Bashar Assad’s Brutality in Syria Is Matched by U.S. Devastation Across the Region

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig May 9, 2016 Why should Facebook users come down harder on the Syrian leader than on the United States government when it comes to horrific actions and war crimes in that part of the world? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Deaths Reported as Hospital Linked to Doctors Without Borders Is Bombed in Yemen

By Sarah Lazare / Common Dreams Jan 11, 2016 The medical charity said it cannot confirm the identity of the attacker but noted that the Saudi-led coalition was responsible for two other airstrikes in the last three months. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Doctors Without Borders Calls U.S. Report on Afghan Hospital Bombing ‘Shocking’

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Nov 26, 2015 The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that "human error" was a factor in the Oct. 3 bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that killed 30 civilians and left 37 wounded. In a statement, Doctors Without Borders, which had previously called the attack a probable war crime, said the report was "shocking" and left "more questions than answers." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

One Night in Kunduz, One Morning in New York

By Laura Gottesdieners / TomDispatch Nov 16, 2015 I know that the strike was carried out by U.S.-backed, Saudi-led forces, and that it happened only a few days after the Obama administration approved an $11 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia. But I can't tell you much more. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Even War Has Rules

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Nov 12, 2015 Neither of the two recent Doctors Without Borders hospital attacks has been mentioned in any of the U.S. presidential debates or forums. Doesn't anyone remember the Geneva Conventions? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Yemen Is Bombed by U.S.-Backed Coalition

By Sarah Lazare / Common Dreams Oct 27, 2015 A Doctors Without Borders/Médecins sans Frontières hospital in northern Yemen was bombed Monday night by the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Analysts Knew Afghan Site Destroyed in Airstrike Was a Hospital, AP Says

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Oct 16, 2015 American special operations analysts were gathering intelligence on the Afghan hospital, run by Doctors Without Borders, in Kunduz because they believed it was being used by a Pakistani operative to coordinate Taliban activity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Kunduz Hospital Bombing: Probable Cause That the U.S. Committed a War Crime

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Oct 14, 2015 The Pentagon has access to video and audio recordings taken from the gunship that carried out the attack that killed 22, so officials must know what actually occurred. It's time for a full accounting. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Why Bombing a Hospital Is a War Crime

Staff / Truthdig Oct 9, 2015 To call the U.S. bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, a war crime and to demand reparations, healing and a public rethinking of the aims of this war is perhaps the most effective way we have to address war itself, to stand up to its powerful perpetrators and to put a halt to their uncontrolled behavior. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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VIDEO: U.S. Commander in Afghanistan Says Kunduz Hospital Was ‘Mistakenly Struck’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 7, 2015 This just in from Capitol Hill: Gen. John Campbell, America's head military honcho in Afghanistan, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that a Doctors Without Borders-affiliated hospital in Kunduz was "mistakenly struck" in Saturday's air attack. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Airstrike Hits Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Afghanistan, Killing at Least 19 People

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Oct 3, 2015 A hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in Kunduz, Afghanistan, was badly damaged Saturday in what appears to have been a U.S. airstrike. At least 19 people were killed, including 12 hospital staff members, and dozens were wounded. Reportedly among the dead was the Afghan head of the hospital, Abdul Sattar. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )