civil war
Συρία: To Καινούριο «Σπίτι» της Al Qaeda
Ένας κινηματογραφιστής του VICE κατάφερε να εξασφαλίσει πρόσβαση σε δύο φατρίες της Al Qaeda, παρά τον κίνδυνο των δημοσιογράφων που απήχθησαν.
Mossless Magazine Interviews Eliot Dudik
Eliot preserves both a land and a culture on the brink of disappearance.
The Syrian Refugees Living in an Abandoned Lebanese Mall
Around 1,000 refugees have built improvised homes in a derelict mall after fleeing their war-torn hometowns. They have to endure poverty and cramped living conditions as well as prejudice from the locals.
Afghanistan's Warlords Cannot Silence Malalai Joya
Malalai Joya is an Afghan women's rights activist. As a result of her opposition to the Taliban and the US-sponsored regime in Afghanistan, Malalai has faced repeated attempts on her life. I talked with Malalai about the impending US withdrawal...
Sudan Revolts: Internet Blackouts and Dead Protesters on the Streets
Sudan is literally on fire. The past five days in Sudan were filled with blocked roads, gas stations on fire, and live ammunition at the funerals of dead protesters, and there have been multiple reports of live ammunition and heavy tear gas in multiple...
Furious Buddhists Are Making Life Hell for Sri Lanka's Muslims
Gangs of Buddhists have been roaming the streets of Colombo, administering bloody mob beatings, and attacking places where Muslims work and worship. Economic frustration and potent nationalism finds a convenient scapegoat.
Is Egypt Doomed to a Civil War?
As the interim government try to wipe out the Muslim Brotherhood, the country is being pushed toward the abyss.
Peasant Farmers in Colombia Are Being Killed for Their Land
The day before we set off for Catatumbo, Colombia’s ministry of defense tried to intimidate us into changing our minds. We received several emails and were invited to a personal meeting, where we were warned that our safety among the region's locals...
Afghanistan's Great Wall of Bones
The wall’s creation story is a dark one. King Zamburak in the sixth century was said to have been a brutal monarch, forcing all his male subjects to work on the wall, which runs along the Sher Darwaza mountains. Those who refused were said to have been...
Pop Stars and Radical Clerics Are Fighting the Army in Lebanon
Lebanon is a madhouse. In the last two days alone, over 40 people have lost their lives in clashes between Sunnis loyal to hardline Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir and the interdenominational Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). This latest outburst of violence began on...
Meet the Ladies of the Free Syrian Army
Just a few hundred meters from the Turkey-Syria border lies Atmeh, a once quiet farm town that has become a safe haven for the Free Syrian Army. Fifteen thousand Syrians roam freely, displaced by the civil war. There’s also Auntie Mahmoud’s house—a...
Sectarian Tension Builds in Northern Syria
Hajj’s story is just one example of Shia and Sunni Syrians cleaving down sectarian lines that mirror allegiance to the regime or to the opposition. Sitting in the salon of his family home in the Qoreitem district of Hayyan, Mustapha Outroo, 19, a...