WorldWelcome to the age of the despotEvery tyrant has now learned the Syrian lesson: you can bomb your cities and kill with impunity. How the West failed so horribly.
CultureSarah Glidden’s timely meditation on journalismGlidden, a cartoonist, humanizes people making hard choices under impossible circumstances
BooksThe incredible journey of Nujeen MustafaHow can a girl flee the horrors of Syria if she can’t even walk? Nujeen Mustafa shows the way.
WorldDonald Trump and Hillary Clinton are clueless on SyriaIt was all too clear in the last debate. Neither candidate has any idea what to do about the world’s most dangerous war.
WorldWho is to blame for Syria’s terrorists?Russia and Syria are accusing the U.S. of backing terrorists. They should stop and ask who created the monster in the first place.
CultureDeborah Campbell goes undercover in SyriaA Vancouver writer’s quest to discover the fate of an Iraqi in Syria
WorldWhy Alan Kurdi still needs our rageWe all have every right to be angry. It’s what Syrians need from all of us right now.
WorldTurkey just got its way. Again.The Turkish military’s foray into Syria is a sign the regime knows it can do what it likes—international opinion be damned.
WorldYazidi women tell their horrific storiesFrom 2016: In a search for justice in a blood-soaked land, the victims of Islamic State’s worst atrocities speak up
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