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A woman weeps while talking on the phone near a residential building that was hit in an airstrike earlier in the day on March 30, 2026 in the west of Tehran, Iran. © Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

FRONTLINE UPDATE

Iran Conflict Shakes Syria

In this week’s update, read about how Syria’s fragile recovery is being impacted by the Iran war.

A woman looks on as residents and emergency workers sift through rubble of a residential building that was hit in an airstrike in the early hours of March 27, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. © Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

Iran War

Iran War Threatens Syria’s Fragile Recovery

Regional escalations strain already acute economic, social and political tensions.

A man pushes his bike through debris and destroyed Russian military vehicles on April 06, 2022 in Bucha, Ukraine. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images

FRONTLINE UPDATE

Reporting War Crimes in Ukraine

In this week’s update, read about IWPR’s new resource for conflict-sensitive reporting on war crimes in Ukraine.

Police forensics officers record the scene as they search for evidence of war crimes at an underground air raid shelter that was believed to be used as a prison by Russian occupying forces, on October 15, 2022 in Kupiansk, Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine. © Carl Court/Getty Images

When War Crimes Became Routine

How one local court had to overcome staff shortages and a lack of experience to deliver wartime justice.

The overgrown playground of the Kherson Children's orphanage where Russian forces allegedly took 46 children from, is seen on November 27, 2022 in Kherson, Ukraine. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Ukraine: Justice for Child Abductees

Kidnapped children are routinely subjected to pro-Russian indoctrination as well as cruel treatment including physical and psychological abuse.

People leave the offices of the Ukrainian General Prosecutor in Kiev, Ukraine. © Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Calls for Radical Reform of Ukraine’s Justice Procedures

Experts argue that practical solutions could boost the state’s capacity to process an overwhelming number of cases.

A view of a flooded area on June 10, 2023 in Kherson, Ukraine after the destruction of Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power plant by Russian forces. © Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

Ukraine: Why is Ecocide So Hard to Prove?

Prosecuting environmental war crimes requires vast amounts of data and analysis of often delayed consequences.

Workers repair recent missile and drone attacks' damages at a thermal power plant on February 09, 2026 in Central Ukraine. The location of the power plant has been withheld due to security concerns. © Diego Fedele/Getty Images

Ukraine: A War Against Civilians

Ukrainian investigators and international lawyers are demanding new arrest warrants over Russia’s relentless attacks on Ukraine’s power infrastructure.

Deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure can amount to war crimes under international humanitarian law. © Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Russia Targets Ukraine’s Postal Facilities

Every attack on civilian infrastructure is recorded by Ukrainian law enforcement as a war crime.

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A woman reacts over the body of her daughter, next to a clinic that was damaged during a Russian missile attack, on June 1, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. At least three were killed, including a child, and others were injured by falling debris from intercepted missiles. © Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

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Ukraine Justice: “Reporting the Story is Just the Start”

Journalists need training and support to properly cover war crimes trials.

Students attend a lesson on housekeeping at a training facility for domestic workers on November 22, 2022 in Kampala, Uganda. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are a frequent destination for Ugandan domestic workers, with official estimates suggesting that around one hundred and sixty-five thousand Ugandans are in temporary employment contracts in the region. © Luke Dray/Getty Images

International Migrants Day

Karine (not her real name) was 15 when she realised that the male body she was born into was not hers. She moved from the rural community she grew up in to the capital Yerevan to be free to be herself. Unlinke many people in her community she was able to find a stable job as a hairdresser and manicurist. © Anahit Zakaryan

Life in the Shadows for Armenia’s Transgender Community

Recent murder highlights widespread discrimination and violence against LGBTI people.

An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8. © Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images

The Israel-Hamas Conflict

Interview: The War on Disinformation

Open source intelligence (OSINT) can provide facts – but impatient, angry audiences often prefer opinions.

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Iran Conflict Shakes Syria

Iran War Threatens Syria’s Fragile Recovery

Reporting War Crimes in Ukraine

When War Crimes Became Routine

Ukraine: Justice for Child Abductees

Calls for Radical Reform of Ukraine’s Justice Procedures

Ukraine: Why is Ecocide So Hard to Prove?

Ukraine: A War Against Civilians

Russia Targets Ukraine’s Postal Facilities

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