aleppo
The so-called Islamic State seized control of the city's water supply last month.
The president is scared of Syrian refugees. They're scared of freezing to death in their own homes.
They include targeting of hospitals in airstrikes.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The country's long civil war has spawned plenty of misinformation.
Trump's stance on the conflict may not be enough to push Putin's agenda.
A search for identity amid the swell of anonymous forces from globalization to technology drove this year’s anti-elite political upheaval.
This year we watched Aleppo, Mosul and the refugee crisis unfold, but there are many other conflict stories that went untold.
The pyramid of martyrs indeed haunts the Earth. And the Earth groans under its weight. That is where we stand.
The blow to German Chancellor Angela Merkel could spell the beginning of the end for a union with open borders.