Mike Giglio is a Middle East correspondent with BuzzFeed. He was previously the Middle East correspondent for Newsweek & The Daily Beast.

SYRIA’S DEFECTORS

As the drum beats for possible U.S. strikes on Syria, the opposition says Assad has suffered a new wave of defections. Mike Giglio reports.

Mubarak Circus

What’s the best way to piss off the Arab Spring protesters and make the new government look bad? Some say it’s granting Hosni Mubarak freedom.

Alarming

With faces painted and bandannas wrapped around their heads, pro-Morsi kids scamper around the Rabaa mosque sit-in.