Respected organizations such as the Rand Corporation and the Cato Institute have debunked arguments that would justify the identification of refugees, including Syrian refugees, as potential terrorists.
Saydnaya is a place of unimaginable terror. Even when you know about the numerous horrors that have already unfolded in Syria in the past half-decade, it chills you to the bone to hear survivors telling you what it was like to be in Saydnaya. The 30 or so former detainees we spoke to have been to hell and back.
Although Donald Trump had good inclinations on some foreign policy issues during his campaign and transition period--for example, staying out of unnee...
This week marks International Development Week. It comes at a time when people seem to be increasingly shutting their doors and hearts to the world's most vulnerable. As members of the global community, we must seize this moment by standing up for the world's refugees.
Ominous headlines across the globe trumpet that the Trump Administration and Iran on a collision course. To what end, and for what strategic objectiv...
In an op-ed published in the New York Times this morning, Jason Horowitz describes ho...
These refugees have found themselves living in a nightmare through no fault of their own. I do not think we should outright ban these refugees from coming into our country forever. However, just saying "let's let them all in" is not the answer, either.
At a time when who we are is under threat even in the United States, it’s especially poignant to witness the struggles and dreams of those most vuln...
The first ten days of Donald Trump saw the controversial new US president deliver on many of his campaign promises. He has disrupted usual government ...
The Jordanian Royal Air Force bombed Islamic State-held positions in southern Syria on Friday, killing and wounding a number...
Hoping that the Iranian government would suddenly become a constructive, responsible, and rational member of the international community on its own is...
The cold truth is this: Europe's winter weather has set in quicker than its leaders were able to make decisions on how to protect these people. For many migrants and refugees, the shores of the Mediterranean aren't just arrival points. They have actually become semi-permanent homes.
The contradictions and polarisation vividly on display today are neither recent nor surface skin, but have deep roots in two opposite tendencies within western intellectual and political history. These have long competed over the hearts and minds of men and women in Europe and across the Atlantic.
Most days, I drive to work. It's just a three mile distance, but Connecticut Avenue at rush hour provides countless outlets for spasms of misanthropy....
In his telephone discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabian King Salman last weekend, President Trump reportedly raised a plan for the creation of safe zones to protect vulnerable Syrian populations.
My friends Wassef and Racha Haroun are both from Syria, with roots throughout the Middle East, though they have lived in the US for over two decad...