Iraqis carry the picture of three men who were kidnapped and executed by Islamic State during a funeral procession in Karbala, southern Iraq, in June 2018.
EPA-EFE/FURQAN AL-AARAJI
What’s needed is a comprehensive international strategy to combat the illicit trade in antiquities.
Two refugee children play at Tolan Park, a research and treatment center in Detroit, the site of the author’s research.
David Dalton/Wayne State University
In the seven years since civil war erupted in Syria, refugees have fled the violence and destruction. But starting over in a new country after such experiences is much harder than it may seem.
A recent skirmish between Iran and Israel put the spotlight back on one of the most sensitive territories in the world.
This photo, provided May 10, 2018, by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, shows Israeli missiles in the sky as others hit air defence positions and other military bases in Damascus, Syria.
(Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)
Flashy interceptor systems attract media and government attention. But bomb shelters and warning systems are at least as important in the midst of missile strikes.
An Israeli F-16 pilot prepares for a drill.
EPA/Abir Sultan
We looked at ten countries in East Africa and found poverty and politics were much more important drivers of conflict and displacement than climate change.
The absolute best at international intervention, believe him. So, so good at intervening.
EPA/Jim Lo Scalzo
While the Syria strikes were clearly violating international law, using force to uphold the ban on chemical weapons is becoming acceptable in the international community.
President Erdoğan of Turkey is happy to jaw-jaw, but will war-war where necessary.
Vassil Donev
The bombing in Syria is based on a flawed strategy – just as Operation Rolling Thunder was during the Vietnam War. But will world leaders learn the lessons of history?
A woman holds a Syrian flag during a protest against air strikes on Syria in Baghdad, Iraq on April 15, 2018.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Are air strikes really a way to hold the Syrian regime responsible for its alleged atrocities against humanity? History says no.
A Syrian soldier films the damage of the Syrian Scientific Research Center which was attacked by U.S., British and French military strikes.
AP Photo/Hassan Ammar
The United Nations Charter doesn’t allow the use of military force to prevent chemical weapons attacks — no matter how evil — without UN Security Council approval. That needs to change.
The conflict in Syria has left more than 6 million people internally displaced.
EPA/Mohammed Badra
Rebuilding Syria will be complex and costly. But expertise and extensive funds will be in short supply due the geopolitical absence of the US and other Western countries.
Air strikes by the US, France and Britain destroy the Scientific Research Center building in Damascus, Syria.
AAP/ Youssef Badawi
The US, France and Britain launching air strikes this weekend on Syria in retalition for an alleged gas attack by the Assad regime – but niether side is likely to up the ante soon.
Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University