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Syria's Refugees Are Wedged Between Hells

I first met war photographer Giles Duley a month ago, to talk about his work both before and after he became a triple amputee in Afghanistan. Giles's recently documented the arrival of Syrian refugees after a long journey across the border. Here's his account of new arrivals to the Zaatari Camp. Full story

Speaking with an Alleged Member of the SEA About the 'Onion' Twitter Hack

Last week, VICE interviewed Th3 Pr0, an alleged member of the hacker group Syrian Electronic Army, after they hacked the AP's Twitter and caused the Dow Jones to dip. Today, we caught up with another alleged member to talk about Monday's confusing hack on the 'Onion.' Full story

Chatting About 'Game of Thrones' with Syria's Most Feared Islamic Militants

“Watch out, we’re terrorists!” his colleague, a lanky Emirati with facial hair reminiscent of Orlando Bloom chimed in, before he started laughing, too. The Emirati then excitedly asked me what part of New York City I was from. “Oh, Brooklyn? Yeah, I know it. I went to school in S… Full story

Tagging the Revolution in Northern Syria

Graffiti found on the crumbling walls and facades of Azaz’s cityscape—the majority of which are scrawled with a focus on sentiment rather than aesthetics—pay homage to the town’s experience of conflict and to the wider geo-political discourse that surrounds the Syrian conflict… Full story

Lebanon's Sunni Child Soldiers

Child soldiers have long been a problem in Lebanon. During the civil war that ravaged the country for nearly 15 years, many kids were practically born with machine guns in their hands. But the conflict in Syria has caused the security situation in the country to deteriorate, espe… Full story

A Red Line for Syria - Obama Is Trapped by His Own Rhetoric

How perversely ironic it was, last Thursday, when Obama had to pay public homage to his predecessor—a guy whose invasion of Iraq was based on faulty intel about nonexistent weapons of mass destruction—at the same time he was weighing intel about possible chemical weaponry in Syri… Full story

Meet the Ladies of the Free Syrian Army

They Have Guns, Dead Families, and Nothing to Lose

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 meeting place for a local all-f… Full story

The Robot That's Going to Save Syrians from Assad's Snipers

Sniper alleys are rife in Syria. The specific locations of these death traps often aren't known until someone takes a wrong turn and gets shot. A dire side effect of these alleys is that others try to drag the wounded to safety, often getting themselves shot and killed in the pro… Full story

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 student in the final year of seco… Full story

Kurds in Syria Celebrate Their New Year with Hope and Defiance

The celebration of Nawruz, the Persian-Kurdish New Year, was largely tension free, filled with traditional Kurdish dancing and calls for the realization of Kurdish democratic rights within a “new Syria.” It was stunning and eerie in contrast to the destruction and loss of life pl… Full story