turkey and ISIS, are being forced to accept superpower aidābut with costs for Syrian revolutionary unity against ISIS and Assad.
Human Rights Watch reports that it has found new evidence that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons in at least four recent attacks targeting civilians.
