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Story by Phil Sands on the uprising in Syria's eastern tribal province of Deir Ezzor published in The National. January 17, 2012.
Phil Sands' story on president Bashar al Assad's fourth national address since the start of the Syrian revolt published in The National. January 11, 2012.
Story by Phil Sands on a bombing in the Midan district of Damascus published in The National. January 7, 2012.
Phil Sands' story on the Kurdish role in Syria's revolt published in The National. January 4, 2012.
Elizabeth Rush’s investigation of infrastructure growth and Myanmar’s return to market published in French, English, and German editions of Le Monde Diplomatique. January 2012.
Photographs by Chris Sands, Emma LeBlanc, and Phil Sands featured in JO Magazine's special "Best Of" edition. December 2011.
Elizabeth Rush’s story about climbing to the top of the Manhattan Bridge published in Project Freerange, a New-Zealand based quarterly journal. December 2011.
Photo by Phil Sands from Hamas' offices in Damascus published in The National. December 26, 2011.
Story by Phil Sands' on boycotted municipal elections in Syria, published in The National. December 13, 2011.
Chris Sands' story on Afghanistan's Traditional Loya Jirga published by Le Monde diplomatique. November 29, 2011.
Emma LeBlanc awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. November 2011.
Phil Sands' story on former regime officials calling for Syrian president Bashar al Assad to circulate power and implement sweeping democratic reforms, published in The National. November 12, 2011.
Phil Sands and Emma LeBlanc's article, "Who Is Syria?", published in JO magazine. October 2011.
Story by Phil Sands about Syrian opposition becoming increasingly organised, published in The National. October 10, 2011.
Stories by Phil Sands on the murder of Syrian opposition leader, Meshaal Tammo, published in The National. October 8 and October 9, 2011.
Chris Sands' feature, 'The Next War', published by Esquire magazine. September 2011.
Story by Phil Sands on the largest ever opposition meeting inside Syria published in the National. September 19, 2011.
Chris Sands' story, "Afghanistan: in the hands of the Taliban", published by Le Monde. September 1, 2011.
Phil Sands and Emma LeBlanc's essay, 'The Syrian People', on Le Monde Diplomatique. August 2011.
Elizabeth Rush's photograph from Hanoi in Le Monde Diplomatique. August 2011.
Photo essay by Elizabeth Rush, 'Still Lifes from a Vanishing City' published on Granta online. July 13, 2011.
'A Room of Her Own', a photo essay by Elizabeth Rush, published in Le Monde online. July 2011.
Photo and article by Phil Sands about Syrian dissidents forming a new pro-democracy coalition group in Damascus, published in The National. July 1, 2011.
Chris Sands' article about the death of Osama bin Laden published by Le Monde. June 2011.
Emma LeBlanc and Phil Sands' photo essay from the Golan Heights published in Syria Today Magazine. April 2011.
Interview by Chris Sands with Nancy Hatch Dupree published in Esquire magazine. April 2011.
Interview with Elizabeth Rush in the Jakarta Post about her upcoming book The Hidden World: One Woman's Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Vietnamese Art. April 30, 2011.
Chris Sands' feature about the Taliban published in Esquire magazine. April 2011.
Chris Sands' article 'Turmoil in Afghanistan' appears on the website of Le Monde Diplomatique. April 7, 2011.
Emma LeBlanc and Phil Sands' photo essay about the economic regeneration of the Golan Heights on Le Monde Diplomatique. March 2011.
Phil Sands' story on hunger striking political dissidents in Syria published in The National. March 22, 2011.
Photos by Phil Sands from inside a state-run Syrian hospital published in Forward Magazine. February 2011.
Interview by Chris Sands with Sulaiman Layeq published in Esquire's Middle East edition. February 2011.
Chris Sands' article 'Afghan Hope Is Gone' published on the website of Le Monde diplomatique. January 11, 2011.
Elizabeth Rush's photo essay "Skyscrapers and Ghost-Houses" on Le Monde Diplomatique website. January 2011.
Elizabeth Rush joins Makoto Photographic Agency. January 2011.
Story in The National by Phil Sands about Syria suffering its driest winter in decades. December 30, 2010.
Chris Sands' feature 'Obama's Vietnam' published in Esquire magazine's Middle East edition. December 2010.
Story by Phil Sands on Iraqi Christians fleeing for the safety of Syria, published in The National. December 20, 2010.
Phil Sands' story on the sacking of a liberal, anti-corruption reformer from office in Aleppo, published in The National. December 13, 2010.
Story by Phil Sands on rain storms in drought ravaged Syria, published in The National. December 12, 2010.
