deputy Middle East director
IS Battles To Keep US-Backed Syria Force From Raqa Old City
Islamic State group jihadists waged fierce battles Tuesday in their Syrian stronghold Raqa in a bid to repel US-backed...
HRW Calls On Iraqis To Avoid Ad Hoc Mass Grave Exhumations
Iraqis should not carry out hurried or ad hoc exhumations of mass graves left by jihadists, as this makes identifying...
Bahrain Seeks Dissolution of Secular Opposition Party
Bahrain's justice ministry said Monday it filed a lawsuit to dissolve a secular opposition party, the state-run news...
Women Reveal the Horrors They Endured As ISIS Sex Slaves
Women have revealed the horrors they endured at the hands of ISIS sex slaves - despite being Sunni Muslims just like...
IS Rapes and Tortures Sunni Arab Women Too
Fighters from the Islamic State group, whose abuses against Yazidi women have been well documented, are raping and...