February 11, 2014
Since the uprising began nearly three years ago, the war in Syria has become increasingly diffuse. The high security risk for journalists and the fluid nature of the conflict make it difficult to mark boundaries with certainty. Areas of control are constantly shifting as armed groups claim, and lose, territory.
This map, assembled from data shared with FRONTLINE by researchers who have consulted extensively with Syria’s armed groups, shows the best available information about the main actors’ areas of control as of early February 2014. Read More...
Explore More LOS ANGELES — Max Scherzer insisted it was just rosin and sweat, but the umpires had other ideas.
The Mets co-ace was ejected before the bottom of the fourth inning Wednesday at Dodger Stadium under MLB’s rules for applying foreign substances to the baseball and now faces a possible 10-game suspension.
Scherzer was ejected by crew chief Phil Cuzzi, who an inning earlier had inspected the veteran right-hander’s glove and ordered him to change it. Read More...
Mike Birbiglia has done a lot of growing up since he wrote “The New One,” his latest one-man show reflecting on his fear of first-time fatherhood.
The 41-year-old comedian jokes in the show that the bond between his wife, poet Jennifer Hope Stein, and newborn daughter, Oona, was “so profound — and I was there too.” In another self-deprecating barb, he refers to himself as the “pudgy, milkless vice president of the family. Read More...
