We gained exclusive access to the Syrian branch of al Qaeda, al Nusra.

This is what we saw.

These are the young refugees who have fled Burundi’s violence. These are the young refugees who have fled Burundi’s violence. These are the young refugees who have fled Burundi’s violence.

Medyan Dairieh spends two weeks in Yemen’s city under siege, Aden.

This is what he saw.

We witnessed a battalion’s final days on Shyrokyne’s frontline. We witnessed a battalion’s final days on Shyrokyne’s frontline. We witnessed a battalion’s final days on Shyrokyne’s frontline.
Two ceasefires have done little to stop the fighting in eastern Ukraine. Two ceasefires have done little to stop the fighting in eastern Ukraine. Two ceasefires have done little to stop the fighting in eastern Ukraine. Two ceasefires have done little to stop the fighting in eastern Ukraine.
There’s not much to celebrate on the fourth anniversary of South Sudan’s founding. There’s not much to celebrate on the fourth anniversary of South Sudan’s founding. There’s not much to celebrate on the fourth anniversary of South Sudan’s founding. There’s not much to celebrate on the fourth anniversary of South Sudan’s founding.

From Henry Langston: A mine controlled by Right Sector, a Ukrainian ultranationalist volunteer group, comes under tank fire from the near-by DNR village of Spartak.

For one month, we embedded with the Peshmerga fighters on the Mosul frontline, gaining an insight into the coalition’s faltering war against the Islamic State through the eyes of the Kurdish volunteers bearing the brunt of the fighting.

This is what we saw.