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636 Palestinians died in Assad's prisons since 2011: monitor

A human rights group has documented the death of 636 Palestinian refugees,  34 women and two children, under torture in the prisons of the Syrian regime since 2011. On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Action Group for Palestinians of Syria said...

People's war: Ukraine, Russia crowd-funding gear for troops

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In one of the combat zones against Russia, the supply chief for a Ukrainian fighting brigade places his online order for war supplies — a long list ranging from drones, trucks and thermal sights to batteries, generators and tape. They are needed, he writes, to equip two...

Russia fires missiles across Ukraine, cements gains in east

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces were seeking to swallow up the last remaining Ukrainian stronghold in the eastern Luhansk region, while pressing their momentum following the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the charred ruins of Sievierodonetsk. The military said Saturday that...

Stop-gap solutions to Syrian refugee crisis will not work

By  Dr. Dania Koleilat Khatib On the occasion of World Refugee Day on Monday, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati made a pedantic speech about Syrian refugees. Lebanon hosts about 1.7 million refugees — 200,000 Palestinians, who have been lingering in camps since 1948, and 1. 5...