rubber-hose cryptanalysis Anarchist bitcoin hacker flies to Syria to join a 4-million person anarchist collective the size of Massachusetts Cory Doctorow

a stain on the nation's conscience City of Paris deploys "anti-refugee boulders" to prevent camping while waiting for space at a humanitarian center Cory Doctorow

syria Pentagon may propose that Trump send U.S. ground troops to Syria Xeni Jardin

barack obama 'Russians were responsible for hacking the DNC,' says Obama in final 2016 press conference Xeni Jardin

Aleppo Want to help Syria war victims in Aleppo? These NGOs and charities need your support now. Caroline Siede

human factors How governments and cyber-militias attack civil society groups, and what they can do about it Cory Doctorow

suicide trucks VIDEO: Tension mounts as French forces try to halt progress of suicide truck Rob Beschizza

white house How a small group of geeks led the Syrian refugee surge David Pescovitz

women in black Refugees, Women in Black and the Serbian police Jasmina Tesanovic

borders The dubious upsides of having a Syrian passport Cory Doctorow

mines ISIS left behind at least 14,000 landmines when it retreated from Manbij Cory Doctorow

ethnic profiling British Muslim detained for reading a book about Syria while on a plane Xeni Jardin

group5 Iranians connected to phishing attempt on tortured Syrian activist Cory Doctorow

4.7 million stories The Death Way: comic tells the real world story of a 16 year old boy's escape from Syria Cory Doctorow

kunduz United Nations reminds members including U.S. to not bomb hospitals and kill doctors please Xeni Jardin

syrian Syrian hacker accused of attacking U.S. for Assad extradited for federal court in Virginia Xeni Jardin

bad bashar Watch: Kurds take out a "suicide bomb truck" as it hurtles toward them Rob Beschizza

islamic state Turns out the U.S. military really is dropping "cyber bombs" on ISIS Xeni Jardin

the bribe factory Massive email leak reveals the worst bribery scandal in history Cory Doctorow

isil Top ISIS leader killed by U.S. Not the first time we've killed him, either. Xeni Jardin