March 2020. The crisis in Syria’s Idlib province – already a humanitarian catastrophe – is fast becoming a geopolitical one as well. The Syrian conflict has long had a dual aspect – both civil war and proxy war, with several outside players backing various parties to further their own strategic ends. Now, as the conflict… Continue reading Mar 2020. Ceasefire in Idlib Part 3
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Apr 2020. Syrian War Crimes Trial in Germany
April 2020. After her arrest for protesting against the government in Syria in 2011, Nouran Alghamian landed in a notorious interrogation center, locked in a bug-infested isolation cell so small that she couldn’t lie down. She begged to see the center’s commander, Anwar Raslan, and pleaded for a normal cell. Mr. Raslan laughed at her,… Continue reading Apr 2020. Syrian War Crimes Trial in Germany
Apr 2020. UN Investigation into War Crimes in Syria Part 2
April 2020. Former French judge Catherine Marchi-Uhel told Reuters her office had received 15 requests from national judicial or prosecution authorities for cooperation on Syria-related cases in five countries, and amassed a million records in all. “We are progressing I have no doubt, we are going in the right direction,” said Marchi-Uhel, who heads the… Continue reading Apr 2020. UN Investigation into War Crimes in Syria Part 2
Apr 2020. UN Investigation into War Crimes in Syria Part 1
April 2020. A UN investigation into Atrocities committed in Syria has for the first time accused Russia of direct involvement in War Crimes for indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas. The latest report from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria focuses on events of July 2019 to January this year, and in particular attacks… Continue reading Apr 2020. UN Investigation into War Crimes in Syria Part 1
Sep 2016. Aleppo and International Law
September 2016. I’ve watched this footage a number of times, basically trying to work out what to say, I find That the hardest task to be honest, although after saying that, it was tough editing this. There is such a thing as International Law, but you Need Police to Ensure it’s Respected. The Rebel Held… Continue reading Sep 2016. Aleppo and International Law
Mar 2020. Russia Turkey Ceasefire in Idlib Part 2
March 2020. The Russian Foreign Ministry says foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants are not complying with the terms of a ceasefire reached earlier this month by Ankara and Moscow to halt an escalation of violence in Syria’s embattled northwestern province of Idlib. The ministry, in a statement released on Monday, announced that the militants wreaking havoc on… Continue reading Mar 2020. Russia Turkey Ceasefire in Idlib Part 2
Mar 2020. Russia Turkey Ceasefire in Idlib Part 1
March 2020. Russia and Turkey have begun jointly patrolling the strategic M4 highway in Syria’s embattled northwestern province of Idlib as part of a ceasefire reached earlier this month. The patrols began from the settlement of Tronba in Idlib, the last militant stronghold in the country, on Sunday. According to the Russian media, Moscow sent… Continue reading Mar 2020. Russia Turkey Ceasefire in Idlib Part 1
Aug 2016. The Chemical Attacks on Innocents in Syria
August 2016. An Investigation by the UN has Concluded that both the Syrian Government and daesh have used Chemical Weapons in the Conflict in Syria. Three Years Ago Hundreds of Syrians were Killed in a Large Chemical Attack on Ghouta to the east of Damascus. That was the Moment that Marked the Crossing of what… Continue reading Aug 2016. The Chemical Attacks on Innocents in Syria
Aug 2016. Jeremy Bowen on Syria
August 2016. Jeremy Bowen is the BBC Middle East Editor and he gives a Quick Summary on Where the Syrian War is at at the Present Time. The Turkey Incursion into Syria is Complicating an Already Complicated War, but Erdogan is Clearly after the Kurds and Not daesh. Would the War Continue with the Defeat… Continue reading Aug 2016. Jeremy Bowen on Syria
Mar 2020. Ceasefire in Idlib Part 3
March 2020. The crisis in Syria’s Idlib province – already a humanitarian catastrophe – is fast becoming a geopolitical one as well. The Syrian conflict has long had a dual aspect – both civil war and proxy war, with several outside players backing various parties to further their own strategic ends. Now, as the conflict… Continue reading Mar 2020. Ceasefire in Idlib Part 3