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As interpreters who supported the U.S. in Afghanistan are evacuated, what will happen to the women who fought for the country's future? → Read More
The ghost of the 2003 Iraq war has haunted every decision that the United States has made on the Syrian civil war, which this week marked its tenth anniversary. Iraq’s memory also shaped America’s efforts to defeat ISIS. → Read More
Two years after the fall of the caliphate, the world should not leave this to the SDF. → Read More
Every great story starts with an unanswerable question. The question I set out to answer with the book The Daughters of Kobani: How on earth did one of the most far-reaching experiments in women’s… → Read More
A new book details the incredible story of the Women's Protection Units in Syria who fought back against ISIS. → Read More
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon takes us on the reporting trail for her new book, The Daughters of Kobani. → Read More
As President Trump seeks to draw down US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq, some have argued the decision is about bringing an end to America's endless wars. But the real issue is how to create enduring stability. Now is an important time to talk not about endless war, but rather about lasting peace. → Read More
Following Alex Trebek's passing, Gayle Lemmon reflects the early days of the 'Jeopardy!' host's tenure -- and the ways it offered her family comfort and respite while her mother was in the hospital battling terminal breast cancer. → Read More
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon writes that the pandemic may present the biggest risk to the political project of European unity. It is up to Europe's leaders and their citizens to decide how much sacrifice they are willing to make collectively in this moment of nation-first sentiment to save it. → Read More
For centuries, female-centered narratives and experiences have been seen as lacking in significance and universality. This is changing — slowly. → Read More
Attacks by Turkish-backed forces shattered a hard-won pseudo-normalcy for Syrian women who had lived under ISIS. → Read More
'We will continue our resistance and our struggle,' says the head of the all-women’s YPJ, in a rare interview. → Read More
“I am asking President Trump right now to fulfill his promise to us and stop this war,” Mazlum Abdi told Defense One by phone. → Read More
“This is going to jeopardize all the achievements we have made with the coalition against ISIS,” said the top SDF commander Mazlum Abdi. It’s up to Americans, now. → Read More
I just returned from my fifth trip to Northeast Syria in 18 months. If Trump quits now, there are four winners: ISIS, Assad, Russia, and Iran. → Read More
Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Dr. Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad says one thing: survivor stories matter, Gayle Lemmon writes. But beyond prestigious awards, we should continue their work and call for perpetrators of sexual violence to be held accountable. → Read More
The ERA is no longer MIA, Gayle Lemmon writes. Buoyed by the #MeToo movement and a body politic filled with women energized about making their constitutional equality a reality, support for the ERA has seen a revival in the last two years. Congress passed the ERA in 1972, but it fell short of the 38 states necessary for ratification. → Read More
The life and death of North Ogden, Utah, Mayor Brent Taylor, known as Major Brent Taylor in Afghanistan, reminds us of the unifying ideals behind the idea of America, the preciousness of our right to vote and the selfless grace that underlies true service, writes Gayle Lemmon. → Read More
Jamal Khashoggi's death reminds the world of what sustained attention can create: a revisiting of norms, a redoubling of effort and a girding of determination to do better and do more to protect the vulnerable, Gayle Lemmon writes. → Read More
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon writes that the Russia-Turkey deal to stave off the Idlib offensive shows what might be possible when US public and private diplomacy is at work. → Read More