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Secretary-General Praises Agreement on Buffer Zone in Idlib, Syria, Urging Parties to Ensure Safe Humanitarian Access

In a statement, Mr. Guterres also urged all parties in Syria to ensure safe and unimpeded humanitarian access to all areas of the country, where...

European Human Rights Court Exposes Further Complicity in CIA Torture

The appointment of Gina Haspel as the new CIA director has brought the issue of extraordinary rendition and CIA torture back onto the radar, opening...

Sources: Syria, Russia threaten new assault on Ghouta town

Syria and its ally Russia have threatened to resume bombing the final opposition holdout of Douma in Eastern Ghouta unless rebels there agree to evacuate,...

16 years, $5.6 trillion later, are the post-9/11 wars worth it?

This week the Costs of War Project at Brown University’s Watson Institute released a report that estimates the current and future costs of U.S. involvement in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other...