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  • The Destruction of Daraa

    Three years after it began, rebels are still in a deadlocked civil war with President Bashar al Assad and his sympathizers.

  • The Destruction of Daraa

    VICE went to Daraa to see out where the revolution started, where it continues, and where the loss to the people of Syria can be seen on every bombed-out street corner.

  • Syria's Illegal Oil Wells

    For four decades, the al-Assad regime struck deals with Western oil companies that made Syria into a bona fide oil-exporting nation—until 2011's international sanctions in response to the regime's crackdown on the antigovernment protests.

  • Mali

    'Ground Zero - Mali' was shot in Gao, Mali, on February 21, 2013. It's basically the first legitimate combat footage to come out of the war there. Normally the French ban journalists from the frontlines and film a sanitized version of the fighting...

  • Za'atari Refugee Camp

    The Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan is a disturbing reflection of just how bad the civil war in Syria has gotten. When it opened, Za'atari had just 100 families. Today, it has about 120,000 residents.

  • Aleppo's Child Nurse

    As Assad’s troops and the FSA battle in the middle of Aleppo, Dar al-Shifa’a hospital serves as the only option for birthing mothers. VICE photographer and videographer Robert King recently visited the hospital, where he met and interviewed a 14-year...