TALK IS CHEAPMeet al Qaeda’s Hostage NegotiatorThe man who says he got Peter Theo Curtis and many Yazidi women released from Nusra and ISIS captivity talks to The Daily Beast.Yusuf Sayman
War on MediaTurkey’s ‘Oz’ for British JournalistsThe prison Vice News’s gonzo journalists were sent to on bullshit ‘terrorism’ charges was the closest thing to a supermax.Yusuf Sayman
BlowbackISIS Bombs TurkeyAnkara’s “wait-and-see” policy with respect to the jihadist army ended last month, and now it’s almost certainly been hit with its first planned terrorist attack.Yusuf Sayman
Border Town BluesThe Gateway to ISIS's CaliphateOnly a small border gate manned by Turkish gendarmerie separates NATO country from Jihadistan—and locals are sick of ISIS’s two-way traffic through it.Yusuf Sayman
Uncovering ISIS’s Mass GravesIn Iraq, these terrible trenches are all that remain of men, women, and children murdered by ISIS.Yusuf Sayman
Iraqi Teen Escapes ISISYusuf Sayman tells CNN Newsroom's Brook Baldwin the story of a teenager who was captured by ISIS, tortured for information, and who eventually escaped.Yusuf Sayman
Kidnapped!The Teen Who Escaped ISISISIS abducts boys, breaks them down, forces them to betray their families, then hopes to recruit them into its ranks. Classic brainwashing. This time it didn’t work.Yusuf Sayman
TRAPPEDEast Ukraine’s Internal RefugeesBrutal fighting between pro-Russia separatists and the Ukrainian army in Sloviansk has prompted a mass exodus of city residents—and many have no idea when they’ll be able to return home. Yusuf Sayman
DesperateSyrian Refugees' CrisisRefugees brace for the oncoming winter in Lebanon’s makeshift camps, as thousands more have poured across the border in recent days due to heavy fighting.Yusuf Sayman
