Humanitarian Law

Will Biden keep his promise to shut down Guantanamo?

Days before he takes office, rights organisations highlight US human rights transgressions and international law violations at the military detention centre.

Rockets hit Libya's capital, killing 15 - health ministry

The recent attack came hours after rockets also fell on the Zawiyat al Dahmani neighbourhood, which is home to Libya's foreign ministry and the Italian and Turkish embassies in capital Tripoli.

Turkey’s 21st century art of war

Turkey's Operation Spring Shield shows that a just war can be waged with minimum civilian casualties.

Libya's Haftar may lose his properties in US lawsuit

Warlord Haftar and his two sons may be incriminated in a US federal court over the torture, deaths of Libyans in 2014.

2 children killed as Amnesty warns of war crimes in fight for Libya capital

News of the death of two children came hours after Amnesty International accused both sides of "utter disregard" for the laws of war, in a report citing possible war crimes.

Saudi-led coalition launches military operation north of Hodeidah in Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition said it had destroyed four sites used in assembling remote-controlled boats and sea mines to help protect the freedom of maritime navigation, as they launched a military operation north of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah.

Bernie Sanders' statement on Kashmir is a welcome ray of hope

A potential Bernie Sanders presidency could do wonders for race relations in the US and for its role in mediating conflicts globally.

UN investigates how Syrian regime acquired coordinates of Idlib hospitals

Despite submitting their coordinates to third parties as part of the UN’s ‘deconfliction system’, some 26 Syrian healthcare facilities appear to have been targeted in deliberate attacks, the UN has reported.

US-led coalition 'killed 1,600 civilians' in Syria's Raqqa

The coalition's military offensive "directly caused" these killings in 2017 and probably amount to violations of international humanitarian law, says a new joint report by Amnesty International and UK-based monitoring group, Airwars.

Damned if they leave: meet the Syrians who refused Russia's bait

Since fleeing war, more than 40,000 refugees languish in the desert between Jordan and Iraq. Moscow has now offered them a route of return, but while most men have chosen hunger over persecution, some are sending their wives and children back .

Media has completely failed to hold anyone accountable for Yemen misery

Yemeni suffering enters its fifth year with no end in sight, and with no allies in the media to hold the aggressors accountable.

UN urges Israel to rein in security forces

UN war crimes investigators called on Israel to stop its snipers using lethal force against Palestinian protesters on the border with Gaza.