These refugees made it. But they’re still being left behind.
They fled the Middle East and arrived in Turkey. But now, only the poorest refugees remain there—and they’re full of misplaced hope that help is coming
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Adnan R. Khan
Adnan R. Khan has been on the ground for Maclean’s in some of the world’s most unfriendly places, from Pakistan to Iraq, writing about conflict, politics, society, and the occasional vacationing tips in Afghanistan. He claims to be based in a small cabin somewhere on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast though no one can definitively prove it.
Inside the tragedy that woke up the world
One family’s desperate flight and the final hours of the little boy who changed everything.
The foggy war: Where is Canada in the fight against Islamic State?
In a battleground of shifting and strained alliances, Canada’s modest air war against Islamic State is becoming hard to justify
A tale of two Canadians, fighting Islamic State
How an intellectual from B.C. and a warrior from Ontario both ended up fighting Islamic State on the front lines
How an army of Kurds are winning against Islamic State
The YPG, a ragtag army of Kurds, are taking on—and beating—the world’s most feared jihadists. But is fanaticism the only way to kill fanaticism?
With the fall of Tel Abyad, the tide begins to turn on Islamic State
Islamic State is losing control of the Turkish-Syrian border that it needs. And with its lifeline cut off, a ‘Day of Judgment’ looms.
Erdoğan 2.0: Behind the four-day makeover
Turkey’s president reinvents himself in the aftermath of a disastrous election
‘We are awake’: Democracy lives in Turkey
There are dangerous times ahead, but the country’s liberals, Kurds and secularists are breathing a sigh of relief after the election
Resurrecting the Ottoman empire
Turkey’s election will be a pivotal, possibly dangerous moment for a country with big ambitions and an increasingly authoritarian leader
Redeeming the Pashtun, the ultimate warriors
Lasting peace in Afghanistan won’t just need talks with the Taliban. It will also require rescuing a shattered Pashtun culture