Bashar al-Assad of Syria

SYRIA: 7th Time Russia And China Veto UNSC Resolution To Protect Civilians

With ‘no’ votes from permanent members Russia and China, the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday failed to adopt a resolution that would, according to press reports, have imposed sanctions against parties using chemical weapons in war-torn Syria. While nine of the [continue reading].

USA: House Panel Accuses Assad, Russia, Iran of War Crimes in Syria

The war crimes resolution calls on President Barack Obama to direct his U.N. ambassador to support creation of an international war crimes tribunal to prosecute anyone guilty of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria. (Photo: Getty).

The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday unanimously passed two resolutions to increase pressure on the Obama administration to do more to stop Islamic State terrorists and to help the people of Syria. The first resolution accuses Syrian President Bashar al-Assad [continue reading].

World: Rules Of War Meaningless When Every Coalition Kills Civilians

Nearly 50 people were killed in airstrikes that hit several hospitals and schools in northern Syria on Monday, though multiple conflicting reports added to confusion over who was responsible. “This appears to be a deliberate attack on a health structure, and we condemn this [continue reading].

Syria: MSF’s Dr. Joanne Liu Demands – Stop Bombing Medics

Statement delivered by Dr. Joanne Liu, International President of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, February 18, 2016: Today in Syria, the abnormal is now normal. The unacceptable is accepted. Relentless, brutal, and [continue reading].

Transcript: Bill Whitaker – The Road To Syria Documentary

While hundreds of thousands of Syrians have fled to Europe from the bombs and brutality of President Assad and his opponents, the Russians wanted to show us people who had fled to the safety of the Syrian government. These are (only) about 5,000 of the millions of refugees from this civil war.

Bill Whitaker reports from inside the Syrian base from which Russia is launching air strikes in support of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. This article contains sections of the script from “The Road to Syria” which aired this week on CBC. Whitaker is [continue reading].

Video Report: Confirmed – Cluster Bombs Used In Russian-Backed Airstrikes

Volunteers from Syria Civil Defence, also known as the White Helmets, help civilians after Russia carried out its first airstrikes in Syria

“Russian-backed offensives by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in Aleppo province and elsewhere in the country over the past two weeks were aided by internationally banned cluster munitions, Human Rights Watch reported on Monday.” said Samuel [continue reading].

Greece: Canadian Volunteers On Front Lines Of Refugee Crisis

A volunteer helps a Syrian woman that collapsed while her husband cries as they arrive aboard a dinghy after crossing from Turkey, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015. (Petros Giannakouris/AP).

Several infants crying, families arriving in over-crowded inflatable boats cold, exhausted and wet. These are some of the sights and sounds volunteers on Lesvos island say they can’t erase from their memory. “Some days you can sort of block it out because you know that you [continue reading].

Documentary: Jon Snow Humiliated Israeli After Visiting Gaza

Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow destroys the Prime Minister of Israel's Chief Spokesperson, Mark Regev, live on air on British television; questioning Israeli military attacks on Al-Wafa hospital and an attack which killed three young boys playing ball on a Gaza beach while Regev continues to claim "the Israeli military does not target civilians."

Britain’s leading news anchor Jon Snow, dealt a massive blow to the Israeli military by smuggling Palestinian art out of Gaza and putting it on show in London back in 2014. According to The Independent: He interviewed artist Majdal Nateel earlier this month and volunteered to [continue reading].

Syria: SNHR Reports Significant Violations In 2015

The Syrian Network for Human Rights on Twitter (@SNHR) have posted evidence of numerous violations against humanity having occurred in Syria during January of 2016 – after the ending period of their 2015 report. The following are just a few of the men. women, children and youth either killed by armed forces targeting civilian homes and vital services – or died under torture in Syrian prisons without legal representation or trial – or died an excruciating, slow death of starvation inside besieged Syria during the month of January, 2016.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights publishes an annual Human Rights Report compiled from reliable reports and eye-witness statements of human rights violations, including war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria. You can read their full report here on Alistair Reign News [continue reading].

Part 1 of 12: Fear of Refugees – HRW Cites Violations

Migrants crossing the border between the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Greece, near the town of Gevgelija, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 02 September 2015. The Gevgelija-Presevo journey is just a part of the journey that the refugees, the vast majority of them from Syria, are forced to make along the so-called Balkan corridor, which takes them from Turkey, across Greece, Macedonia and Serbia to Hungary, the gateway to the European Union. (Photo/ credit" EPA/VALDRIN XHEMAJ. (Alistair Reign News Blog www.AlistairReignBlog.com).

Fear stood behind many of the big human rights developments of the past year. “Fear of being killed or tortured in Syria and other zones of conflict and repression drove millions from their homes. Fear of what an influx of asylum seekers could mean for their societies led [continue reading].

Syria: UN Report – Assad Edited Out Evidence Of War Crimes

Syria: Starvation is another weapon of war, and children are the most vulnerable victims. As Syrian civilians starved to death, U.N. officials let the government in Damascus alter its master plan for saving lives. Its title is prosaic and its content dry, but the stark statistics in the U.N.’s annual summary of relief programs tell the story of Syria’s humanitarian nightmare.

United Nations Humanitarian Response Plan: Its title is prosaic and its content dry, but the stark statistics in the U.N.’s annual summary of relief programs tell the story of Syria’s humanitarian nightmare. Syria is a country on life support 13.6 million people are in [continue reading].

Report: United Nations No Longer Upholds Charter (R.18+)

A Palestinian girl and women figth to free a Palestinian boy (bottom) held by an Israeli soldier (C) during clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinian protesters following a march against Palestinian land confiscation to expand the nearby Jewish Hallamish settlement on August 28, 2015 in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah. AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI

The UN Charter, in its Preamble spoken by Sir Lawrence Olivier in 1945 set an objective: “to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained“. United Nations [continue reading].