The Turkey deal is mainly a solution to benefit Europe
The agreement between Turkey and the EU seems to be mainly a solution to benefit Europe. The extent to which the rights and safety of refugees can be guaranteed is highly debatable.
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Significant growth in non-state armed groups' use of commercial drones
Armed non-state actors and terrorist groups are increasingly using 'commercial off-the-shelf' unmanned aerial vehicles to support combat operations.
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Siege Watch report: over 1 million Syrians living under siege
Starvation of civilians is not an uncontrollable collateral effect of the conflict in Syria, but a deliberate decision that violates international humanitarian law.
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Hope for peace in South Sudan, fragmentation a risk
Just a few days before the swearing-in of the transitional government in South Sudan, PAX and SIPRI publish a report with five possible scenarios to assist South Sudan in preparing for the future.
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Syria Alert issue XVIII - Over a million Syrians under siege
Lifting of all sieges is an essential confidence-building measure for the Vienna process, PAX states in it's latest Syria Alert.
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ISIS-first strategy doomed to fail
An 'ISIS-first strategy' which addresses the symptom – ISIS – and leaves the cause – Assad – to be addressed later, will prove ineffective because it is counterproductive and unsustainable.
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Shattered lives
A new briefing paper from PAX and UN OCHA, ‘Shattered lives: Civilians suffer from the use of explosive weapons in Libya‘ illustrates the heavy price that civilians have paid for the explosive violence in Libya through personal accounts of victims and their families.
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