Dispatch
The view from the ground.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Go North, Young Man, Go North!
Even African 'success stories' like Senegal want their citizens to seek their fortune in Europe, because it's easier than giving them a chance at home.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Meet the Andrew Breitbart of Brazil
As Dilma Rousseff and the Workers’ Party confront the prospect of impeachment, one right-wing firebrand has helped foment the conservative opposition against her.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Lost Souls from the Ukrainian War
Two years into the conflict, prisoners of war from both sides remain in limbo.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Syrian Revolution Against al Qaeda
An unexpected turn after a clash between Free Syrian Army forces and Jabhat al-Nusra fighters offers a window into who’s really winning hearts and minds.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Eagles of the Whirlwind
A militia allied with the Syrian government is gaining ground and popularity. But it’s not just fighting to preserve President Bashar al-Assad’s state — it’s trying to redraw the borders of the Middle East.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Saudi Arabia Is Committing War Crimes in Yemen
How can the United States, Britain, and France keep shipping Riyadh arms when its pilots are dropping bombs on innocent civilians?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In Erdogan’s Turkey, Everyone Is a Terrorist
For the president, there's no difference between critics and suicide bombers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Ugly Side of Ethiopia’s Economic Boom
The East African country is facing its biggest protest movement in decades. Its uncompromising approach to development is to blame.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Uruguay’s Half-Baked Marijuana Experiment
The small South American nation is the world's first country to legalize marijuana. But just because the drug is legal to buy doesn't mean you can buy it legally.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘They Are Proud of What They Are Doing’
South Sudan's warring leaders have unleashed a terrifying wave of sexual violence that nobody has been able to stop.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Promised Land of Pot
Israeli entrepreneurs are hawking everything from cannabis-infused olive oil to vaporizers -- and hoping to get a slice of the lucrative U.S. marijuana market.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Rouhani’s Moment of Truth
Iran’s president may have popular support, but the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has guns – and missiles. Whoever wins their fight will shape the country for years to come.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Crimea’s Forgotten Children Fight Back
Repressed by Russia and abandoned by Ukraine, Crimean Tatars have turned to a low-level insurgency campaign in a bid not to be ignored.
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ISRAEL GAZA BORDER, ISRAEL - AUGUST 04: Israeli soldier seen inside a tunnel built underground by Hamas militants leading from the Gaza Strip into Southern Israel, seen on August 4, 2014 near the Israeli Gaza border, Israel. As Operation Protective Edge enters its 28th day, the Israeli mission of demolishing Hamas tunnels comes to a close and ground forces returned from Gaza, while Israeli airstrikes in Gaza and Hamas rocket fire to Israeli continues. Palestinian groups including envoys of Hamas and Islamic Jihad held their first formal meeting in Cairo hoping to secure a durable ceasefire with Israel. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) Israel Is Building a Secret Tunnel-Destroying Weapon
As Hamas expands its tunnel network in Gaza, Israel, and the United States are collaborating on a clandestine project to thwart the Islamist group’s subterranean advantage.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S. Attacks Reveal Al-Shabab’s Strength, Not Weakness
The good news is that the Pentagon is wiping out Somali insurgents on the ground and from the air. The bad news is that al-Shabab keeps coming back stronger.
