Asem Halaq sits in a war-damaged, colonial-era building in central Azaz and looks at the pile of dossiers stacked atop his desk. Just down the road in Aleppo, war is raging. 　　Yet here in Syria's relatively safe opposition-controlled north, a semblance of normality is taking hold and civilian-organized judicial systems... More

　　"He is chasing death," Samer Issawi's sister, Shireen, says. "My brother is in serious danger." 　　Issawi, 33, has been on a hunger strike in an Israeli jail for more than 203 days. Initially released by Israeli authorities in an October 2011 prisoner swap, Issawi was re-arrested in July 2012 and... More

　　As darkness descends on the dreary refugee camp bordering Turkey, hungry residents queue for the daily distribution of meager rations. 　　Displaced Syrians wait in the long line with tin and plastic containers, hoping those dishing out food will provide enough to feed their families. 　　Shortages of all kinds of supplies,... More

　　Abdul Rahim was in Kabul when the raid on his family home took place. When he returned to his house in Maidan Wardak province in eastern Afghanistan, he found blown-off doors, shattered windows and closets in disarray. 　　But what Abdul Rahim remembered most were the faces of his brother Nasibullah's... More

　　For three years, Nadiha Hilal has begun each day waiting to hear if she's become a widow. 　　Hilal's husband has been awaiting execution since he was sentenced to death in 2009, along with 10 other people in a case that illustrates Iraq's deeply troubled criminal justice system. 　　Iraq's Justice Ministry... More

　　Rights group finds at least two million children have suffered malnutrition, disease and severe trauma during conflict. 　　An international children’s' rights organization has released a report highlighting the severe plight of Syrian children during the regime’s two-year crackdown. 　　UK-based Save the Children said on Wednesday that at least two million... More

　　Two US-led wars in Iraq have left behind hundreds of tons of depleted uranium munitions and other toxic wastes. 　　Contamination from Depleted Uranium (DU) munitions and other military-related pollution is suspected of causing a sharp rises in congenital birth defects, cancer cases, and other illnesses throughout much of Iraq. 　　Many... More

　　At least five Afghan civilians, of which four were children, were reportedly killed Tuesday night during an operation by joint NATO and Afghan forces in the eastern Arghanistan province of Logar, according to reports by a local police official. 　　Reports indicate that the military operation included both soldiers operating on... More

　　British soldiers and airmen who helped to operate a secretive US detention facility in Baghdad that was at the center of some of the most serious human rights abuses to occur in Iraq after the invasion have, for the first time, spoken about abuses they witnessed there. 　　Personnel from two... More

　　The massacres in Syria rage on and yet we stand idle. We must realize that, to millions of Syrians trapped in the country, the virtual absence of humanitarian relief is nearly as arbitrary and cruel as the war itself. 　　Bombs, even ballistic missiles, are tearing homes apart and more than... More

　　Regime air strikes have hit bakeries and hospitals among other civilian targets in Syria, a watchdog reported Thursday, accusing the Syrian government of killing thousands in such raids it said amounted to war crimes. 　　"Individuals who commit serious violations of the laws of war willfully, that is intentionally or recklessly,... More

　　On April 11, in one of the trailer caravans that house the Israeli military courtrooms at Ofer prison, three boys sat in the brown Israeli Prison Service shabas uniform. Their feet shackled, their eyes darting between the judge, their lawyers, and their families. 　　The youngest was 14-year-old Mohammad Khaleq, a... More

　　Generations of Afghan refugees raised in Pakistan now face the prospect of returning to a home they have never known. 　　Ali Muhammad, an Afghan resident of Chaghai, in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, was born in 1981, as his family was fleeing the Afghan-Soviet war for the relative safety of Pakistan.... More