Avi Asher-Schapiro
The Young Men Who Started Syria's Revolution Speak About Daraa, Where It All Began
The high school kids who wrote an anti-Assad dig on a wall in Daraa didn't imagine that their act of defiance would kickstart the revolution that is devastating the Middle East.
A Third of Syrian Children Have Lived Their Whole Lives Amid the Chaos of War
As peace talks are set to convene in Geneva, UNICEF released a devastating report detailing how five years of war has impacted Syria's more than 10 million children.
Before the US Tried to Kill the Islamic State's 'Minister of War,' It May Have Trained Him
The Pentagon announced Tuesday that it may have killed Omar Al-Shishani, a Chechen member of the Islamic State. A veteran of the Georgian military, he may have also received training from US Special Forces nearly a decade ago.
Iran's Missile Tests May Not Violate the Nuke Deal, But May Be Still Breaking Rules
Iranian TV aired footage of missiles launches on Tuesday, drawing criticism from US lawmakers and officials. While the tests may violate some UN and US sanctions, they don't appear to breach last summer's nuclear agreement.
All Sides Are Supposedly Violating Syria's Ceasefire — That Doesn't Mean It's a Total Failure
A week into Syria's cessation of hostilities, there are multiple reports of violations — but in many parts of the country people are able to live without fear of bombing for the first time in years.
The US State Department's Syria Hotline Staff May Not Speak Arabic — or Answer the Phone
VICE News spent a day calling up the the State Department's Syria hotline, set up to help document reports of violence in the country. Most of the time, nobody picked up.
A Third of the People Who Got Shot Last Year by LAPD Officers Were Mentally Ill
The LAPD has released a new report that shows the its officers disproportionately shoot mentally ill suspects, arrest African-Americans, and kill Hispanics.
Video of Baltimore Police Officer Slapping and Kicking a Student Triggers Outrage
The head of Baltimore's school police has been placed on administrative leave after one of his officers was filmed beating and berating a student.
Osama bin Laden Thought There Was Too Much Money in US Politics, Declassified Letters Show
On Tuesday, a cache of 113 documents seized from the al Qaeda leader's Pakistani hideout were made publicly available on the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s website.
Air Force Vet Stands Trial in Brooklyn for Trying to Join the Islamic State
According to court documents, Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh had been on authorities' radar for 15 years — he was finally arrested in Istanbul in 2015, after Turkish authorities suspected him of trying to join the Islamic State.
Egypt Finally Comes Clean: Terrorists Downed That Russian Plane
After months of denial, Egypt's president finally admitted something everyone else already knew: Islamic State militants snuck a bomb onto a Russian passenger jet last November that killed all 224 passengers and crew.
Bill Gates Says the FBI Only Wants to Unlock One iPhone — But There Are 12 Other Cases
The co-founder of Apple rival Microsoft took the FBI's side in the dispute over unlocking an iPhone that belonged to a gunman in the San Bernardino shooting.