Virtue Signaling as a War Policy
Democrats back Biden on Ukraine while dissent spreads within the GOP.
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As the Taliban Seize Cities, Desperate Afghans Are Trapped in an American-Made Fiasco
Since 2001, urban Afghans have enjoyed a return of ordinary freedoms. Now they have the most to lose.
Israel May Have Destroyed Iranian Centrifuges Simply by Cutting Power
The details of the blackout at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility are scattered — but intriguing.
For Two Decades, Americans Told One Lie After Another About What They Were Doing in Afghanistan
The war in Afghanistan was nasty and brutish, marked by the same imperial arrogance that doomed U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
A Photographer Watched Syria’s Children While Their Government Bombed Them
In his book “Witnesses to War,” photographer Bassam Khabieh confronts the world with life and death in Syria's 10-year civil war.
"It's Not Sustainable": ISIS Prison Battle Shows Dangers of Indefinite Detention
Tens of thousands of people from dozens of countries have been detained in northeast Syria since the fall of the Islamic State three years ago.
The Main Driver of Inflation Is a Murderous Maniac in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia is withholding oil production because Biden won’t meet with Mohammed bin Salman after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the president suggested.
No Way Home, Episode One: Life and Death
Two Afghans try to flee Kabul after the Taliban takeover. Only one makes it out.
Revealed: Facebook’s Secret Blacklist of “Dangerous Individuals and Organizations”
Experts say the public deserves to see the list, a clear embodiment of U.S. foreign policy priorities that could disproportionately censor marginalized groups.
Former Guantánamo Detainee Disappeared After Return to Yemen, Family Says
After 20 years in arbitrary detention, a former Guantánamo detainee was released from a United Arab Emirates prison to his family’s care in Yemen. His freedom lasted less than a week.