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Syria: Wolves of the Valley
We embedded with the Syrian Revolutionaries Front as they re-imposed their rule over the country's northwestern Idlib province.
The Syrian War Keeps Getting Worse for the People of Aleppo
The rebels and the regime have spent 18 months fighting over this city, but soon there may be nothing of it left to fight for.
I Learned to Fight Like an American at the FSA Training Camp in Jordan: America's Role in the Syrian Revolution
For nearly a year, rumors have swirled about a covert, US-run training camp for FSA fighters in the vast Jordanian desert. Last week, it was reported that the Obama administration appears to be expanding "its covert program of training."
Syria: The Long War (Dispatch One)
VICE News has embedded with the Syrian rebels fighting ISIS, and is following their rapid advance across Idlib province.
The Syrian Peace Talks Look Like a Tragic Farce
The "Geneva II" talks got off to a bad start, as participants immediately accused one another of being illegitimate and committing horrible crimes. And even if the two sides could come together, they'd have to figure out how to deal with the jihadist...
Syria's Revolutionaries Are Fighting Back Against Foreign Jihadists
One revolution, two bloody years, and 11 dark months later, came more Facebook posts—this time calling for: “a day of Anger against ISIS.”
Syria's Revolutionaries Are Fighting Back Against Foreign Jihadists
It started with a Facebook post in February 2011. “Together for a Day of Rage in Syria to end the state of emergency in Syria and end corruption." One revolution, two bloody years, and 11 dark months later, came more Facebook posts—this time calling...
I Spent Six Months Inside Lebanon's Most Notorious Prison
Roumieh is not somewhere you want to find yourself. The facility regularly holds up to 5,500 inmates, including some of the country's most high-profile criminals—among them, former Israeli agents and Salafists linked with insurrections against the...
How Jihadists Are Blackmailing, Torturing, and Killing Gay Syrians
There have been numerous eyewitness reports and video evidence of medieval-style punishments and brutal executions being meted out by the Islamists on members of minority religious groups, secularists, and people accused of blasphemy.
Rebel-on-Rebel Violence in Syria Threatens the Fight Against Assad
“We cannot focus on just Assad anymore but have to always look over our shoulders at who is behind us,” said one opposition activist. ISIS and the al-Nusra Front are bringing the fight to the FSA's doorstep.
Dodging Bullets with Syrian Rebels Who Love Soccer and Adolf Hitler
I spent a week living with the Free Syrian Army just north of Damascus.
A Munitions Expert Weighs in on Last Month's Chemical Attacks in Damascus
Independent munitions expert Eliot Higgins, a.k.a. "Brown Moses," has put forward a particularly convincing case linking the regime to the sarin gas attacks, which corroborates firmly with the information gathered by NGOs and the intelligence agencies...