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U.S. Weapons Claiming Palestinian Lives, Group Says
A new policy paper published earlier this week by the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation documents a number of cases occurring over the past decade in which weapons and ammunition produced and...
View ArticleSyria Mines Border Escape Routes, Rights Group Charges
The Syrian military has placed anti-personnel mines along its borders with Turkey and Lebanon, which have provided asylum for a large number of civilians fleeing the crackdown on year- long...
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Humanitarian Disaster Unfolding in South Sudan
Less than a year since South Sudan’s independence, thousands of people in the region continue to face the stark realities of secession. Ethnic clashes persist in South Sudan's Jonglei State. Credit: UN...
View ArticleNo Settlement in Sight as Syria Violence Intensifies
As Western governments reexamine their options for ending the ongoing violence in Syria, Kofi Annan, U.N.-Arab League special envoy to Syria, briefed diplomats Friday at the U.N. Security Council, who...
View ArticleLibyan Air Strike Victims Still Waiting for Redress
Amnesty International (AI) released a scathing report late last week calling for an investigation into civilian deaths from air strikes during the 2011 NATO-led military intervention in Libya, which...
View ArticleBahrainis Demand More Than Cosmetic Reforms
Months after an independent commission presented damning evidence of the Bahraini government’s crackdown on pro- democracy demonstrators, thousands press on with a reinvigorated protest movement for...
View ArticleU.S. Urged to Leverage Security Cooperation with Bahrain
As government crackdowns continue, Bahrain is attracting more international visitors than just those coming in preparation for next month’s Forumla One Grand Prix. King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa...
View ArticleRights Groups Slam Renewed U.S. Military Aid to Egypt
The U.S. State Department announced on Friday that military aid to Egypt will resume, citing a national security waiver that was included in the most resent appropriations legislation on foreign...
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U.S. Boosts Sudan Aid as Humanitarian Crisis Deepens
In a memorandum released Tuesday, President Barack Obama ordered the State Department to allocate additional humanitarian assistance funds for Sudan as famine looms for thousands of civilians caught...
View ArticleNew Leaders in Yemen, Same Old System
A new report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) Friday contends that the dearth of meaningful reform in the protection of human rights and the rule of law in Yemen threatens political stability as...
View ArticleOsama the Symbol Not So Easy to Vanquish
By David ElkinsWASHINGTON, May 3 2011 (IPS) Far from concluding the war on terror, both Western and Muslim-majority countries – many emerging or still embroiled in months of popular protests – will...
View ArticleFew Surprises in Obama’s Mideast Speech
By David ElkinsWASHINGTON, May 20 2011 (IPS) In a much-anticipated speech on the Middle East and North Africa on Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama broadly outlined an ambitious set of U.S.-guided...
View ArticleU.S. Wins Release of NGO Workers, Aid to Egypt Still Vulnerable
David ElkinsBy David ElkinsWASHINGTON, Mar 1 2012 (IPS) After weeks of political pressure from the U.S., Egyptian officials announced Wednesday that the remaining employees of two U.S....
View ArticleU.S. Wins Release of NGO Workers, Aid to Egypt Still Vulnerable
By David ElkinsWASHINGTON, Mar 1 2012 (IPS) After weeks of political pressure from the U.S., Egyptian officials announced Wednesday that the remaining employees of two U.S. government-supported...
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Groups Reject Holder’s Defence of Targeted Assassination
David ElkinsBy David ElkinsWASHINGTON, Mar 7 2012 (IPS) Two days after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder outlined the statutory justifications for “targeted killings”, civil liberties groups here...
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