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Yuriy Matsarsky

Yuriy Matsarsky

Armed Forces of Ukraine serviceman, journalist

POLITICS

Not yet a democracy: Syria elects a new parliament, but its legitimacy is in doubt

POLITICS

Cartels and caudillos: Is America's Venezuelan venture a pretext, or a prelude to war?

SOCIETY

The donkeys of war: Pack animals are helping Gaza’s civilians survive a humanitarian catastrophe

POLITICS

The right kind of jihadist: Israel’s support for anti-Hamas Islamists in Gaza

POLITICS

Faithful foes: The Shiite clergy transformed Iran from an ally of Israel into a stronghold of antisemitism

POLITICS

Cut loose or cut a deal? What the PKK’s disbandment portends for the Kurds, Erdogan’s grip on power, and Turkey’s future

SOCIETY

The road from Damascus: Syria’s minorities are fleeing as sectarian clashes loom

History

The Templars of Langley, Virginia: Declassified documents outline the CIA’s quest to find the Ark of the Covenant

POLITICS

Beyond SignalGate: Trump’s operation against Iran-backed militants may just be getting started

POLITICS

Half-life: Syria’s new rulers may struggle to prevent its collapse

POLITICS

Unfaithful offspring: How the Afghan Taliban turned against Pakistan and why the threat of a new war is real

History

Death Camps Inc. How the Syrian dictatorship outsourced the construction of torture prisons to fugitive Nazis

POLITICS

The new boss in Syria: Is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s evolution away from jihad for real?

History

Saladin and the wonderful lamp: Why Iran really believes Israel is using Djinns to fight Hezbollah

POLITICS

Allah giveth, and Allah taketh: What remains of Hezbollah after Israeli strikes

SOCIETY

The Last of Us: How the Karaites, Crimea's smallest indigenous people, survive under occupation

SOCIETY

Machine guns over Patriots, covered Russian monuments, and the switch to Ukrainian language: Daily life in frontline Kharkiv

History

Bland Samaritans: The modern-day descendants of the people that sparked the Arab-Israeli conflict

SOCIETY

Illegally promised land: How the issue of settlements in the Palestinian territories divided Jewish believers

History

A Tatar gift: On the 80th anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars

SOCIETY

Hezbollahland: US indecision may leave Israel unprotected in new Middle East war

SOCIETY

Keep your terrorists close: Why Russia treats some Islamic fundamentalists as friends and others as enemies

SOCIETY

Malignant education: How radical Muslims are ruining Iran

SOCIETY

A friend in terror. How Hezbollah helps Russia avoid sanctions and wage war in Ukraine in exchange for financial aid and weapons

SOCIETY

Exit fee: Hamas officials may have escaped from Gaza to Egypt for $7,000

POLITICS

The doomed city. What lies ahead for Rafah as Israel gears up for an assault in the southern Gaza Strip?

SOCIETY

The Red Heifer of the Apocalypse: How cows played a surprising role in the Hamas attack on Israel

SOCIETY

Die-hards: How Hamas still manages to hold out in Gaza

SOCIETY

Bashar Escobar: How the Assad family built a narco-empire to hold onto power

History

“No brother of mine”: Who started the war between ISIS and Iran?

SOCIETY

Hello to Arms: how the Myanmar junta aids Russia in the war against Ukraine

SOCIETY

Enriched Iranium: How ayatollahs fund Hamas, Houthis, and Hezbollah

SOCIETY

Undeclared occupation: How Israelis control Palestinian territories

POLITICS

Pirates of the Red Sea: A look at the Houthis — the only group truly backing Hamas

SOCIETY

A servant of two motherlands: How Ukrainian MP Oleksandr Dubinsky turned into Russian agent “Buratino”

History

Faith with trust issues. Why Iran is struggling to consolidate the Islamic world against Israel

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