Article by Chris Sands about negotiating with the Taliban published on Le Monde diplomatique's website. November 30, 2010.
Story by Phil Sands on efforts to modernise the Golan in Syria, published in The National. November 18, 2010.
Story by Phil Sands on rare UN human rights council inspection of a Syrian prison, published in The National. November 15, 2010.
Emma LeBlanc's photo essay from Raqqa featured on the Le Monde Diplomatique website. October 2010.
Story by Phil Sands on Iraqi Palestinian refugees published in The National. October 11, 2010.
Chris Sands' photos published in the print edition of Le Monde Diplomatique. October 2010.
Phil Sands' story on a growing water crisis in Syria published in The National. October 6, 2010.
Story by Phil Sands on international aid for drought hit eastern Syria published in The National. October 3, 2010.
Photo by Phil Sands from Kirkuk published in GQ Japan. September 2010.
Photo by Phil Sands from Sinjar mountain published in The National to accompany a story about Iraq's endangered minority communities. September 5, 2010.
Phil Sands' story about Iraqi exiles in Syria published in The National. September 2, 2010.
Emma LeBlanc's work from Azaz, on the Syrian-Turkish border, published in Syria Today magazine. August 2010.
Emma LeBlanc's photograph of Mahmoud Abu al-Hudda al-Husseini, the Director of Religious Endowments in Aleppo, in Syria Today magazine. August 2010.
Phil Sands' story about a controversial Syrian Ramadan television drama published in The National. August 27, 2010.
Story by Phil Sands about Hamas' rejection of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Washington published in The National. August 26, 2010.
Photos and story about modernization in the Syrian province of Raqqa by Phil Sands and Emma LeBlanc published in The National. August 18, 2010.
Story by Chris Sands about the Northern Alliance's opposition to reconciliation with the Taliban published in The National. August 9, 2010.
Phil Sands' story about efforts to avert a new conflict in Lebanon published in The National. August 2, 2010.
Emma LeBlanc's photos from Raqqa, in eastern Syria, published in Syria Today magazine. July 2010.
Story by Phil Sands about Iraqi resistance leader Harith al Dhari published in The National. July 29, 2010.
Photographs by Phil Sands of the band Gorillaz playing in Damascus published in The National. July 27, 2010.
Chris Sands' story on the Taliban in Maidan Wardak province published in The National. July 18, 2010.
Phil Sands' story about Palestinians in Syria being taught not to forget their homeland published in The National. July 11, 2010.
Story by Phil Sands on the growing gap between rich and poor in Syria published in The National. July 6, 2010.
Photo by Phil Sands accompanying a story about Arab-Kurd tensions in The National. July 4, 2010.
Photo by Chris Sands published in Le Monde Diplomatique. July 2010.
Phil Sands' article 'The Battle for Kirkuk' about Kurd-Arab tensions in Iraq published in the British edition of GQ magazine. June 2010.
Chris Sands’ photo essay 'Eyewitness Afghanistan' published in Red Pepper magazine. June - July 2010.
Photo by Chris Sands used in charity exhibition to encourage tolerance towards refugees among school children in northern England. June 2010.
Phil Sands' story about a continuing drought crisis in Syria published in The National. June 27, 2010.
Analysis by Chris Sands on the sacking of General Stanley McChrystal. June 25, 2010.
Chris Sands’ story on the insurgency in Baghlan, northern Afghanistan, published in The National. June 22, 2010.
Phil Sands' story about a popular play satirising corruption in Syria published in The National. June 20, 2010.
Article looking at clashes between nomads and Afghanistan’s Hazara community by Chris Sands in The National. June 14, 2010.
Phil Sands' story on Syria ten years after the death of Hafez al Assad published in The National. June 10, 2010.
Phil Sands' story on Iraqi interpreters working with the US military published in The National. June 5, 2010.
Phil Sands' story on disease decimating Syria's wheat crop published in The National. June 4, 2010.
Interview with a former Taliban commander who now heads a US-backed militia in Afghanistan, by Chris Sands. May 25, 2010.
Photographs by Chris Sands, Phil Sands, and Emma LeBlanc in JO Magazine's "Fault Lines" exhibition at Darat al Funun in Amman, Jordan. May - July 2010.
Story on the execution of Afghans by the Iranian government, by Chris Sands for The National. May 17, 2010.
Chris Sands' essay 'Embedded in Afghanistan' featured on the website of Mother Jones. May 17, 2010.
Report by Phil Sands about Russian presidential visit to Syria published in The National. May 12, 2010.
