Op Eds

Other pressing conflicts are losing critical and necessary attention as the world’s scrutiny is hyper-focused on the war in Gaza. This is particularly evident concerning Syria and its peoples’ democracy movement, which has experienced new life in the form of pro-democracy protests in the southern governorate of Suwayda. The United Nations needs to take this into consideration and engage these protestors […]

The United States has officially responded to a series of Iranian-aligned militia attacks on the Tower 22 base in Jordan, on Jan. 28. These strikes landed flat, failing to deter additional attacks on U.S. positions throughout the Middle East because they did not apply enough pressure on Iran. The United States needs to take the recent attack

The latest fighting between Israel and Hamas militants, including Israel’s decision to storm multiple hospitals across northern Gaza and the armed group’s guerilla warfare tactics across the strip, reflect the latest example of Iran’s destabilizing activities across the Middle East. Indeed, the Israel-Hamas war is drastically shifting the region’s geopolitical dynamics, harming broader regional security and innocent people.  

You may have seen them downtown holding signs and chanting into the fall winds off Lake Michigan — Chicagoans demonstrating to support Iranians. Earlier this month near Montrose Beach, they stuck more than 14,000 white flags in the grass to spell out “Free Iran.” The number commemorated those who have been arrested and gone missing

Huda Aljord teaches Arabic and cultural studies at Riverside City College and UC Riverside. She is a board member of Citizens for a Secure and Safe America, an organization supporting democracy in Syria. As an Arab Muslim woman teaching in California for the past decade, I have heard more hate and disinformation about my culture

Now that he’s campaigning in earnest, President Biden more often finds himself talking with regular Americans who in turn get a rare opportunity to bend the ear of the leader of the free world. These exchanges offer a window into what the president is thinking and saying when he’s outside the view of cameras (and beyond his

Later this year, a man who bombs, poisons, kidnaps, tortures, imprisons and gasses his own people will attend the COP28 United Nations Climate Summit in Dubai. This is just the latest step on the wrong-headed path to normalizing the brutal Assad regime of Syria. Twelve years ago, the world’s largest annual climate gathering suspended Assad due to

Millions of refugees are at death’s door after last month’s devastating earthquakes in northwest Syria and Turkey. Malta is in a special position to help. Malta can help because of its seat on the United Nations Security Council, through which it can push for more aid to Syria. To do that, Malta can provide what

Millions of refugees are at death’s door after last month’s devastating earthquakes in Northwest Syria and Turkey. Japan is in a special position to help. Japan can help because of its position on the United Nations Security Council, through which it can push for more aid to Syria. To do that, Japan can provide what

Packing and heading to Ukraine in March 2022 was a no-brainer for some of us. As physicians and humanitarians who have worked in protracted armed conflicts such as Syria, we arrived in Ukraine with an immense feeling of déjà vu. We thought that as humanitarian partners, we would duplicate the lessons learned from other armed