TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
The latest quarterly report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) once again affirms that Iran is remaining entirely in compliance with the restrictions placed on them under the P5+1 nuclear deal. This is the second such report on the deal since the US withdrew from the pact in May. The language of the report was Read More…
A Tuesday report released by the UN confirmed in considerable detail misdeeds by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, killing thousands of civilians in Yemen, raping and torturing detainees, and using child soldiers. The report warned these may amount to war crimes. While they didn’t specifically dispute any of this, Saudi Arabia was predictably furious about the report, Read More…
Warnings from Syria’s UN representative and the Russian military follow hawkish statements recently made by members of the Trump administration that the U.S. would respond “very strongly” if the Syrian government is accused of chemical weapons use in Idlib. NEW YORK — During a speech delivered on Tuesday to the United Nations Security Council, Syria’s Permanent UN Read More…
US assistance to the Saudi-led coalition’s war in Yemen has amounted to killing innocent Yemeni civilians, the New York Times argued in its newspaper. The op-ed piece cited reports by the UN and international watchdog Human Rights Watch, which said the Saudi coalition is responsible for war crimes in Yemen. The report also emphasised the role of the Read More…
Just two weeks after a US-Saudi coalition airstrike on a school bus in Yemen killed some 40 children in an event which finally caught international media attention, there’s a new report that coalition jets have struck a camp for internally displaced people in the flashpoint region of Hodeidah. Pro-Houthi rebel outlets were the first to report the massacre, Read More…
On August 20th, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said there is a “secret directive” that prohibits UN agencies from assisting in the rebuilding of Syria until there is a “political transition,” as reported by the RT. At first only the Russian Foreign Minister claimed of the existence of such a directive, however on August 24th, Read More…