Print Work
“‘Turkey lied to us.’ Syrian Mercenaries in Libya are Desperate to Leave”
The Investigative Journal, April 27, 2020
““From Destruction to Construction” in Eastern Libya”
The Investigative Journal, March 31, 2020
“Escaped ISIS Detainees from Syria’s al Hol Camp Allegedly Find Freedom in Turkey”
The Investigative Journal, February 20, 2020
“Hardline Islamist Syrian Mercenaries in Libya Make a Break for Italy”
The Investigative Journal, February 10, 2020
“‘These Mercenaries Believe Whatever Turkey Tells Them'”
The Investigative Journal, February 5, 2020
“‘I came for the money’: Interview with a Turkish-Backed Syrian Mercenary in Libya”
The Investigative Journal, January 23, 2020
“LNA Source: ISIS Member who Escaped SDF Prison in Syria Captured in Libya En Route to Europe”
The Investigative Journal, January 20, 2020
“‘Turkish Products Become Money Which Become Bullets'”
The Investigative Journal, January 14, 2020
“‘Everyday, ISIS Detainees Try to Escape from Here’: Security Issues at Northeast Syria’s al Hol Camp Persist”
The Investigative Journal, January 7, 2020.
“PKK Spokesman on Turkey’s Operation ‘Peace Spring'”
The Investigative Journal, November 15, 2019
“‘Our bags are packed.’ Kobani Prepares for Attack”
The Investigative Journal, November 6, 2019
“‘Boycott is a Form of War’: Erbil Residents Boycott Turkish Goods”
The Investigative Journal, November 2, 2019
“Empathy for the Enemy: a Former Free Syrian Army Soldier Returns to Afrin”
The Investigative Journal, October 15, 2019
“Death and Destruction in South Africa’s ‘City of Gold'”
The Investigative Journal, August 15, 2019
“ISIS fighter Mohamed Amrouni expresses ‘deep regret’”
The Investigative Journal, July 7, 2019
“SPECIAL REPORT: Death Toll Rises as HTS and Turkish-led NLF Fighters Battle Russian-backed Syrian Government Forces”
The Investigative Journal, May 30, 2019
“Words from Exile”
Are We Europe, January 23, 2019
“Interpol Helps Dictators Hunt Down Dissidents—and Me”
The Daily Beast, November 15, 2018
“The Turkish Reporter Sentenced to 22 Years–for a Magazine Cover”
Ozy, August 21, 2018
“The Last of the Syrian Good-Guy Rebels”
The Daily Beast, July 30, 2018
“The ISIS Volunteer Who Won’t Be Coming Home”
The Daily Beast, March 20, 2018
“I Visited Al Qaeda’s Syrian Stronghold and Saw How U.S. Backing of ‘Moderate’ Rebels Is Bolstering Jihadists–A dispatch from Idlib in opposition-held Syria”
Alternet, May 02, 2017
“Syrian Hospital Attacks Ignored While Chemical Weapons Grab Headlines”
The New Arab, April 12, 2017
“How Did a NASA Scientist Get in Turkish Prison?”
The Daily Beast, March 25, 2017
“Assad’s Torturers Told Me I’d Hang By My Fingernails”
The New Arab, March 24, 2017
“What’s the Point of a Ceasefire in Syria?”
The New Arab, January 4, 2017
“Imprisoned by al-Qaeda”
Foreign Policy, December 15, 2016
“What I Learned in a Turkish Jail With Women From al Qaeda and ISIS”
The Daily Beast, November 28, 2016
“An American in Turkey’s Prisons. In for a Crime? No, in for a Dollar”
The Daily Beast, November 26, 2016
“Escaped from Al Qaeda, Jailed in Turkey: My Personal Midnight Express”
The Daily Beast, November 25, 2016
“Surviving Aleppo: Life and Death in Syria’s Devastated City”
The New Arab, May 11, 2016
“Turkey-Syria Border: Injured Syrians Fleeing Attacks on Aleppo Refused Access to Turkey”
Amnesty International, February 19, 2016