MERIP Reports or The Middle East Research and Information Project was founded as a non-profit in 1971 to cover various conflicts in the Middle East. The paper was started by student activists in the U.S. including Joe Stork, a member of The Human Rights Watch who has been criticized by some for anti-Israel rhetoric.[1]
MERIP reports still exists today: http://www.merip.org/?ip_login_no_cache=1692ed761b2f6107ab27af4aa2016d3c
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Stork