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Mark MacKinnon

The Graffiti Kids Who Sparked the Syrian War

It started as simple teenage rebellion but ended up tearing Syria apart, setting in motion events that continue to rock the Middle East — and the world. The boys behind the graffiti would become unlikely revolutionaries and reluctant refugees. Not all of them would survive the upheaval they helped unleash.

Mark MacKinnon The Globe and Mail Dec 2016 55min Permalink

Politics

The Patriot and the Correspondent

A pro-Ukraine activist goes silent in separatist-held Donetsk. A foreign correspondent goes looking for him.

Mark MacKinnon The Globe and Mail May 2016 30min Permalink