Longreads on Conflict

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Becoming a refugee: Essays by Syrians living in Germany

Five young people who fled the war write about their life-changing journeys to a new home.

Becoming a refugee: Essays by Syrians living in Germany
An Iraqi girl from the minority Yazidi sect, after fleeing violence in Sinjar, rests at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour on Aug. 13, 2014.

Raised by war: This is what it’s like to come of age in Iraq

Raised by war: This is what it’s like to come of age in Iraq
The immediate aftermath of a coalition airstrike on Syria in October, 2015.

The US is killing more civilians in Iraq and Syria than it acknowledges

The US is killing more civilians in Iraq and Syria than it acknowledges
A young boy peaks from behind his tent at a camp for displaced people in Hajjah, Yemen. He and his family have been forced from their homes twice because of airstrikes in the nine months that a coalition led by Saudi Arabia, and supported by the United St

Yemen is now the world’s worst humanitarian crisis

Yemen is now the world’s worst humanitarian crisis
A shot of an ancient neighborhood in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, taken long before Saudi Arabia's invasion.

With US help, Saudi Arabia is obliterating Yemen

With US help, Saudi Arabia is obliterating Yemen
An Iranian woman walks past a mural in Tehran on June 29, 2015.

The Iran accord is going to change everything

Iran is the world’s most misunderstood country. It has been cut off from the West for decades, and during that period much of the world press, with limited access, has joined to demonize it. But after the US and five other world powers signed a landmark accord with Iran, misconceptions are beginning to erode, writes author Stephen Kinzer.

The Iran accord is going to change everything