Trump’s Administration Could Upend the Middle East
PDC’s analysis on the impact of the potential Trump Administration’s changes to American Middle East Policy BEIRUT — The Middle East is bracing for an incoming American president who seems intent on radically reordering the regional balance of power, heralding new uncertainty and perhaps new turmoil for...
Thousands of photos offer evidence of murder by the Syrian government—but we’ve ignored them
In Jan. 2014, almost two years before harrowing images of people starving in Madaya, Syria shook the world’s conscience, tens of thousands of other horrifying images showed people allegedly tortured to death by the Syrian government’s mukhabarat, or security agency. They were presented to the US Congress on July, 31, 2014 (warning:...
Syria’s Yarmouk Camp is Still Besieged
This past June, the United Nations removedYarmouk refugee camp from a list of what it terms “besieged areas” in Syria. The reason for this shift, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), is due to the availability of humanitarian aid via drop-offs...
How Yarmouk refugee camp became the worst place in Syria
Yarmouk, near the centre of Damascus, prospered as a safe haven for Palestinians. Under siege, it is now a prison for its remaining residents, who survive on little food and water, with no hope of escape on 18 January 2014, barely five miles from the centre...