A look back at The Intercept’s must-read world stories from 2019.
The Iran Cables
By James Risen, Tim Arango, Farnaz Fassihi, Murtaza Hussain, Ronen Bergman,
Jeremy Scahill
Secret Brazil Archive
By Glenn Greenwald, Victor Pougy, Andrew Fishman, Rafael Moro Martins,
Leandro Demori, Alexandre de Santi, Amanda Audi, Rafael Neves
A Prize for Lies
By Peter Maass
A CIA-Backed Militia Targeted Clinics in Afghanistan, Killing Medical Workers and Civilians
By Andrew Quilty
Did an American Billionaire Philanthropist Play a Role in the Imprisonment of Iranian Environmentalists?
By Murtaza Hussain
On the Front Lines of Bolsonaro’s War on the Amazon, Brazil’s Forest Communities Fight Against Climate Catastrophe
By Alexander Zaitchik
How Turkey Defied the U.S. and Became a Killer Drone Power
By Umar Farooq
How Jho Low, Wanted for History’s Biggest Heist, Parked His Money at an Obscure, Kuwaiti-Owned Bank
By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
French Muslims Grapple With a Republic That Codified Their Marginalization
By Murtaza Hussain