Nabih Bulos

BEIRUT — On a Friday evening in September, a squadron of Israeli warplanes streaked through the skies of Lebanon and dropped some 85 tons in daisy-chained, bunker-buster bombs on several buildings in the Dahieh, the Hezbollah-dominated suburbs south of the capital Beirut. […]

JERASH, Jordan — Izzaat Al-Hindi trudged down a passageway of the Jerash Refugee Camp, navigating potholes, garbage piles and drab, dilapidated buildings. He still remembers the day his family fled here from Gaza, almost 57 years ago. “I didn’t want to come.

ALEPPO, Syria — To understand the shakedown empire that was once Syria under former President Bashar Assad, consider the notorious Al-Khatib prison and torture center. Nestled in a leafy neighborhood of Damascus, a so-called financial crimes unit of Syria’s intelligence services would

HIRRI, Syria — Mohammad Khalawi explains the devastation of Syria’s Deir al-Zour province through the scars left by the many conquerors who passed through during 13 years of civil war. It was here in this resource-rich eastern province that Khalawi saw rebels

DAMASCUS, Syria —  The crowd surged forward, thousands cheering, waving and jostling their way around Damascus’ Al Ashmar Square, all positioning themselves for the best view of a hanging. “Hurry up,” a mother scolded her child as they walked along the

HMEIMIM AIRBASE, SYRIA —  The Sukhoi fighter aircraft punched through the clouds, its growl echoing over Russia’s Hmeimim Airbase on Syria’s coast. Abu Zaid, a bearded militant with the Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al Sham, cocked his ear toward the

DAMASCUS —  Corpse No. 11 was relatively pristine, with few signs of abuse save for a rictus of pained surprise. No. 26 was in worse condition, the decomposition further along but still not enough to obscure the scarlet bruising on the

AQRABA, Syria —  Standing some 40 feet from the charred remains of the Syrian air force helicopter, Ahmad Abu Leyl, a young rebel fighter, cocked his ear, listening for the characteristic buzzing of an Israeli drone overhead. “I don’t want to

DAMASCUS, Syria —  They streamed in by the thousands, deluging Damascus’ Umayyad Square in a sea of cars and people for an impromptu parade to celebrate the stealthy flight of former Syrian President Bashar Assad the morning before. “Raise your head

DOHA, Qatar —  Opposition rebels all but sealed their control of Syria on Sunday, storming the capital as army troops melted away, and President Bashar Assad was reported to have fled the country. The insurgents’ sweep into power concludes an astonishing