Phil Sands' story about brick factories in Iraq published in The National. May 9, 2010.
Phil Sands story on exiled Iraqi Baathists meeting in Syria published in The National. May 7, 2010.
Emma LeBlanc's photographs from The House of Dignity in the Women's International Photography Exhibition 2010 at the 1212 Gallery. May - June 2010.
Phil Sands' report on looting of archeological sites in Iraq published in The National. May 1, 2010.
Emma LeBlanc's photographs from The House of Dignity, a Syrian asylum, in Paper and Pixel magazine. May 2010.
Story by Chris Sands on NATO deal to handover security to Afghan forces, published in The National. April 29, 2010.
Story about a secret prison in Iraq by Phil Sands' published in The National. April 28, 2010.
Phil Sands' story about a Syrian prisoner release published in The National. April 26, 2010.
Phil Sands' report about on-going reconstruction problems in Iraq published in The National. April 24, 2010.
Former senior Taliban officials warn that peace talks will lead nowhere, story by Chris Sands for The National. April 21, 2010.
Emma LeBlanc's photographs from Syria and Iraq in Clerestory Magazine. April 2010.
Emma LeBlanc's photograph from Latakia in the "Nostalgia" exhibition at the Vermont Photo Workplace. April - May 2010.
Chris Sands' story about self-immolation by Afghan women published in The National. March 12, 2010.
Chris Sands' story about the dangers of Afghanistan's roads published in The National. March 6, 2010.
Report by Phil Sands on the Iraq election contest between Kurdish groups, published in The National. March 5, 2010.
Emma LeBlanc's photo essay The Other Side of Summer, about the secret life of a Syrian coastal town, published on the Le Monde Diplomatique website. February 2010.
Report by Chris Sands about an insurgent attack in the heart of Kabul, published in The National. February 27, 2010.
Emma LeBlanc's photographs of Iraqi refugees in Damascus at the David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island. February - March 2010.
Chris Sands' story about an imam killed by US troops appears in The National. February 21, 2010.
Le Monde runs Chris Sands' feature on a year in Afghanistan. February 12, 2010.
Chris Sands' story on up-coming Helmand offensive published in The National. February 10, 2010.
Phil Sands report on a drought crisis in eastern Syria published in The National. February 10, 2010.
Story by Chris Sands on Afghan youth in The National. February 7, 2010.
Emma LeBlanc’s exhibition, ‘Tomorrow, God Willing’ at the List Art Center, Brown University. February 2010.
Photo essay by Chris Sands on Afghan women appears on the website of Le Monde Diplomatique. January 2010.
Phil Sands’ report and photos on Iraqi interpreters who worked with the British army published in JO magazine. January 2010.
Report by Phil Sands on climate change in Syria, published in The National. January 28, 2010.
Chris Sands' story on Kabul provincial council published in The National. January 23, 2010.
Chris Sands’ story about Afghan MPs discussing the fallout from parliament’s decision to reject 17 of the 24 ministerial nominations put forward by the president published in The National. January 8, 2010.
Phil Sands’ photo essay from Mosul appears on Le Monde Diplomatique. December 2009.
Chris Sands interviews pro-government elders in eastern Afghanistan who have joined together against the Taliban. December 18, 2009.
Chris Sands’ story about Afghans from a village devastated by a US air strike looking back on the tragedy published in The National. December 15, 2009.
Phil Sands’ report and photo on a suspicious bus explosion in Damascus published in The National. December 7, 2009.
Chris Sands’ article on the endemic corruption that plagues modern-day Afghanistan published in The National. December 2, 2009.
Phil Sands’ photo essay from Mosul published in JO magazine. December 2009.
Phil Sands’ report and photo on Syria’s treatment of its Kurdish minority published in The National. December 1, 2009.
Phil Sands’ report and photo on growing inequality between men and women in Syria published in The National. November 26, 2009.
Chris Sands’ report that Afghans displaced by fighting in the south fear any US troop surge will only cause more bloodshed published in The National. November 23, 2009.
Phil Sands’ report and photo on Iraqi soldiers falling short of essential equipment published in The National. November 22, 2009.
Chris Sands’ article examining the deteriorating security situation in Kabul published in The National. November 14, 2009.
Emma LeBlanc’s photograph from a Syrian asylum, the House of Dignity, in the Biennial 2009 Exhibition of Contemporary Art at the New Hampshire Institute of Art. November 2009.
Photo essay about Iraq’s prisons by Emma LeBlanc on Le Monde Diplomatique. November 2009.
Chris Sands’ photo essay ‘Meet the Taliban’ in Jo Magazine. November 2009.
