Tag: Syria
Hamas isn’t the first military group to hide behind civilians as...
Benjamin Jensen, American University School of International Service
The Israeli military said on Nov. 15, 2023 that it had...
Helping Ukrainians means listening to their needs – 3 lessons for...
Kimberly Howe, Tufts University and Elizabeth Stites, Tufts University
The massive flow of international support for Ukraine since Russia...
Refugees tell stories of problems – and unity – in facing...
Karen Jacobsen, Tufts University and Charles Simpson, Tufts University
Across the globe, refugees are trying to settle into new surroundings and are running into new...
Why the US has nuclear weapons in Turkey – and may...
Miles A. Pomper, Middlebury
As the Syrian crisis pits Turkish troops against former U.S.-allied Kurdish forces, Pentagon officials have been reviewing plans to remove 50...
We’re just beginning to grasp the toll of the Islamic State’s...
Fiona Greenland, University of Virginia; James Marrone, Johns Hopkins University; Oya Topçuoğlu, Northwestern University, and Tasha Vorderstrasse, University of Chicago
The Islamic State surrendered its...
The green halo of Damascus: A brief history of Ghouta in...
Karen Pinto, Boise State University
Ghouta, the one-time oasis of Damascus, is being destroyed. Every day brings with it news of renewed bombing, deadly chemical...
Why a 2,500-year-old Hebrew poem still matters
David W. Stowe, Michigan State University
At sundown on July 31, Jews around the world will observe Tisha B’av, the most somber of Jewish holidays....
Is it ever a good idea to arm violent nonstate actors?
Patricia Sullivan, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
In May, President Donald Trump authorized a plan to arm the YPG, a Kurdish militia...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
