October 2016. The UN has decided an Airstrike on a Funeral in Yemen which Killed 140 People and Injured around 500 was a “Heinous Attack which showed No Regard for Human Life.” Big Words and I Applaud them. Saudi Arabia which is Leading an Anti-Rebel Coalition in the Country has Promised an Investigation, but has… Continue reading Oct 2016. Saudi Bomb a Yemen Funeral
Tag: War Crimes
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
Sep 2016. The Yazidi of Northern Iraq
September 2016. There can be Few People who have Witnessed the Brutality of daesh more than the Yazidi of northern Iraq. Men were Butchered in their Thousands, Women were Kidnapped and Forced into Slavery to Do as the ‘Man’ Bid. Many Children were also Taken and Forced to Enrol in the Warped Religious ‘Schools’ Run… Continue reading Sep 2016. The Yazidi of Northern Iraq
Mar 2020. The Release of Thomas Lubanga
March 2020. The first man to be convicted by the International Criminal Court has been released from prison. Supporters gathered outside the jail in the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to greet Thomas Lubanga Dyilo. He was found guilty of recruiting child soldiers to fight in the second Congo war in 2012.… Continue reading Mar 2020. The Release of Thomas Lubanga
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
Mar 2020. Ceasefire in Idlib Part 2
March 2020. The ceasefire in Idlib is, like many previous Syrian truces, unlikely to hold. It will not stop the suffering of hundreds of thousands of displaced and terrified people who remain cut off from adequate humanitarian relief and medical aid. It will not solve the refugee crisis on Europe’s borders, nor will it bring… Continue reading Mar 2020. Ceasefire in Idlib Part 2
Mar 2020. Ceasefire in Idlib Part 1
March 2020. Turkey’s defence minister says there have been no violations of a ceasefire deal in Syria’s war-battered Idlib province, where residents and opposition forces described a lull in air raids that have pounded the country’s last rebel-held enclave. Russia and Turkey struck the agreement on Thursday evening, after six hours of talks in Moscow,… Continue reading Mar 2020. Ceasefire in Idlib Part 1