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The War in Syria: 10 VICE News Films Covering the Conflict
For the past five years, VICE News journalists have been on the ground in Syria documenting the rebel struggle, civilian suffering, and the rise of the Islamic State.
The US Is Assessing Claims That Coalition Airstrikes Killed 26 Civilians in Syria
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims that aircraft from the US-led anti-Islamic State coalition bombed a Syrian village on Monday leaving dozens dead, including seven children and four women.
Kurds Assert Control of Hasakah: The Battle for Rojava (Dispatch 3)
With IS pushed back from Hasakah's southern outskirts, VICE News follows the YPG as they become masters of areas of the city that until a few weeks ago had always been held by the Syrian regime.
Night Operation Against the Islamic State: The Battle for Rojava (Dispatch 2)
VICE News followed a YPG detachment on a night operation, providing support to advancing Kurdish forces against IS fighters, under waves of constant airstrikes from both the coalition and the Syrian regime's air force.
Pushing Back the Islamic State: The Battle for Rojava (Dispatch 1)
VICE News secures exclusive access to YPG fighters as they clear the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakah of Islamic State militants.
German Teenager Dies Fighting the Islamic State in Syria
Ivana Hoffman, 19, is the third Westerner to die fighting with the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG). Her death came amid a row over the friendly fire killing of Canadian soldier in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Syria's Christian Minority Are Fighting Back
It’s really a neighborhood watch, albeit with arrest powers and automatic weapons. Its members patrol towns and cities where people—mostly Kurds, but also Christians and Sunni Arabs—are locked in a brutal struggle against Islamist militants.