Dispatch
The view from the ground.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ISIS in the Suburbs
The Iraqi Army claims that Baghdad is secure. But in Abu Ghraib, just 40 minutes away, the Islamic State’s presence can be felt everywhere.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Forgotten Yazidis
The refugees who once captured the world's attention now sit outside the spotlight, wondering how they will survive the winter.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Pack It Up, Pack It In
Thirteen years after Wisconsin’s 829th Engineer Co. deployed to build Afghanistan’s war infrastructure, they’re back to tear it apart and take it home.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Barbarians at the Gates of Baghdad
How long can Iraq’s besieged forces hold out against the Islamic State?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Meet the Kingmakers of Brasilia
Whoever wins the Brazilian presidential runoff on Oct. 26 better be ready to kiss the ring of the PMDB.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Is Why You Can’t Have Nice Guns
Syria's moderate rebels are brawling among themselves in the streets of Turkey. And these are the people the White House wants to arm?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Turkey Isn’t Abandoning the Kurds
In fact, Ankara is offering them desperately needed medical and humanitarian help -- all as part of its effort to win public support in case the peace process with its own Kurdish insurgents falls apart.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The One Muslim Country That Loves America Is Developing an Extremist Problem
Kosovars are traveling to the Middle East to fight the same U.S.-led forces that once helped secure their country’s freedom.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Resurrection of Nicolas Sarkozy
France’s enfant terrible ex-president is back and basking in the limelight.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Bumbling Bigots of Budapest
A would-be white nationalist conference in Hungary ends with confusion, chicken paprikash, and not much else.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Who’s Running This Joint, Anyway?
Two governments are competing to rule Libya -- but it may be the militias that wield the real power.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Vlad Is Rad
Meet the hipster wing of Putin’s propaganda machine.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What’s Stopping Turkey From Saving Kobani?
Ankara can't seem to make up its mind about who's the bigger enemy: the Islamic State or the Kurds.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 From Outcasts to Kingmakers
The improbable tale of how the Houthis seized control of Yemen's revolution.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Peat Monster
Finland's pristine environment has been ruined, activists say, by an out-of-control energy giant -- turning once pristine lakes into brown pools teeming with "monkey disease."
