Syria, Chemical Weapons and the Limits of International Law

Consider this shocking fact: Despite horrific images of yet another reported chemical weapons attack in Syria, the U.S.-led humanitarian intervention to protect civilians on April 13 was fundamentally...

The war in Syria and the Arab Summit

April seems to be a full month for Syria in terms of war, attacks, fragmentation and division. It is also a full month for...

#GreatReturnMarch organisers call for ‘Friday of Rebellious Youth’

The collaboration of youths and organisations that help steer Gaza's Great Return March has declared April 27 to be the "Friday of Rebellious Youth"...

When will Egypt’s leaders check themselves?

Over the past few weeks in Egypt there have been many clues regarding the country’s leaders’ adherence to their authoritarian approach and their insistence...

Thousands hold Kurdistan independence referendum rallies #Kurdistan

Thousands of people in the city of Zakho in the northwest of the Kurdistan Region and President Masoud Barzani attended a rally in favor...

Religion is not the only reason Rohingyas are being forced out...

Religion is not the only reason Rohingyas are being forced out of Myanmar Giuseppe Forino, University of Newcastle; Jason von Meding, University of Newcastle, and...

How Muslim Americans are fighting Islamophobia and securing their civil rights...

How Muslim Americans are fighting Islamophobia and securing their civil rights Emily Cury, Northeastern University The past year has been a difficult one for American Muslims. According...

As Rohingyas flee Myanmar, India needs to drop religious criteria in...

As Rohingyas flee Myanmar, India needs to drop religious criteria in its refugee law Nafees Ahmad, South Asian University More than 90,000 Rohingyas, victims of...

Rohingya genocide: the world can’t help until Myanmar changes its ways...

Rohingya genocide: the world can't help until Myanmar changes its ways Ashraful Azad, University of Chittagong After two weeks of extreme violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state,...

Destroying Mosul’s Great Mosque: Islamic State’s symbolic war to the end

Destroying Mosul's Great Mosque: Islamic State's symbolic war to the end Benjamin Isakhan, Deakin University and Jose Antonio Gonzalez Zarandona, Deakin University On June 29 2014...

MUST READ