Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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The parents of Arab-Israeli Muhammad Musallam (portrait) react to news of his death at the family’s home in East Jerusalem on March 10, 2015. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)

Opinion: They Kill Like Men, They Die Like Boys

by Diana Moukalled | Mar 17, 2015 | Opinion

His face was smooth, the signs of imminent manhood yet to appear on his unblemished features, just like any other boy of his age. Even his eyes, which he had tried to empty of any sign of feeling, betrayed a childlike innocence, one squarely at odds with the barbaric...

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This undated file picture shows some of the children recruited by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Syria. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

ISIS’s Child Recruitment Overdrive

by Mona Alami | Mar 13, 2015 | Features

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Videos of teenagers and young boys being trained in the use of weapons as well as guerrilla warfare have been circulated profusely on the Internet in the last few months. These images, often released by members of the media affiliated to the...

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Syrian refugee children peer from a tent supplied by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in al-Marj, in the eastern Lebanese Bekaa Valley. (AFP)

For the Sake of Syria’s Children

by Osman Mirghani | Mar 28, 2013 | Opinion

There are many victims of the crisis in Syria, yet it is the children who are suffering the most. Their stories of suffering are the most painful, and the impact of war is hardest on them. The effects will last for many years to come, even after the bullets stop and...