Chemical Warfare in Syria
All too frequently, Syrian civilians are required to search for medical assistance for neurotoxic symptoms as a result of exposure to chemical weapons. On January 22, 2018, civilians in eastern… Read more…
All too frequently, Syrian civilians are required to search for medical assistance for neurotoxic symptoms as a result of exposure to chemical weapons. On January 22, 2018, civilians in eastern… Read more…
Genocide and civil war have raged in Darfur, a region of Western Sudan, since 2003. Multiple warrants for Omar al-Bashir’s arrest have been issued because of the myriad of war… Read more…
Great Lakes Region Democratic Republic of the Congo In November, Air Serv mobilized to assist Doctors Without Borders’ efforts to contain the cholera outbreak in Kasai province. Kasai has been… Read more…
*Content Warning: The following piece includes graphic content, including descriptions of sexual violence* For the past 4 years, South Sudan’s violent civil war has raged the town of Yei, a small,… Read more…
On November 14, the U.S. White House announced that it was committing $2 million to a bloody drug war in the Philippines. Given that Philippine authorities have systematically shot and… Read more…
As 2018 begins, STAND is reflecting on the challenges of the last year, which included Zimbabwe’s rapid overthrow of former President Robert Mugabe, global attention towards an economic crisis and… Read more…
In broad daylight on November 4, 2017, Jagtar Singh Johal, a British Sikh man, was abducted from the streets of Jalandhar, Punjab in India by police officers in plain clothes…. Read more…
Horn of Africa Somalia As the international community continues to grapple with October’s brutal terror attack in Mogadishu, the United States has steadily increased its provision of military aid to… Read more…
The Trump administration’s first year has been marked with numerous actions that highlight an “America first” narrative. This includes a series of Executive Orders that have outcasted citizens of multiple… Read more…
Until last week, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe had been president for 30 years. As of last Wednesday, however, his time as president has come to a clear end. Zimbabwe’s army… Read more…