How western civilisation could collapse
Source: BBC By Rachel Nuwer 18 April 2017 The political economist Benjamin Friedman once compared modern Western society to a stable bicycle whose wheels are kept spinning by economic growth. […]
Syria war: Huge bomb kills dozens of evacuees in Syria
Source: BBC A huge car bomb has blasted a convoy of coaches carrying evacuees from besieged government-held towns in Syria, killing at least 39 people. It shattered coaches and set […]
The US used chemical weapons in Iraq – and then lied about it
Source: The Guardian By George Monbiot Now we know napalm and phosphorus bombs have been dropped on Iraqis, why have the hawks failed to speak out? Did US troops use chemical weapons in Falluja? The answer is yes. The proof is not to be found in the documentary broadcast on Italian […]
Syria war: 2016 deadliest year yet for children, says Unicef
Source: BBC Syria’s children “hit rock bottom” in 2016, with more killed than in any other year of the civil war, the United Nations children’s organisation says. At least 652 […]
Battle for west Mosul: Bombs ‘fall like rain’ on front line
Source: BBC By Wyre Davies BBC News, Northern Iraq Image copyrightAPImage captionCivilians are fleeing west Mosul amid fierce clashes between Iraqi forces and so-called Islamic State militants This weekend as […]
Steve Bannon Wants To Start World War III
The Nation: what at does Stephen Bannon really believe? Because he hasn’t spoken much in public since becoming, as Time magazine puts it, “the Second Most Powerful Man in the World”—he’s the president’s influential chief strategist and now a member of the National Security Council’s principals committee—analysts have focused in […]
Syria war: Russian ‘friendly fire’ kills Turkish soldiers
Source: BBC President Vladimir Putin has sent condolences after a Russian air strike accidentally killed three Turkish soldiers in northern Syria. The soldiers were supporting Syrian rebels in efforts to […]
Mikhail Gorbachev: ‘It All Looks as if the World Is Preparing for War’
Source: Time Mikhail Gorbachev was the president of the Soviet Union and is the author of The New Russia. The world today is overwhelmed with problems. Policymakers seem to be […]
The Qur’an on War and Peace
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih II(ra) One of the criticisms levelled at the Holy Qur’an is that its verses promote violence. But in the following excerpt from Life of Muhammadsa, the biography of the Holy Prophetsa by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-din Mahmood Ahmadra, second successor of the Promised […]
The radio station giving hope to listeners in Syria
Source : BBC By Emma Jane Kirby BBC News, Istanbul As horrifying war reports are beamed out of Syria, a tiny radio station sends broadcasts in the other direction from […]
Aleppo girl Bana Alabed: ‘We have managed to escape the destruction’
Source: BBC Evacuation of the last rebel enclaves in eastern Aleppo surrounded by Syrian forces has restarted. Among those to have left is seven-year-old Bana Alabed, who had tweeted about […]
Aleppo battle: Rebels burn Syria evacuation buses
Source: BBC Several buses sent to transport the sick and injured from two government-held villages in Syria’s Idlib province have been burned by rebels. It has thrown the latest efforts […]
Aleppo Syria battle: Evacuation of rebel-held east
Source: BBC Hundreds of people have been evacuated in buses and ambulances from a besieged rebel-held enclave in the Syrian city of Aleppo. The International Committee of the Red Cross […]
Aleppo battle: Raids on Syria city ‘likely a war crime’ UN says
Source: BBC The bombing of the last parts of Aleppo held by rebels is probably a war crime, the UN’s human rights chief says. A deal to evacuate rebel fighters […]
After siege, Aleppo’s famed Umayyad Mosque is damaged but endures
Source: Reuters By Laila Bassam | ALEPPO, SYRIA The remains of the medieval Umayyad Mosque’s felled minaret lie in its once-elegant courtyard along with discarded mattresses, fragments of rockets and […]
Aleppo conflict: Calls to spare lives as battle nears end
Source: BBC The UN and Red Cross have appealed for civilians to be protected, as fighting in Syria’s Aleppo nears its end. The International Committee of the Red Cross […]
An unexpected result of Yemen’s war: More men are cooking and cleaning
Source: The Washington Post By Sudarsan Raghavan GUBAIYA, Yemen — The women in this village never earned money, never left home without the permission of their husbands. It had been […]
‘We Have Lost Everything’: Syrians Return to Ravaged Aleppo
Source: Time By Bassem Mroue / AP The rebels have been retreating from eastern Aleppo for more than a week, and government forces are likely to prevail (ALEPPO, Syria) — Amina […]
Bana Alabed, seven-year-old tweeting from Aleppo, goes quiet
Source: BBC A seven-year-old girl whose tweets from besieged eastern Aleppo drew worldwide attention has disappeared from the social network amid an army offensive. Tweeting in English with the help […]
In Yemen’s war, trapped families ask: Which child should we save?
Source: The Washington Post By Sudarsan Raghavan The family of Osama Hassan faced a wrenching choice as his tiny body wasted away. Should they use the little money they had, in a time of war, to take the 2-year-old to a hospital? Or should they buy food to feed their […]