Syria

ISIL is one of the first terrorist groups to proclaim itself a state and has in many ways been defined by its…

September 2017 It was a warm and sunny September day in Istanbul when I met a young Syrian man working at…

Introduction/ Background In the year 632 CE the founding patriarch of Islam, Prophet Muhammad died, leading to a…

Nil Yalter is hardly a new name in the world of contemporary art; from issues of feminism to immigration,…

Since the age of 30, Ramzan Kadyrov has led the Chechen Republic with carte blanche from Moscow. Excessive,…

President Trump’s missile strike on a Syrian military base in Homs Province to punish the Assad regime for its…

As any reader familiar with apocalyptic fiction would know, crimes against humanity are the norm in war. In the…

With the summer months looming ahead, many of us imagine being on a beach with the scorching sun on our backs,…

In the western world, the perception that women are inherently less capable of violence than men heavily influences…

Since the onset of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, millions of Syrian citizens have sought refuge, primarily in…