Dispatch
The view from the ground.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Egypt’s Bloody Purge Is Just Beginning
As hundreds of young men are sentenced to death for the killing of one policeman, the state is gearing up to crush its Islamist enemies.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Emirate of Lost Souls
For Syrians fleeing the horrors of war back home, Dubai's comforts can be a bit unsettling.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Under a Barrel
Why the world must stop Bashar al-Assad from indiscriminately raining crude barrel bombs down on Syrian civilians.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Candidate from a Different Planet
Can a flashy, Western-friendly, millionaire really win Libya's race for prime minister?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 You Win Some, You Lose Some
As moderate rebels beat back Islamist radicals in Syria, Assad gains.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Watching Gogol in Simferopol
Life imitates art in Crimea, where nothing seems real anymore except the tears and the vodka.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Confronting Ghosts
France convicts a Rwandan of genocide -- and grapples with its own role in the horrific events of 1994.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘All We Can Do Is Try to Defend Our Families’
Behind enemy lines, the motley Tatar self-defense units of Crimea anxiously patrol a homeland they fear will be ripped from them once again.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Republic of Fear
Welcome to the Orwellian world of pre-referendum Crimea.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Frontman vs. al Qaeda
Meet Jamal Maarouf, the West's best fighting chance against Syria's Islamist armies.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘I Have Decided to Stay Here and Protest Until I Die’
The last stand of Crimea’s pro-Ukraine movement.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Speak Ill of the Dead
A year after his death, Hugo Chávez is still wrecking Venezuela. Why won’t his opponents just say it?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Putin Is My Sugar Daddy
The angry pensioners of Simferopol would rather have Russian dictatorship than European democracy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Qatar Lost the Middle East
The oil-rich emirate once was heralded as the Arab world's rising power. Now, its neighbors are pressuring it to take a back seat role.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Crimea’s War of Nerves
Vladimir Putin's forces in Crimea are trying to pick a fight. But the Ukrainians hunkered down in their bases have every interest in abstaining.
