Syrian opposition fighters have launched a lightning offensive, capturing most of Aleppo and arriving as far south as Hama in a matter of days as government forces retreated. The rebels’ rapid gains – the most significant since 2016 – have thrust Syria’s various opposition factions back into the spotlight. Since President Bashar al-Assad’s brutal response to peaceful demonstrators in 2011 led to p

‘Appalling’: ICC president says threats, sanctions put court in jeopardy US politicians are threatening to sanction court officials over the arrest warrant against Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu. For many victims, 'a world without the ICC is inconceivable,' Judge Tomoko Akane says [File: Eva Plevier/Pool via AP/ANP] The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has warned that attacks on th