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Watch | Saudi Arabia Bombs Fish Market & Hospital in Yemen

The U.S.-backed Saudi coalition in Yemen carried out another disturbing war crime against civilians. A series of airstrikes killed at least 55 civilians and injured over 170 more at a busy fishermen market and hospital. According to Yemen’s Health Ministry, the victims included nine children.

August 06th, 2018

By Ahmed Abdulrahman

Watch | Saudi Arabia Bombs Fish Market & Hospital in Yemen

The U.S.-backed Saudi coalition in Yemen carried out another disturbing war crime against civilians. A series of airstrikes killed at least 55 civilians and injured over 170 more at a busy fish market and hospital. According to Yemen’s Health Ministry, the victims included nine children. On August 2nd, U.S.-backed Saudi warplanes attacked

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Ahmed Abdulrahman

Ahmed Abdulrahman is a Yemeni journalist, activist and translator based in Sanaa, Yemen.

Amnesty: US-Backed Coalition Violated International Law In Mosul Killings

A new report from human rights group Amnesty International says the US and it’s allied flagrantly violated international law and might amount to war crimes while fighting ISIS in Mosul.

July 12th, 2017

By Jason Ditz

Amnesty: US-Backed Coalition Violated International Law In Mosul Killings

A new report from human rights group Amnesty International today is harshly critical of the tactics used by Iraq forces and their allies (i.e. the US) in the invasion and occupation of the ISIS-held city of Mosul, saying they

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America’s Casual Admission Of Guilt On Aggression Against Syria

Dissecting the US Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve press release regarding the shooting down of a Syrian Su-22 that was attacking ISIS positions in Syria.

July 05th, 2017

By Christopher Black

America’s Casual Admission Of Guilt On Aggression Against Syria

The propaganda release that is listed below of the US Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve news release posted on the US Department of Defense website of June 19th regarding the shooting down of a Syrian Su-22 that was attacking ISIS positions in Syria. This is the American attempt to justify a war crime, an act of aggression

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Trump’s On Attack Syria Trampled Many Laws

Exclusive: As the U.S. mainstream media hails President Trump’s missile strike on Syria, there has been almost no attention to either the truth about its justification or the myriad of laws violated in its execution, writes Marjorie Cohn.

April 11th, 2017

By Marjorie Cohn

Trump’s On Attack Syria Trampled Many Laws

With 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles, each armed with over 1,000 pounds of explosives, Donald Trump went from scoundrel-in-chief to national hero, virtually overnight. The corporate media, the neoconservatives and most of Congress hailed Trump as strong and presidential for lobbing bombs into Syria, reportedly killing seven civilians and wounding

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Marjorie Cohn

Marjorie Cohn http://marjoriecohn.com/is professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, former president of the National Lawyers Guild, deputy secretary general of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers and an advisory board member of Veterans for Peace. The second, updated edition of her book, Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal, Moral, and Geopolitical Issues, was recently published.

US Airstike Hits Syrian Mosque Killing Dozens

While rescuers continue to search rubble for civilian victims, the attack has been widely condemned as war crime.

March 17th, 2017

By Lauren McCauley

US Airstike Hits Syrian Mosque Killing Dozens

U.S. military officials have confirmed that a U.S. aircraft struck a mosque outside of Aleppo, Syria during evening prayers on Thursday, killing dozens of civilians, in an attack that many are calling a war crime. Airwars' Samuel Oakford reported that U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)

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Attorneys Level Charges Of Genocide As Israel’s Impunity Continues

Israel ‘chose impunity over accountability and justice,’ a Gaza human rights defender tells MintPress amid rising charges of ‘genocide’ and calls for International Criminal Court indictments.

September 13th, 2016

By Joe Catron @jncatron

Attorneys Level Charges Of Genocide As Israel’s Impunity Continues

NEW YORK --- Weeks after a number of groups in the Movement for Black Lives sparked controversy by releasing a platform, A Vision for Black Lives, that

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Joe Catron

Joe Catron is a MintPress News contributing journalist. He covers Palestine and Israel and other human rights issues. Catron has written frequently for Electronic Intifada and Middle East Eye, and co-edited The Prisoners' Diaries: Palestinian Voices from the Israeli Gulag, an anthology of accounts by detainees freed in the 2011 prisoner exchange.

IDF’s Apparent War Crime of “Perfidy” Breeds Suspicion of Aid Workers in Gaza

The IDF’s decision to disguise itself as members of humanitarian organizations has now placed all such workers within Gaza under suspicion.