War

A war travelogue through Mali alongside French troops as a “place just like Afghanistan” descends into chaos.

Born with spina bifida, Noor al-Zahra Haider entered the media spotlight in 2005 after U.S. troops arranged her life-saving surgery in America. This is what happened when she returned to Iraq.

A profile of the deadliest sniper in American history, who was murdered last month by a fellow soldier.

The author tells the story of his kidnapping by militants in Syria.

On Ahmad Chalabi, the con man who pushed America to war.

Mementos left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the man in charge of cataloging them.

On the legal and practical details of the drone strikes that killed New Mexico-born Anwar al-Awlaki and later, accidentally, his sixteen-year-old Colorado-born son.

A history of how Tuareg separatists, jihadists seeking a “desert caliphate,” cigarette smugglers, and narcotraffickers have turned Northern Mali into “the globe’s most significant terrorist threat.”

“It seemed like everyone gets raped and assaulted and no one does anything about it; it’s like a big rape cult.”

How the CIA used a fake science fiction film to sneak six Americans out of revolutionary Iran. The declassified story that became Ben Affleck’s Argo.

How the CIA used a fake science fiction film to sneak six Americans out of revolutionary Iran. The declassified story that became Ben Affleck’s Argo.

How governments and private companies have engaged in digital arms trading by building a global black market for ‘zero day’ hacks.