An American journalist on being kidnapped, tortured and released in Syria.

When American and Iraqi soldiers were exposed to leftover chemical munitions from Saddam Hussein’s war against Iran, the Pentagon kept silent.

Inside the stronghold of Commander Pigeon, “collector of lost and exiled men.”

Jamie Smith said he was a co-founder of Blackwater and a former CIA officer. He appeared on cable news as a counterterrorism expert and he received millions in goverment contracts to train personnel. The money was real. The resume wasn’t.

The complexities of offering aid to a Syrian refugee camp.

On former CIA agent John T. Downey, who spent more than 20 years in China as the longest held American captive of war.

ISIS vs. the Kurds.

On the Cold War and the Space Race.

Seven days with Syria’s first responders.

In the U.S. military, more than half of rape victims are men.

A couple’s only son is killed in Iraq.

A dispatch from Donetsk.

A personal history of Soldier of Fortune magazine and the mercenary-wannabes who read and wrote it.

The future (and past) of non-lethal weaponry deployed against civilian populations.

While war raged across Afghanistan, expats lived in a bubble of good times and easy money. But as the U.S. withdraws, life has taken a deadly turn.

The full text of a 20,000-word ebook on the interpreters who worked alongside American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, and their fates once they were no longer of service.

On the trail of Austin Tice and the late James Foley, freelance journalists who were kidnapped in Syria in 2012.

On a childhood fascination with the mid-18th century battle.

When Kenneth Jarecke photographed the charred remains of an Iraqi soldier during the Gulf War, he thought it might help challenge the popular narrative of a clean, uncomplicated battle. He was wrong.

Catching up with Edward Snowden in Moscow.

Untangling the aftermath of a United States drone strike in Yemen.

Following Muammar Qaddafi’s death in 2011, Libya had hundreds of billions of dollars. This is the story of how it was erased.

The World Cup and Argentina’s “Dirty War.”

How the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 rippled around the world, from the battlefield of Ukraine to Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam to the White House.

During World War II, the indigenous Aleut people were forced into camps. 10% died.