Siobhán O'Grady
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In Dnipro missile strike: Nine floors of random death and destruction
Some victims had fled the country’s harshest front lines in the east and south, only for the war to catch up to them in a city considered a relative safe haven. → Read More
Ukraine liberated Kherson city. Now, Russia is destroying it.
After fleeing the regional capital, Russian forces have bombed hospitals, a market and homes, putting a lie to the Kremlin's claims that it invaded to protect citizens. → Read More
As war drags on, young Ukrainians are rethinking their futures
Some have fought Russian troops. Others have volunteered to support the resistance effort. All are dealing with how the war has altered their lives. → Read More
Hunger-striking British Egyptian dissident’s family gets proof of life
In the handwritten letter, Alaa Abdel Fattah said he had ended his water strike and was drinking again. His case has garnered attention during the COP27 conference. → Read More
Egypt conducts ‘medical intervention’ on hunger-striking dissident, family says
The deterioration of Alaa Abdel Fattah's condition comes a day before President Biden is set to attend COP27 in Egypt. → Read More
Ukraine war, Russian energy attacks loom over COP27 climate conference
Ukrainian delegates hope their presence at COP27 will keep the war fresh in people's minds and spark broader discussions about the world's reliance on fossil fuels. → Read More
As climate change worsens, Egypt is begging families to have fewer kids
The Egyptian government sees large families as an existential threat to the country at a time of dwindling natural resources. → Read More
As Egypt hosts COP27, its most famous political prisoner may die, family warns
Alaa Abdel Fattah has been on a partial hunger strike in an Egyptian prison for more than 200 days. On Nov. 6, his family says he will stop drinking water. → Read More
Dispatch from Ukraine: Emotional family reunions in liberated Izyum
Over seven months of Russian occupation in Kharkiv, many Ukrainians thought they would never see their families again. Liberation brought emotional homecomings. → Read More
In Russian-occupied Izyum, she was raped and tortured
Alla, a 52-year-old Ukrainian woman, said she was held hostage, tortured, and raped by Russian soldiers in a shed outside a medical clinic in occupied Izyum. → Read More
Propaganda newspapers show how Russia promoted annexation in Kharkiv
With cellphone and internet service cut in Izyum, occupying forces tried to use the information vacuum to promote Moscow's vision of a 'Russian world' → Read More
Kharkiv children went to summer camp in Russia. They never came back.
Parents in Ukraine's Kharkiv region wanted to give their children a semblance of summer in wartime, so they sent them to camp in Russia. Now, the children are missing. → Read More
Torture, killings, abductions: Russian retreat from Izyum reveals horrors
Russian soldiers fled Izyum leaving behind evidence of atrocities during months of occupation. → Read More
The letters left behind by demoralized Russian soldiers as they fled
The letters left behind by demoralized Russian soldiers as they fled Destroyed Russian military equipment in the center of Izyum, Ukraine, which was liberated after months of occupation. (Wojciech Grzedzinski for The Washington Post) IZYUM, Ukraine — About 10 days before Ukrainian forces retook the city of Izyum last weekend, Russian troops stationed here were so demoralized that they drafted… → Read More
Ukrainians describe beatings and torture while held as Russian POWs
Numbers of POWs held by both sides are uncertain, but prisoner swaps are happening along the front lines. → Read More
After deadly church fire, Egyptian neighborhood searches for answers
GIZA, Egypt — The back roads of a working-class neighborhood in greater Cairo transformed into makeshift funeral parlors on Monday, as a community confronted the devastating aftermath of a church fire that killed 41 people, including many children. In one family, a husband lost his wife and all three children. In another, the parents — expecting their third child later this year — lost both… → Read More
Why so many Tunisians voted away the democracy won in the Arab Spring
Persistent economic problems caused many to lose faith in the system. → Read More
‘There is no other way’: Tunisian judges on hunger strike for democracy
The judges are protesting President Kais Saied's moves to strip the judiciary of its independence and make it subservient to the powerful presidency. → Read More
The law professor who set out to dismantle Tunisia’s democracy
A look at the populist who decided to roll back democratic gains from the Arab Spring. → Read More
Photos found near bombed-out Kyiv apartment tell a family’s story
We spent more than three months searching for the people in the photos. Then, finally, a clue. → Read More