Armed Conflicts

War Veterans Planting for Peace in South Sudan

By Adam Bemma
Along the fertile banks of sub-Saharan Africa’s White Nile, one of the two main tributaries of the Nile River, a war veteran’s co-op is planting for a food secure future in South Sudan, a country potentially facing famine.

OPINION: Violations of International Law Denigrate U.N.

By Somar Wijayadasa
The United Nations was founded “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war” and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights.

TNT and Scrap Metal Eviscerate Syria’s Industrial Capital

By Shelly Kittleson
Numerous mechanics, tyre and car body shops used to line the busy streets near the Old City of Syria’s previous industrial and commercial hub.

Public Offers Support for Obama’s Iraq Intervention

By Jim Lobe
Despite rising criticism of his foreign policy– even from his former secretary of state – U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision last week to carry out airstrikes against Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams (ISIS) militants in northern Iraq enjoys relatively strong public support, at least so far.

Despite Current Debate, Police Militarisation Goes Beyond U.S. Borders

By Carey L. Biron
The shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer in the southern United States earlier this month has led to widespread public outrage around issues of race, class and police brutality.

U.N. Prepares for Overhaul of Arms Trade Reporting

By Joel Jaeger
The Arms Trade Treaty is about to provide the biggest shake-up to conventional arms trade transparency since the end of the Cold War.

Militarism Should be Suppressed Like Hanging and Flogging

By Mairead Maguire
I once asked Dan Berrigan, the great American anti-war activist, for some advice to me in my life as a peace activist. He replied “Pray and Resist”.

TB Epidemic Threat Hangs Over Ukraine Conflict

By Pavol Stracansky
Doctors are warning of a worsening tuberculosis epidemic in Eastern Ukraine as the continuing conflict there begins to take a heavy toll on public health.

Trauma Kits and Body Bags Now Fill Aleppo School

By Shelly Kittleson
Volunteer civil defence units operating here in Syria’s largest city careen through crater-pocked routes of precariously hanging, pancaked concrete where barrel bombs have struck.

Burning the Future of Gaza’s Children

By Khaled Alashqar
"My child became blind and lost the ability to speak, his dad died and his three brothers are seriously wounded. He still has not been told about the loss of his dad,” says the mother of 7-year-old Mohamad Badran. 

South Sudan Heads towards Famine Amid ‘Descent into Lawlessness’

By Andrew Green
Another deadline has passed. But instead of bringing about peace, the leaders of South Sudan’s warring parties have allowed the country to continue its slide toward famine.

No Victors or Vanquished in Brutal Gaza Conflict

By Thalif Deen
As the dust - and the gunpowder - settles after the month-long devastating conflict in Gaza, there were apparently no victors or vanquished.

Tajikistan Struggles to Stem Rise of Jihadi Recruits

By EurasiaNet Correspondents
Before he became a jihadist, Odiljon Pulatov would travel each year from Tajikistan to Moscow to earn money as a construction worker.

OPINION: Islamic State in Iraq: Confronting the Threat

By Emile Nakhleh
The Islamic State’s territorial expansion and barbaric executions in Iraq and Syria are a gathering threat and must be confronted. American air bombardment, however, is the wrong course of action, and will not necessarily weaken ISIS or DA’ISH, as it’s known in Arabic.

U.S. Avoided Threat to Act on Israel’s Civilian Targeting

By Gareth Porter
United Nations officials and human rights organisations have characterised Israeli attacks on civilian targets during the IDF war on Gaza as violations of the laws of war.

Aleppo Struggles to Provide for Basic Needs as Regime Closes In

By Shelly Kittleson
The single, heavily damaged supply road remaining into the rebel-held, eastern area of the city is acutely exposed to enemy fire.

Qualified Backing for Obama’s Iraq Intervention

By Jim Lobe
U.S. President Barack Obama’s authorisation of limited military action in northern Iraq, announced in a national television address late Thursday night, has so far received support – albeit highly qualified in some cases -- from across the mainstream political spectrum.

Latin America Closes Ranks in Solidarity with the People of Gaza

By Humberto Márquez
Latin America is the region whose governments have taken the firmest stance in support of Gaza in face of the battering from Israel, withdrawing a number of ambassadors from Tel Aviv and issuing harsh statements from several presidents against the attacks on the Palestinian people.

Israel Bites Hand that Feeds, U.S. Feeds Hand that Bites

By Thalif Deen
There is an age-old axiom in politics, says a cynical Asian diplomat, that you don't bite the hand that feeds you.

OPINION: Israeli Peace Activists Grapple with Dilemma

By Pierre Klochendler
“Strong together, we love Israel and trust the army” – while a tentative truce takes root, banners adorned with the national colours still dominate cities and highways across the country.

Atom Bomb Anniversary Spotlights Persistent Nuclear Threat

By Suvendrini Kakuchi
It has been 69 years, but the memory is fresh in the minds of 190,000 survivors and their descendants. It has been 69 years but a formal apology has yet to be issued. It has been 69 years – and the likelihood of it happening all over again is still a frightening reality.
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