History of Sorts

Middle East

  • The Turning Point in the Levant: The Third Battle of Gaza (1917)

    By the autumn of 1917, the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I had settled into a costly stalemate along the Gaza-Beersheba line. Earlier that year, the British Empire’s Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) suffered two disastrous defeats at Gaza in March and April. Ottoman forces, heavily fortified and led by German General Erich von Falkenhayn…

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  • The Timeline of Crimes Committed by Bashar al-Assad

    Bashar al-Assad has been the President of Syria since 2000, inheriting power from his father, Hafez al-Assad. His presidency has been marked by widespread human rights abuses, war crimes, and violations of international law, particularly during the Syrian Civil War that began in 2011. As the leader of the Syrian government, Assad’s policies and military…

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