Tag: syria

• new-aesthetic: The new Google Earth is…

  July 11, 2017

  new-aesthetic: The new Google Earth is spectacular. It’s also misleading | CityMetric Finally, the new update actually shows you less of the world than it did before. Gone is the… more ›

• The enigma of Assad: How a painfully shy eye…

  April 22, 2017

  The enigma of Assad: How a painfully shy eye doctor turned into a murderous tyrant » Syrian president Bashar al-Assad never seemed cut out to be a dictator. more ›

• The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS

  January 31, 2017

  The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS » When the campaign to expel the Islamic State from Mosul began, on October 17th, the Nineveh Province SWAT team was deployed far from… more ›

• (via Syria Via WhatsApp _ Tanya Habjouqa on Vimeo)

  August 18, 2016

  (via Syria Via WhatsApp _ Tanya Habjouqa on Vimeo) more ›

• Syria's Civil War Explained

  May 8, 2016

  Syria's Civil War Explained » Five years since the conflict began, more than 250,000 Syrians have been killed in the fighting, and almost 11 million Syrians – half the country’s… more ›