Truthout
Syria
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Syria’s Criminal Rebels
Syria's insurgency is drifting into the kind of organized criminal enterprise that created insolvable insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Bernard Henri Levy and the Destruction of Libya
Throughout his oddly defined career, he has done so much harm, as he at times served the role of lackey for those in power, and at others, seemed to …
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‘I Sold My Sister for 300 Dollars’
Palestinian refugees reduces to immense poverty are forced to sell young family members into arranged marriages for money.
Syria: No to Assad, No to US Imperialism
To look at the Syrian civil war in isolation and to entrust the US and its allies to take control of the situation would be a grave mistake.
Mates in War Reporting Testify to Crimes Against Humanity
In an excerpt from his memoir about working with war correspondent Marie Colvin, ‘Under the Wire: Marie Colvin's Final Assignment,’ photographer Paul Conroy describes his strained relationships at home …
Can Unarmed Peacekeeping Work in Syria? It Has in South Sudan
We must break through the false dichotomy that the options are either to do nothing or to send in the bombers and cruise missiles.
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Toward a WMD-Free Middle East: The Israel Hurdle
Action from Israel could bring about important progress in the banning of weapons of mass destruction.
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Syria: From Refugees to Asylum Seekers
A massive refugee crisis in Syria persists - and is worsening by the day.
How US Pressure Bends UN Agencies
UN inspectors did not conclude who was responsible for the Syrian gas attacks, but major US news outlets implied the findings implicated the Syrian government.
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Syria and Our Educational System: A Discussion With Noam Chomsky, Richard Falk, Lawrence Davidson and Ilan Pappé
Four scholars of the Middle East discuss the context of Syria within our educational system.