Emma LeBlanc’s photograph of Malalai Joya, ‘the bravest woman in Afghanistan’ on Women’s e-News. November 12, 2009.
Phil Sands’ report and photos on poverty and illegal housing in Syria published in The National. November 12, 2009.
Emma LeBlanc’s photograph of Iraqi refugee children in The National. November 6, 2009.
Chris Sands' photographs featured in the print edition of Le Monde. November 4, 2009.
Taliban photo essay, by Chris Sands, featured on the website of Le Monde Diplomatique. October 12, 2009.
Double page report on Mosul, a city still at war, by Phil Sands published in The National. October 7, 2009.
Chris Sands' story looking at Afghanistan on the eighth anniversary of the US-led invasion published in The National. October 7, 2009.
Phil Sands' photo illustrating a story on al Qaeda child recruits published in The National. October 5, 2009.
'Afghanistan's fouled election' by Chris Sands published in the October edition of Le Monde Diplomatique. October 4, 2009.
Interview with Sarkis Agajan, the man behind Christian autonomy plans in Iraq, by Phil Sands published in the The National. October 4, 2009.
Report by Phil Sands on human rights training for Iraqi police, published in The National. October 3, 2009.
Photo essay 'Syria, the last Arab state' by Phil Sands published by Le Monde Diplomatique. October 2009.
A look at the role of Pashtun nationalism in the Afghan insurgency by Chris Sands for The National. September 29, 2009.
Phil Sands’ report on Iraqi interpreters suing the British government for compensation published in The National. September 27, 2009.
Phil Sands double page report from the Iraq-Syrian border published in The National. September 22, 2009.
Story by Chris Sands on the decline of the opium trade in Badakhshan, northern Afghanistan, published in The National. September 9, 2009.
Report by Phil Sands on Iraqi refugees in Syria, published in The National. September 3, 2009.
Three reports by Phil Sands on a severe water crisis in Syria and Iraq published in The National. September 4, 2009.
Phil Sands and Emma LeBlanc’s report on the birth of a new political era in Iraqi Kurdistan published in JO Magazine. September 2009.
Chris Sands interviewed about the Afghan elections and the country’s deteriorating security situation for PBS' World Focus programme. September 2, 2009.
Phil Sands' report on Iraqi insurgents in Syria accused of a massive Baghdad bombing published in The National. August 30, 2009.
Phil Sands' report on pro-Saddam Hussein insurgents holding negotiations with European diplomats published in The National. August 23, 2009.
Election reaction from Afghanistan. Story by Chris Sands in the National. August 21, 2009.
Chris Sands looks at the arguments for and against the war in Afghanistan. Story in the National. July 30, 2009.
Story on Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah’s campaign chairman warning there will be protests if Hamid Karzai wins the election. By Chris Sands in The National. July 28, 2009.
Phil Sands' Iraqi Kurdistan elections story in The National. July 28, 2009.
Emma LeBlanc's photograph from a polling station in Iraqi Kurdistan published in the Kurdish Globe. July 28, 2009.
Emma LeBlanc's photograph from a polling station in Iraqi Kurdistan published in Niqash. July 27, 2009.
Emma LeBlanc's photograph from the Goran (Change) rally on the last day of campaigning for the Kurdistan regional elections published in The National. July 25, 2009.
Chris Sands interviewed about the growing insurgency in Afghanistan for the lead item on PBS' World Focus programme. July 21, 2009.
Chris Sands' exclusive interview with a Taliban commander fighting British and American troops in Helmand province in The National. July 12, 2009.
Emma LeBlanc and Phil Sands' story about Iraqi refugees in the US and Syria published in The National. July 9, 2009.
Chris Sands' feature on the dead and injured Afghan soldiers whose sacrifices are so often ignored by the international community and their own government published in The National. July 3, 2009.
Emma LeBlanc's essay from the House of Dignity, a Syrian asylum, in Jo Magazine. July 2009.
Chris Sands' photograph of drugs addicts in Kabul published in The National. June 27, 2009.
Chris Sands' story on the growing trend of sexual abuse in northern Afghanistan published in The National. June 17, 2009.
Chris Sands looks back at a 2001 US-sponsored massacre of Taliban prisoners that set the tone for the occupation to come, published in The National. June 14, 2009.
Phil Sands' story about religious schools in Syria published in Jo Magazine. June 2009.
Phil Sands' story about Iraqi refugees protesting against the United Nations in Damascus, published in The National. May 27, 2009.
Phil Sands' story about Islamic extremism in Syrian religious schools published in The National. May 19, 2009.