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by Ricky Zipp | Mar 23, 2018 | Featured, National Security
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba- From Dec. 2-9, 2017, Medill reporters Oyin Falana and Ricky Zipp spent a week at the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay for the 26th round of pre-trial hearings for accused mastermind Khalid Sheik Muhammad and four other accused 9/11...
by Ricky Zipp | Mar 23, 2018 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump appeared in New Hampshire on Monday to reaffirm the importance of solving the opioid crisis and announce new strategies for dealing with the problem. The president’s speech primarily focused on stricter law enforcement...
by Ricky Zipp | Mar 21, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Last Thursday marked the seven-year anniversary of the beginning of the Syrian civil war, a shameful period that has led to the deaths of as many as 500,000 people. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad once appeared on the verge of defeat at the hands of...
by Ricky Zipp | Mar 15, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
PARIS — Yara Al Hasbani was preparing for a dance recital in her hometown of Damascus in 2014, when her uncle called her and told her to come home. “When I arrived…I heard the voice of my mother screaming so loudly,” she recalled. “Then I...
by Ricky Zipp | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – A Russian-ordered daily cease fire to allow delivery of humanitarian aid appears to be having little benefit, as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces began ground attacks against rebel forces on Wednesday in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta. The...
