Our Country, Our Stories: In New Memoirs, Syrians Describe Life — and Death — in Wartime
Two new revelatory memoirs on Syria come at a critical moment, as everyday Syrians are increasingly written out of their country’s story.
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War Crimes and Collective Punishment: Gina Haspel, Torture, and the Massacre in Gaza
Blacklisted academic Norman Finkelstein, Palestinian student Yousef Mema, and Sen. Ron Wyden are this week's guests.
How the Assad Regime Tracked and Killed Marie Colvin for Reporting on War Crimes in Syria
Syrian regime documents and testimony from defectors reveal that Marie Colvin and others were hunted as part of a policy to eliminate journalists.
A Syria for All Its People — Two Books on an Unnecessary War
Rania Abouzeid and Alia Malek's books, based on years of in-country reporting, are an answer to those who say no one truly knows what happened in Syria.
The GOP Is Trying to Bring Down This Anti-Establishment Republican. Can He Survive the Trump Era?
This is the one incumbent Republican that the GOP establishment wants to take out.
Jared Kushner-Qatar Redux: Robert Mueller Enters the Fray
It would be a special irony if Special Counsel Robert Mueller took down Jared Kushner over his financial solicitations with Qatar.
As Supreme Court Weighs Travel Ban, Trump’s Wider Anti-Muslim Agenda Proceeds Unchallenged
The human costs of the Trump administration's policies fell by the wayside.
Russia Brings Syrians to The Hague to Make Underwhelming Case Chemical Attack Was Fake
Instead of waiting for chemical weapons inspectors to finish their investigation in Syria, Russia preempted their work by flying Syrian witnesses to Europe.
Jeffrey Sterling, Convicted of Leaking About Botched CIA Program, Has Been Released From Prison
The former CIA agent, after more than two years in prison, was released in a case that involved issues of press freedom and racial discrimination.
Dear Bashar al-Assad Apologists: Your Hero Is a War Criminal Even If He Didn't Gas Syrians
Whether or not the Syrian leader used chemical weapons in Douma or Khan Sheikhoun, he is still a monster for torture, bombing, and much else.