A video still from a speech given by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIL, on July 5, 2014, in his first public appearance as the leader of the militant group, at a mosque in Mosul, Iraq.
Assessing Russian Claims About Al-Baghdadi's Death

Al-Baghdadi - Dead or Alive?

by Amir Musawy
A Russian Su-25 crew at the Hmeymim airbase in the Latakia governorate in western Syria.
Russia's Involvement in the Syrian Conflict
Politics

Saviours by Default

by Daniel Gerlach
A pro-regime protest in Damascus in 2012.
Polarisation in the Syrian War
Politics

Of Infidels and Traitors

by Ibrahim Shaheen
Tinariwen played at Heimathafen in Berlin.
Tinariwen Live in Berlin

Vibrations of the Desert

by Stian Overdahl
Keep pushing: Syrians help to get an old car started on a ferry across the river Meuse.
Syrians in Europe

Hiking in Holland to Remember Father Frans

by Eva Sperschneider
A 2013 reception in front of the Burj Al-Arab.
The Art World Goes East

Dubai’s Art Decade

by Arsalan Mohammad
The Carthage Byrsa School in Tunis.
Post-Revolution Reform in Tunisia

As Protests Grow, Tunisia Wrestles with Education Reform

How an inconstant minister derailed education reform efforts.
by Inel Tarfa
Saba Barnard
Portraits Of Islam
Culture

Oh Veiled Mother Of God!

by Katharina Pfannkuch
The Wakhan Valley
Walking The Wakhan Valley Mountain Range
Society

A Valley Between Giants

by Leonie Sontheimer
Kawa and Majeda
The Kurdish Peshmerga from Karlsruhe

Kawa Goes To War

by Constantin Wissmann