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Rights Group Describes Campaign of Destruction By Assad Regime
A new report by Human Rights Watch documents the wholesale destruction of neighborhoods loyal to the Syrian opposition
Negotiators at Syria Peace Talks Can’t Even Agree on Humanitarian Aid
The peace conference in Geneva has failed to deliver humanitarian aid to a starving population. Will opposing sides be able to agree on anything else?
Is the Assad Regime in League with al-Qaeda?
Opposition groups and their Western backers say that despite claims to be fighting terrorism, Bashar Assad is colluding with extremists
Women and Children of Homs Granted Safety in First Syria Deal
Will be allowed to leave as early as Sunday
Syrian Peace Talks On Verge of Collapse
Opposition refuses direct talks, and Assad’s delegation threatens to go home
Za’atari: the Rapid Growth of the Largest Camp for Syrian Refugees
For nearly three bloody years, the civil war in Syria has caused violence on a horrific scale. Roughly 120,000 were killed before the U.N. stopped counting, nearly 5 million have been internally displaced, and since it opened in …
Iran Leader Says Syria Peace Talks Will Fail
Iranian President, invited and subsequently uninvited, says Syrian peace talks will not stop the war.
As Syria Peace Talks Start in Switzerland, 5 Things You Need to Know
An international conference convened to find a peaceful political solution to the ongoing war in Syria started with a furious showdown on Wednesday, as opposing sides unleashed their anger in opening remarks, an indication of …
Syria Says Photos Alleging Mass Torture Are ‘Fake’
Pushback to report that Assad regime has killed thousands of detainees
Syria Peace Talks Stumble at Start
Divisions over the future of strongman Bashar Assad quickly come to the fore
Evidence of War Crimes In Syria But No Prospect of Trials
The trove of horrific photos that surfaced Monday purporting to document systematic torture, starvation and execution of prisoners by Syrian authorities is exactly the kind of evidence prosecutors look for when seeking to bring …
‘Systematic Torture and Killing’ — a New Report Points Fingers at Syria’s Assad
A shocking new report on the Syrian regime’s use of torture and starvation has been released by a team of renowned war-crimes prosecutors, threatening to upend Syrian peace talks scheduled to start on Wednesday in Montreux, …