War in Syria officially began on March 15th 2011, although serious fighting between the different parties only broke out in the months to follow. The accepted date is purely conventional: on that day the first victims were registered during clashes...
Who was the responsible for the massacre of more than 80 policemen and demonstrators in Maidan Nezalezhnosti, the independence square of Kiev, heart and symbol – until that February 20th 2014 – of the demonstrations in favor of the agreement...
Israel and Egypt have agreed to switch guard in Gaza which could lead to the end of the Palestine President Abu Mazen’s power. The understanding, that involves also Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, on the story of rivals...
According to the online magazine French Intelligence, Hezbollah are building at least two factories in Lebanon to produce missiles and artillery. Even though this news had been in circulation on Arab websites for quite a while, the French magazine provided...
The struggle to liberate Raqqa from the Islamic State represents a fundamental piece in Washington’s strategy to strengthen its presence in Syria. While the government of Bashar al-Assad, supported by the Russian Federation and by the Islamic Republic of Iran,...
Goma, the principal city of North Kivu province, has been sadly called the “rape capital of the world”: 15 thousand women are raped every year, an average of one every 30 minutes. After the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict that took place in London in 2014, the world has turned its back on rapes victims in Congo. This short documentary wants to bring this endless tragedy back into the spotlight through the stories of the victims and through the testimony of the people who give medical and psychological support to these women.
They say that in those instances your entire life flashes before your eyes. They say that time slows down, as if in slow motion, and that the moments become drawn out and filled with thoughts. They say that you are...
The civil war in Ukraine, increasingly bloody and forgotten, has a frontline unit faithful to Kiev that enlists European volunteers from Italy, Sweden, Finland, the Baltic countries and France. The Azov battalion, accused of Nazi sympathies, is fighting with 250...
Western Mosul – It is about 7 in the morning when from the window we notice a dark smoke rising. Everyone is asleep on the floor after a night of fighting. Lieutenant Hassan Kazhim Faraj keeps his ear to the...
Western Mosul - It is about 7 in the morning when from the window we notice a dark smoke rising. Everyone is asleep on the floor after a night of fighting. Lieutenant Hassan Kazhim Faraj keeps his ear to the radio unaware. “What’s this smoke?” we ask the officer who turns to the spotters on the rooftops. “Daesh (Islamic State A/N) has set fire to the house opposite us. Maybe to avoid being identified by the drones” they reply. A moment later complete mayhem breaks out: hand grenades, incessant gun shots and Rpgs. The Caliph’s followers attack our small Fort Apache, a federal police frontline outpost just steps away from the old city. Everyone jumps to their feet and grabs their weapons, putting on their boots, bullet proof vests and helmets. Major Abd Sajid Raed, commander of the handful of men of the 5th battalion orders the distribution of hand grenades and positioning of mortars. Alarming news reaches us from the four buildings under his contingent’s control. “They are right before us. They are launching grenades. We saw them around the corner.” Following the young officers of the assault we try to reach the bullet-swept roof. It’s impossible to go out and return the fire. A sniper shoots a bullet from a small window at the back which hits the wall just above our heads.
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