Al Jazeera America
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 06:45
Decades of reckless arms trading and the poorly regulated flow of weapons into Iraq have contributed to the accumulation by the Islamic State in Iran and the Levant (ISIL) of a "vast and varied" arsenal which is being used to commit war crimes on a massive scale in Iraq and Syria, an international rights group said Tuesday.
Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 06:44
The United Nations on Wednesday said 5,700 people have been killed in the conflict in Yemen since March 26, including 830 women and children, while efforts to coax all sides into another attempt at peace talks continue.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 06:09
The conflict in Yemen has been overshadowed by the crisis in Syria, though the former accounted for more deaths by explosions than any other conflict during the first seven months of this year.
Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 06:31
Washington’s compromises on politics in the name of advancing security sidestep the need for political solutions.
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 06:09
Mexico's new search for remains of the 43 missing students will use drones, satellite technology, international experts
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 - 05:57
Washington made its inaugural delivery over the weekend in its new strategy to provide military aid for established anti-ISIL factions in Syria, with U.S. Air Force cargo planes dropping 50 tons of ammunition to what the Pentagon calls “Arab groups” somewhere in the country’s fractured north.
Friday, October 2, 2015 - 06:08
Four years represents many things: an Olympic cycle, the gap between U.S. presidential elections, a typical American college degree, the space between leap years. A four-year span is also, it seems, how long a repressive security force can expect to wait before the U.S. government loses its nerve and lifts its objections to resupplying it with arms.
Friday, September 25, 2015 - 06:17
President Enrique Pena Nieto told the families of 43 students who disappeared a year ago in southern Mexico during a meeting Thursday that he would create a new special prosecutor for all of the country's thousands of missing people.
Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 06:46
The U.S. is pumping billions of dollars in military aid into the hands of Egypt’s strongman president Abdel Fattah El Sisi, who is using the money to fuel an authoritarian crackdown under the guise of “counterterrorism.”
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - 08:00
Rrahim is part of a small but rapidly increasing number of migrants taking this potentially perilous path through Panama. Their journeys to North America often span continents and pass through the Darién Gap, one of the most dangerous regions of Central America.