PinnedMatt WilliamsClues to a targeted killing in the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesAn open-source investigation into an undercover Israeli raid in JeninMar 21, 2023Mar 21, 2023
Matt WilliamsFire and Sword: The pogroms that shaped Nagorno-Karabakh’s war — The Conflict ArchivesIn late 1905, Italian historian and writer Luigi Villari sat aboard a train in Tiflis, Georgia. Few had boarded the train for Baku, and…Feb 26, 2021Feb 26, 2021
Matt WilliamsHow Tsarist Russia’s collapse shaped the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict — The Conflict ArchivesTo Armenia, the region is known as “Artsakh” while Azerbaijan calls it “Dağlıq Qarabağ”. The international community prefer to call the…Nov 12, 2020Nov 12, 2020
Matt WilliamsTrumpian populism met chaos with chaos in the Middle East — The Conflict ArchivesOn 7th November, Joe Biden was declared winner and president-elect after a turbulent contest for the White House in the 2020 U.S Elections…Nov 7, 2020Nov 7, 2020
Matt WilliamsThe Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict for Beginners Explained — The Conflict ArchivesThe spectre of all-out war looms between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Caucasus after fighting broke out in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh…Oct 19, 2020Oct 19, 2020
Matt WilliamsIs war looming again in Syria’s ‘Gaza’? — The Conflict ArchivesNine years into the civil war, Syria experienced its most serious upheaval of the entire war in the Idlib province. In December 2019, the…Oct 4, 2020Oct 4, 2020
Matt WilliamsSyria is being pulled deeper into the abyss by Assad, hunger and economics — The Conflict ArchivesThe four horsemen of the apocalypse are sweeping through Syria. A decade of war has left the country in tatters and displaced half the…Jun 19, 2020Jun 19, 2020
Matt WilliamsCovid-19 is a shield for police violence in East Jerusalem — The Conflict ArchivesOn a cold January morning in 2020, before the world was consumed by the Covid-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump introduced his Middle…Jun 12, 2020Jun 12, 2020
Matt WilliamsFor Ethiopian Jews, police brutality is an epidemic in Israel — The Conflict ArchivesGeorge Floyd’s death is rocking the United States and Trump administration, and protests have spread across the world in solidarity with…Jun 9, 2020Jun 9, 2020
Matt WilliamsExplosive violence and its impact on malnutrition in Syria — Syrian Arab RepublicSevere acute malnutrition is one of the most serious forms of hunger and if left untreated, particularly in young children, can lead to…Mar 5, 2020Mar 5, 2020