GENEVA — The Syrian government has waged “a campaign of terror” against civilians through a policy of forced disappearances that amounts to a crime against humanity, United Nations investigators said in a report released Thursday.
Read Moreby Anna Borshchevskaya Another recent report –by the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) —highlights the rise in foreign fighters in Syria. The study is based on analysis of over 1,500 open sources and concludes that up to 11,000 individuals from 74 countries joined the opposition struggle in Syria. From Western Europe in…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C., December 19— The American Islamic Congress D.C. Center is proud to host an event with Matthew Levitt, who will discuss his latest book, “Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon’s Party of God.” Hezbollah, Lebanon’s “Party of God,” is a multifaceted organization: it is a powerful political party in Lebanon, a Shia Islam religious and…
Read MoreWASHINGTON — A panel of outside advisers urged President Obama on Wednesday to impose major oversight and some restrictions on the National Security Agency, arguing that in the past dozen years its powers had been enhanced at the expense of personal privacy.
Read MoreMonths of bitter sectarian fighting in Syria is deepening the divide between the branches of Islam in Persian Gulf states far from the battlefield, as Sunnis and Shiites wage dueling campaigns to drum up cash and supplies for Syria’s partisans, Western officials and independent experts say.
Read MoreSIDI BOUZID, Tunisia — It was a humble man’s desperate act, but one with far-reaching consequences. Relatively small and subdued crowds of Tunisians rallied Tuesday to mark the third anniversary of the self-immolation of vegetable seller Mohamed Bouazizi, which set in motion the series of uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East that came…
Read MoreOn Monday, a Federal District Court judge ruled that the National Security Agency’s collection and storage of all Americans’ phone records probably violates the Constitution and is an “almost Orwellian” system that “surely…infringes on ‘that degree of privacy’ that the founders enshrined in the Fourth Amendment.” It’s the first successful legal challenge to NSA surveillance…
Read MoreBEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian antigovernment activist groups on Monday reported what appeared to be a major escalation of the military’s prolonged siege of Aleppo, with video and witness accounts of a helicopter gunship attack in which crews dropped explosive barrels filled with TNT and shrapnel on more than 13 rebel-held neighborhoods.
Read MoreDear Friend, We at AIC wish you a wonderful holiday season & a happy and healthy new year ahead! Warmest regards, Zainab Al-Suwaij Executive Director
Read MoreFAYADA, Lebanon — In a cold so biting that exposed fingers quickly start to ache, Syrian children in plastic sandals trudge through mud and chunks of ice, their tiny feet red from exposure.
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