Syria

We wake to the news that the Americans have launched a cruise missile attack on a Syrian airbase in direct, and almost immediate, retaliation for the recent chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun, killing over 70 people.[1] This came after frantic ...

The United States has fired 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at a Syrian airbase controlled by the Assad Regime. This is the first direct military strike the US has taken against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in the six-year war. The motive was confirmed to be in ...

The footage was extremely difficult to watch; images of men, women and small children writhing in agony, gasping for air and in the last throes of their lives.[1] They were deprived of the sanctity, privacy and dignity of death by ...

Today Amnesty International has published a harrowing 48-page report,[1] exposing the “cold-blooded killing of thousands of defenceless prisoners” secretly and systematically in just one particular Syrian government jail called Saydnaya. An estimated 13,000 people have been hanged there in the ...

Meet the man bringing the issue of immigration detention centres in the UK to the world’s attention through virtual reality film. On a microscopic level, I introduce Darren Emerson, the innovative Director, filmmaker and founder of VR city who simulated ...

Has Turkey betrayed Syria? The fall of the ‘revolutionary heartland’, the City of Aleppo, spurred arguably more attention than nearly six years of the Syrian crisis. People took to social media, engaged in varying forms of political activism and encouraged ...

I have seen many comments and messages from people questioning the point of petitions, demonstrations, lobbying campaigns and even prayer to try and stop the ongoing genocide in Aleppo. People are frustrated and feel they must do something. Others question ...

All praise is due to Allāh, the One who hears the secret and whispered speech, and provides relief from calamity and misfortune. Peace and blessings be upon the Chosen Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam), his family and all of ...

In this exclusive session, Sh Dr Haitham al-Haddad takes on the momentary issue of the suffering of the people of Aleppo with knowledge & wisdom to conclude on some important lessons. This includes short & long term solutions. Source: www.islam21c.com

Never in the history of war has the world been able to follow, up close and personal, the lives and the news of people who have suffered during a brutal war.  However, we have watched and read in disbelief as the ...