The Syrian regime continues to indicate that an offensive on rebel-held Idlib in coming, publishing videos of ammunition and soldiers being moved to borders of the region and dropping leaflets calling for reconciliation. Opposition forces have also begun preparations: digging trenches, merging organizations and groups into their umbrella, and asking civilians to begin moving from…
At just after 8:20 in the morning on the 9th of August, a bomb dropped from a Saudi-led Coalition plane struck a busy market area in the center of Dahyan, in Saada Governorate, Yemen. The bomb impacted close to the middle of the main road through the town, causing massive civilians casualties. Tragically, most of…
Although the Syrian government and its allies has clearly gained the upper hand in the Syrian Civil War, the conflict is still a very long way from being over. Large areas of Syria remain outside the control of the Syrian government, including those held by the SDF and their allies, by rebel forces and the…
Following an escalation in attacks opposition controlled southern Idlib, cluster munitions have seen increasing use by Syrian government forces on areas across the frontline. In the fourth day of strikes and attacks by the Syrian government and its allies on the town of al-Tah, Idlib, cluster munitions were documented at the site of attacks in…
On Thursday, 2nd August several explosions rocked the Houthi-held city of Hodeidah. The locations of these explosions were reported to be the harbour used for fishing boats and within the vicinity of the al-Thawra Hospital. Since the explosion near the hospital happened immediately after the explosion at the harbour, it appeared that casualties and first responders were being deliberately targeted. Scores of people were killed and wounded in the attack.
In the wake of the August 2013 Ghouta chemical attack, Ted Postol attacked Dan Kaszeta’s argument that hexamine, C6H12N4, was a marker for Sarin made by the Syrian government. Postol is a professor emeritus of Science, Technology, and International Security at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kaszeta is a consultant with experience in chemical warfare…
The research was initiated by Jeanne Sanya and conducted collaboratively with Christiaan Triebert. The Russian Ministry of Defence accused the American-led Coalition of bombing a block of civilian buildings in Raqqa, Syria. But a year earlier, the Russians said it was them who targeted leader of the Islamic State in those exact same buildings. What’s…
Le 25 juin 2017, le journal allemand Die Welt a publié le dernier article de Seymour Hersh contestant le récit “mainstream” autour de l’attaque chimique de Khan Cheikhoun (Syrie) le 4 avril 2017. L’attaque, où du sarin a été largué contre la population locale par l’armée de l’air syrienne, a conduit le président Trump à…
À la suite de l’attaque chimique de Douma du 7 avril 2018, une attention particulière a été accordée à deux sites d’impacts où les restes de bouteilles de gaz jaunes ont été découverts. Alors que l’on a beaucoup commenté l’emplacement de ces bouteilles de gaz, une attention moindre a été portée à l’utilisation historique du…
AVERTISSEMENT : Deux acronymes récurrents dans cet article ne doivent pas être confondus : la MEF (Mission d’établissement des faits) de l’OIAC et le MEC OIAC-ONU (Mécanisme d’enquête conjoint de l’OIAC et de l’ONU). La MEF de l’OIAC n’identifie pas les responsables des attaques chimiques pour lesquelles elle est déployée. Le MEC OIAC-ONU est un…
