
Yasmine Nahlawi
The writer is a PhD candidate of International Law at Newcastle University and the Research & Policy Coordinator for Rethink Rebuild Society, which is a UK-based Syrian advocacy organisation.
Items by Yasmine Nahlawi
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- February 22, 2017 Yasmine Nahlawi
The evidence suggests that the BBC’s reporting on the Syrian conflict is biased
The BBC’s reporting of the Syrian conflict has long yielded protests and complaints from members of the British Syrian community that it is biased in favour of the Assad regime. Such protests have primarily centred on the alleged under-representation of the Assad regime’s crimes in reports as compared to...
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- November 28, 2016 Yasmine Nahlawi
Uniting for peace in Syria
Russia’s consistent use of its veto in the UN Security Council has represented a fundamental obstacle to addressing the Syrian conflict, which has been described by UN officials as the worst humanitarian disaster since World War II. Moscow’s most recent veto on 8 October came against the backdrop of...