World Dec 18 Amid new freedoms, Syrians face horrors at site of Assad’s 2013 chemical weapons attack Syrians are celebrating their hard-won freedoms throughout the nation, but that joy is tempered by the absence of so many imprisoned and never heard from again. In some ways, Syria is a land of ghosts, and the job of speaking…
World Dec 17 Displaced Syrians return to face daunting task of rebuilding homes and families In Syria, people are returning home after years of a civil war that displaced millions and left the country divided and destroyed. Assad regime checkpoints that severed any chance of seeing loved ones are now gone like the government. Special…
World Dec 12 Freed Syrian prisoners describe the horrors they faced under Assad The Assad legacy is one of horror with hundreds of thousands dead and millions displaced or in exile. Perhaps nothing illustrates the depths of the depravity more than the archipelago of prisons and torture centers where tens of thousands were…
World Nov 22 Boys forced into gangs, girls face sexual abuse as Haiti violence robs childhoods Gang warfare in Haiti has displaced about 700,000 people, more than half of them are children. The fighting has sent poverty and hunger skyrocketing and children are caught between the gangs and their tenuous futures. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs and…
World Nov 20 An inside look at how gang warfare in Haiti has devastated daily life Despite a UN-approved security mission that deployed in June to try and restore some order, large swaths of the country remain under gang control and violence is endemic. Special Correspondent Marcia Biggs and videographer Eric O'Connor traveled there for a…
World Dec 13 How drone warfare has transformed the battle between Ukraine and Russia With Congress deadlocked on whether to approve tens of billions of dollars in additional aid for Ukraine, that nation's domestic arms industry is becoming increasingly important. Perhaps the most vital weapons system it's producing is an army of drones. Nick…
World Oct 26 The horrific task Israelis face in finding and identifying Hamas terror attack victims Hamas attacked southern Israel with ferocious terror nearly three weeks ago, killing more than 1,400 people. Now, as Israelis mourn their dead, many are still trying to find their loved ones. The task is monumental, painstaking and often horrific. Leila…
World Oct 25 Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews volunteer for Israeli military Historically, few ultra-Orthodox Jews have served in the Israeli army, a fact that has sparked resentment and contributed to recent anti-government protests. But in the two weeks since the Hamas attack on civilians in southern Israel, more than 2,000 young…
World Sep 26 An inside look at Ukrainian soldiers on front line of grueling counteroffensive The U.S. has sent Ukraine tens of billions of dollars of weapons and senior U.S. military officials predict Ukraine has only about a month to make progress against Russia before rainy weather makes movement difficult. With the help of the…
World Feb 26 As war rages on, Ukraine begins costly reconstruction while fighting corruption One year after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the scars of war are staggering — entire neighborhoods destroyed and hundreds of thousands of homes burned out. With the support of the Pulitzer Center, Nick Schifrin and videographer Eric O’Connor report…