About the author(s):
Katharine Fortin is an Associate Professor at Utrecht University where she teaches IHL and IHRL. Before joining Utrecht University, she worked at the ICTY, ICC and Norton Rose Fulbright. She is the author of The Accountability of Armed Groups under Human Rights Law (Oxford University Press, 2017) which won the 2018 Lieber Prize. She has written widely about the framework of law that applies to armed groups in non-international armed conflicts and is one of the editors of the Armed Groups and International Law blog.
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Russian troops killed during rebel raid in Syria’s Deir Az Zor
Activists: ISIL fighters withdraw from Syria’s Yarmouk
Chlorine gas was dropped on Syrian rebel town Saraqib, say OPCW
Syrian rebels pull out of their last besieged area
Post-ISIL fears loom over Mosul’s Old City
Foreign fighters in Turkistan Islamic Party call on Westerners to migrate to Syria
Taliban operations span the entire country, Afghan Interior Ministry confirms
Taliban says negotiations are ‘pointless’ as long as coalition forces occupy Afghanistan
Islamic State suicide bomber strikes meeting of Afghan clerics who had just condemned terrorism
Insurgent killed along LoC in North Kashmir: Army
Israel strikes Hamas sites in Gaza after militants fire rockets
Will the Hamas-Israel ceasefire hold?
Battle for rebel-held Yemen port may trigger humanitarian disaster
Yemen: Fierce new offensive displaces tens of thousands of civilians from Hodeidah
Libya: Battle for City Endangers Civilians
Tuareg alliance claims more operations against ISGS in northern Mali
US kills 27 Shabaab terrorists in rare northern Somalia strike
Central African Republic Part 1: Inside mission impossible
Central African Republic, part 2: ‘We Have Become the Targets’
Central African Republic approves war crimes court
More than 200 child soldiers released in Pibor, reintegrating them remains huge challenge
Rohingya insurgents reject Amnesty report on Hindu villagers killed in Myanmar
Myanmar: New evidence reveals Rohingya armed group massacred scores in Rakhine State
Ta’ang Armed Group Opens First Liaison Office in Wa Territory
‘Slow genocide’: Myanmar’s invisible war on the Kachin Christian minority
Thanks to Sam Jackson for preparing this news roundup!