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Notes from the Ground: Reflections on a Month That Shook Iran
Kaveh Rostamkhani, a photographer and essayist, speaks to Drop Site about what he saw and felt over the past several weeks inside Iran
Jan 22
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The US-Israeli Agenda in Iran
Tehran University’s Foad Izadi says the U.S. and its allies want to balkanize Iran and take its oil and gas. They succeeded in a 1953 coup, he argues…
Jan 21
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“Total War For Survival”: Syria’s SDF Prepares for Showdown With Damascus
The Syrian government has been pressing forward with an offensive against the SDF alongside tenuous negotiations for a ceasefire in northeastern Syria.
Jan 20
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The Unbreakable Nael Barghouti
After 45 years in Israeli captivity, the longest-held Palestinian prisoner speaks about his fight for liberation: “We deserve a state under the sun.”
Jan 19
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Rare Interview With Iran Protester and Crackdown Eyewitness
At Drop Site, our mission is to bring you journalism directly from the ground, handing the mic and the notebook to those who are living through what we…
Jan 17
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“Praise Allah, There Are Still People Like You”: Jeffrey Epstein Nurtured Israel-Emirates Ties Before Abraham Accords
Epstein leveraged his friendship with the chief of DP World to pitch Israeli logistics infrastructure and cybersecurity investments to the UAE.
Jan 14
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Murtaza Hussain
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Ryan Grim
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Fighting Breaks Out in Aleppo, Pushing Syria Back to the Brink
Over a hundred thousand people were displaced this week by the violent clashes between the Syrian army and the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces.
Jan 9
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The Plot Against Maduro: Venezuela on the Edge
Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Grim discuss the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the situation in Venezuela with Carlos Ron, Venezuela’s…
Jan 7
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U.S. Forces Kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Midnight Operation
Trump said the U.S. would “run the country” and was prepared to launch a second wave of attacks on Venezuela.
Jan 3
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José Luis Granados Ceja
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“We never feared drones until they killed Omar"
In September, a U.S. drone strike in Somalia killed Omar Abdillahi, a well-known clan leader local officials and residents say had supported the local…
Dec 22, 2025
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“All of these men did what they did for the Americans,” ICE Arrests Former Afghan Intelligence Ally on Terrorism Accusations
Jan Shah Safi worked inside a CIA-built intelligence network at the heart of Afghanistan’s shadow war. His arrest now raises urgent questions about the…
Dec 13, 2025
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U.S. Airstrikes, Somali Troops Killed at Least Seven Children in a November Offensive
“We were there before al-Shabaab and we want to remain there after al-Shabaab. We don’t know why we are being targeted.”
Dec 13, 2025
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