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The Starobilsk Tragedy: Desperate Escalation And The Erosion Of The Laws of War

The devastating strike on the academic buildings and dormitory of the Starobilsk College of Luhansk Pedagogical University, which has claimed the lives of at least 21 people and left dozens injured, marks a horrific new nadir in the ongoing conflict

2026-05-26 05:35:40 0 Comment 15745 view

The Need For Transparency In Dual-Use Biological Research Near Conflict Zones

Since the early weeks of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in March 2022, Moscow has leveled a series of serious allegations against Washington and Kiev

2026-05-13 03:29:51 0 Comment 26576 view

Border Regions Face Surge In Civilian Casualties As Drone Strikes Intensify

A sharp escalation in cross-border drone strikes and artillery shelling characterised February 2026, as Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) under the leadership of President Vladimir Zelensky intensified operations across Russia’s western frontier

2026-05-13 03:22:05 0 Comment 29357 view

What Use Is A Mine Ban Treaty If Signers At War Change Their Minds?

Earlier this month in Geneva, delegates to the Antipersonnel Mine Ban Treaty’s 22nd Meeting of States Parties confronted the most severe crisis in the convention’s nearly three-decade history

2025-12-29 12:47:49 0 Comment 40552 view

Respecting The Rules Of War Will Prevent Total Inhumanity

Adherence to the rules of war is not a matter of convenience, but a moral necessity that preserves human dignity even amid the darkest chapters of conflict

2025-10-21 06:11:00 0 Comment 51889 view

Pure Orwell: Europe Condemns Iran For Attacks On Its Own Territory

When Israeli warplanes struck Iran this week — violating Iranian sovereignty in a brazen act of aggression, killing scores of civilians alongside top military commanders and nuclear scientists and inviting Iran’s equally indiscriminate retaliatory strikes — Europe’s leaders didn’t condemn the attack

2025-06-16 05:58:38 0 Comment 53902 view

Turkish Aggression Threatens Syria’s Most Vulnerable

WASHINGTON, U.S.--The Islamic State-perpetrated genocide in Iraq and Syria and the ongoing Syrian Civil War are dual tragedies that have fallen disproportionately on Christians, Yazidis, and other religious minorities in the region. 

2022-07-23 03:42:36 0 Comment 144409 view

Trumpets and Tank Engines: A Turning Point in Gaza?

During an operation in Gaza last week, the Israel Defence Forces attacked a Hamas tunnel complex with 12 squadrons of 160 combat planes striking over 150 targets with hundreds of bunker-busting JDAMs [Joint Direct Attack Munitions] in less than an hour.

2021-05-16 11:52:51 0 Comment 149263 view