Trump Is Inviting Genocide in Northern Syria

Juan Cole / Truthdig Oct 7, 2019 The White House says Turkey is planning to invade the Kurdish-majority region of northern Syria to establish what Ankara calls a “security zone.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The 500-Year-Long Battle to Save the Planet

Debra Utacia Krol / Los Angeles Review of Books May 24, 2019 Dina Gilio-Whitaker’s book is a primer on the Native American environmental movement and a chronicle of fighting government and corporate power. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Myanmar Military Used Facebook to Incite Violence Against the Rohingya

Ilana Novick Oct 15, 2018 Ethnic cleansing against a minority group was helped by social media. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

700,000 Rohingya Refugees Returning to Myanmar Face Bitter Choices

Ilana Novick / Truthdig May 10, 2018 They’ve suffered war and rape, only to be met now with the threat of monsoons and an uncertain future back home. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Total War in Syria Reveals a Toothless U.N.

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Feb 21, 2018 One of the most distressing takeaways from the country's civil war is that the United Nations does not work and the hopes of the framers of its 1945 charter have been dashed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Myanmar Refugee Exodus Tops 500,000 as More Rohingya Flee

By Todd Pitman / AP Sep 29, 2017 Refugees have reported killings, rapes and indiscriminate attacks by security forces and Buddhist mobs, including monks. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Amnesty International: Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar ‘Irrefutable’

Emily Wells / Truthdig Sep 20, 2017 The campaign to push the Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority, out of the country continues despite international condemnation. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

CAR Muslim Ethnic Cleansing: What If Thousands of Christians Were Forced Out of a Muslim Country?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Feb 17, 2014 The Central African Republic has a population of 4.5 million, about 15 percent of them Muslim, or about 670,000 people. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Kyrgyzstan Braces for More Unrest

Staff / Truthdig Jun 16, 2010 After last week's deadly conflict in Kyrgyzstan, officials are zeroing in on the possibility that the riots were the product of a coordinated group effort and preparing for the possibility that more trouble may be on the way. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Nigeria’s Unholy War

Gbemisola Olujobi / Truthdig Apr 7, 2010 You may have heard about the city of Jos, the capital of Plateau state in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, and wondered why it is a flashpoint of unspeakable violence On Jan 17, mobs killed about 400 residents of Jos The second round of attacks, on March 7, was even more vicious. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Israel’s Racist in Chief

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Apr 13, 2009 It was unthinkable, when I was based as a correspondent in Jerusalem two decades ago, that an Israeli politician who openly advocated ethnically cleansing the Palestinians from Israeli-controlled territory, as well as forcing Arabs in Israel to take loyalty oaths or be forcibly relocated to the West Bank, could sit on the Cabinet. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )