Alaa Shuli still has the scars to remind him of his time in prison. 　　Hung from a wire affixed to the ceiling, with his toes barely touching the ground and his hands tied behind his back, Shuli says he was left that way for hours on end. He remembers prison... More

　　Syrian regime forces have dropped Russian-made cluster bombs over civilian areas in the past week as they battle to reverse opposition gains on a strategic highway, according to the watchdog group Human Rights Watch. 　　The bombs were dropped from planes and helicopters, with many of the strikes taking place near... More

　　Ahmed al-Arash bore the expression of a powerless father as he stood over his one-year-old son, Mohamed, in a health clinic in Turkey's Islahiyeh refugee camp. 　　Mohamed grimaced in pain, his little frame appearing even frailer in the middle of the adult-sized hospital bed. 　　Al-Arash, who arrived in the camp... More

　　Five months after a US soldier allegedly killed 16 people in Kandahar, Afghans say little has changed. 　　Having just completed his dawn prayer, Mullah Baran was rolling up his prayer mat when he received the phone call: “The Americans came last night," a voice on the other end told him.... More

　　It's not yet been a week since the latest Israeli aggression in Gaza began, but already the casualties on the Palestinian side are proving to be overwhelming for overstretched hospitals. 　　Since the initial Israeli air strike that killed Ahmad Jabari, head of Hamas's Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, on November 14, Israel's... More

　　"For a split second I thought it had struck our neighbor’s home. The next thing I know, I’m waking up in hospital," said 19-year-old Nour Hijazi, lying in a hospital bed in Jabaliya’s Kamal Edwan Hospital with a shattered spine. 　　The Hijazi family, consisting of six boys and two girls,... More

　　The only protection the Awajaa family has against the Israeli rockets is a thin tarpaulin, stretched out over a small plot of land. 　　The tent, where they have been living on and off since their house was turned to rubble in the 2008-09 Israeli war on Gaza, is one of... More

　　More than 200 Afghan teenagers have been captured and detained by the US military, the United States told the United Nations in a very troubling report distributed this week. 　　In recent years, the US has received criticism from a number of human rights organizations for failing to meet commitments to... More

　　On the dusty slopes leading to the Dead Sea, the red roof tiles of Israel's illegal settlements flicker in patches of sunlight as distant mosque minarets of nearby Palestinian villages peek through the hills. 　　Adjacent to this route linking Jerusalem with the Jordan Valley lie several Bedouin communities leading a... More

　　After a ceasefire was brokered to end Israel's eight day siege on Gaza earlier this month, Israel has continued to attack Palestinians in a number of ways: showing an unwillingness to give up its pursuit of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, withholding tax revenues indefinitely from the Palestinian Authority,... More

　　A rickety Toyota truck packed with 14 people rumbled down a desert road from the town of Radda. Suddenly a missile hurtled from the sky and flipped the vehicle over. 　　Within seconds, 11 of the passengers were dead, including a woman and her 7-year-old daughter. A 12-year-old boy also perished... More

　　Shops are shuttered, and their signs are slowly rusting. Most apartment windows are broken, while those that remain in their frames are covered in dust. A single mechanic's garage is operating, though cars seldom drive through the area. 　　This neighborhood once housed approximately 250 Palestinian families and dozens of bustling... More

　　The center of Salkeen in northern Syria looked deceptively normal, just a day after the town came under lethal regime air strikes. 　　Shops were open for business. Residents strolled through the main square. Children could be seen playing in the narrow streets. 　　Yet a closer look at the streets of... More