STAND Conflict Update: June 2019
Sudan and South Sudan Sudan In the two months since the fall of Omar al-Bashir, demands for civilian rule have been brutally denied by the military generals ruling Sudan. After… Read more…
Sudan and South Sudan Sudan In the two months since the fall of Omar al-Bashir, demands for civilian rule have been brutally denied by the military generals ruling Sudan. After… Read more…
This week’s conflict update covers events of April 2019 in STAND’s key focus areas: Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Yemen, Burma, Syria, and the escalating… 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…
STAND’s Weekly News Briefs are compiled weekly by members of the STAND Education Task Force. This week’s update focuses on Yemen, Syria, and Burma. Though violence and atrocious living conditions… Read more…
By David Sanker, STAND Advocacy Intern Last week I attended an event at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC. The speakers at this event included Igor Ivanov, Former Foreign Minister of the… Read more…
The opinions expressed in this blog are from STAND’s Policy Coordinator Danny Hirschel-Burns and STAND’s Education Coordinator Sean Langberg. On September 15th, John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov agreed on a… Read more…
STAND has decided to highlight the most important events of the past week by using pictures of important moments, meetings, and life throughout our conflict zones. We have pictures going… Read more…
1. A United Nations Commission of Inquiry has concluded that both pro-government and rebel forces have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. While both sides were reported to have committed… Read more…
10. Syrian forces battle for control of Homs 9. GCC calls meeting to prevent massacre of Homs 8. Gulf-EU meeting calls for Syrian political settlement 7. Kerry calls for US-Russia talks on Syria 6. US… Read more…
This post, written by Natasha Kieval, STAND Programs Intern, is the second in our blog series “Areas to Watch,” which covers developing conflicts. Read our first post about Turkey. The international… Read more…