16 photos Photo Essay

Fragility and Resilience: Glimpses of Rojava

Angéline Desdevises / Truthdig Feb 13, 2025 Photographer Angéline Desdevises captures life in Kurdish Syria, where the region's boldest democratic experiment finds new sources of resilience amid fresh rubble and political uncertainties. Dig deeper

Middle East

How the U.S. Invasion of Iraq Led to Chaos in Syria

Peter Van Buren / Responsible Statecraft Dec 13, 2024 Washington torched the region and watched it burn through regime changes, Arab Spring, civil wars, and the regeneration of terror groups. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Coming of Age in the Shadow of 9/11

Eoin Higgins / Truthdig Sep 20, 2024 A new book offers a personal and political history of Bush-era America and its imprints on the present. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Politics

Walz Brings Antiwar Credentials to the Ticket

Daniel Larison / Responsible Statecraft Aug 7, 2024 As a congressman he broke with the Obama administration, opposing military action in Syria, and has more recently called for a ceasefire in Gaza. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Middle East

In Iraq, Tensions Rise Over Gaza Spillover

Tanya Goudsouzian / Responsible Statecraft Jan 2, 2024 Prime Minister Al-Sudani's balancing act between the US, Iran, and a pro-Palestinian public can break at any moment. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

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The ISIS Prison Camps the World Forgot

Matt Broomfield / Truthdig Nov 6, 2023 Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

This Is Our 9/11

John Darkow Oct 16, 2023 Dig deeper

Wounds of War

The ‘War on Terror’ and the Hell It Wrought After 9/11

Norman Solomon / The New Press Sep 11, 2023 Remembering the day that a war designed never to end began. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Book Review

Whitewash and War Zones

Peter Richardson / Truthdig Jun 9, 2023 Fifteen years after his last book, Normon Solomon examines militarism and media narratives in the wake of the Iraq War. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

17 Years Later: The Consequences of Invading Iraq

Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies Mar 19, 2020 Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Virus Spreads Worldwide: Italy Cases Surge 50%; France Closes the Louvre

JOHN LEICESTER and COLLEEN BARRY / The Associated Press Mar 1, 2020 New fronts in the battle to contain the virus open rapidly, deepening a sense of crisis that has already sent financial markets plummeting. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

What Is Happening to Assange Will Happen to the Rest of Us

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 10, 2020 The global security state, which is not bound by the rule of law, will target all who defy it. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )