Syrian Kurds have won a strategic victory in Tel Abyad, uniting two of their self-run cantons and putting ISIS on the back foot.
The powerful rise of religious fascism, though exacerbated by economic and political crises, is rooted in the ethnic and religious intolerance that has thrived in the region for decades.
US diplomatic efforts to quell violence in Syria have been halfhearted and ineffective.
The ancient city of Palmyra is also home to Tadmor prison, and was lost to us long before IS.
Three Sunni men from Mosul describe life under the so-called Islamic State.
It is time for Arab Gulf countries to stop being on the defensive and to accept their responsibility for what is happening in the region.
Humam, fleeing his war-torn country, made the perilous crossing from North Africa to Europe. He now reminds Precarious Europe how big and wonderful Europe can be.
How modes of resistance to document state-sanctioned violence changed after the uprising. From States of Impunity.
These are policies that, whilst having a humanitarian veneer, radically exacerbate the burdens of migrants and displaced persons from and in countries like Libya, Syria, Eritrea, and Somalia, alike.
Neither Fatah nor Hamas are willing to accept power sharing, and the division between them is no longer merely ideological in nature.
Those fleeing violent conflict or brutal repressive regimes, facing darkness and terror as they journey from home to Europe, deserve compassion—not intolerance, paranoia and hate.
Smugglers are not the cause of migration; they are the consequences of the EU’s expanding border surveillance regime. The EU should concentrate on saving migrants from this regime.
