Commemorations in Ukraine’s small Roman Catholic community combined ancient traditions with the reality of the war.
Author: Jane Arraf
Vadym Krasnooky of Ukrainian band Mad Heads debuts a song about the Moskva sinking.
Vadym Krasnooky, whose band Mad Heads had stopped performing when the war began, said his new song is meant to ‘channel all this hate.’
Some Ukrainian Refugees Are Returning Home, Despite the Risks
A growing number of families, convinced the war could last for years, have decided that facing danger at home is better than life as a refugee.
Why Some Foreign Volunteers Are Joining the Military in Ukraine
Ukraine has created a foreign legion, inviting foreigners with military experience to come and join the fight against Russia.
Russia Is Losing Tens of Thousands of Outward-Looking Young Professionals
Many of them have been streaming into Armenia, where they can work I.T. jobs remotely, at least for a while. At cafes in the capital, Yerevan, the exiles try to plot out new lives from their laptops.
UNESCO Will Send Body Armor to Ukrainian Journalists
The U.N. agency said thousands of Ukrainian journalists with no protective equipment or training were now covering the war. At least four journalists have been killed.
Conflict and Climate Change Ravage Syria’s Agricultural Heartland
Drought and a decade of war have brought failing crops and poverty to a region once known as Syria’s breadbasket. Even the bread has changed.
Violence Erupts at Syrian Camp for ISIS Families, Leaving a Child Dead
Security forces say they opened fire this week after they were attacked by women and children at Al Hol camp in northeastern Syria, which holds about 60,000 family members of former ISIS fighters.
Syria’s Kurds Wanted Autonomy. They Got an Endless War.
The Kurds of northeastern Syria dreamed of establishing an autonomous, multiethnic and gender-equal utopia. Instead, their breakaway region has been engulfed in conflict since its creation.
Teenage Inmates in Syria Lack Food and Medicine, Aid Group Says
UNICEF was given the first glimpse of teenage detainees at a prison attacked by ISIS two weeks ago in northeastern Syria.