Government Bombing Intense in South Syria Opposition Holdout
Talks to cede the largest opposition holdout in southwestern Syria to the government have failed, triggering an intense overnight bombing campaign on the densely populated…
Human Rights
Syria regime retakes key Jordan border crossing: Monitor
Syria’s regime and its Russian ally Friday took control of a key southern border post with Jordan, a monitor said, more than three years after…
Syrian opposition factions agree to Russian settlement in Daraa
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday that negotiations between the Russians and the representatives of towns in the eastern countryside of Daraa…
Agenda of the World Conference announced at a WCC – Geneva Centre joint press conference
The Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue and the World Council of Churches (WCC) announced today the programme of the World Conference…
Torture fears for 500+ protesters detained by the Iranian regime, including women and children
Concerns are growing for the well-being of two of the Ahwazi Arab women who were detained along with hundreds of other protesters by the Iranian…
Syria monitors: IS militants seize Damascus neighborhood
BEIRUT – A Syrian war monitoring group says Islamic State militants have captured a largely vacant neighborhood in Damascus following intense fighting with pro-government forces….
Senior Iranian cleric: “US is the main violator of human rights”
Senior Iranian cleric criticized the US president for his silence over racist attacks in the country, adding that Washington is the main violator of human…
Marry your rapist: Women in the Middle East are now protesting against the law
If undergoing the trauma of rape is not bad enough, getting married to the rapist makes things even worse. It’s appalling when someone who should be behind…
Saudi Arabia: Woman was sold by ex-husband
Saira Banu, who was repatriated to Hyderabad from Saudi Arabia on Saturday said that now she wants to focus on her career. The Indian national…
Tel Aviv: Guy meets men Grindr app and attacks them – Photo
Man arrested by the police for allegedly attacking other men he met through a dating app, ‘sometimes with a knife,’ if they refused to sleep…