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Fighting continues in Syria, where Kurdish troops from the People's Protection Units are facing down ISIS militants in Raqqa, Syria.
Conflict
Is Syria ‘the war of our time, a humanitarian test of our time?’
Supporters of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture attended a rally outside the White House in 2009.
Belief
CIA interrogators didn’t just break detainees’ bodies — they also attacked their souls
The logo of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is shown in the lobby of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia March 3, 2005.
Justice
There may be reason for optimism following the CIA torture report
Detainees in orange jumpsuits sit in a holding area watched by military police at Guantanamo Bay's Camp X-Ray in 2002.
Conflict
How the US provides inspiration for terrorists groups like ISIS
A US Army soldier from the 1st Infantry Division stationed in Tikrit closes the entrance of the dentention center at Forward Operating Base Danger on September 8, 2004.
Conflict
Torture doesn’t work — so here’s what does
A demonstrator is held down during a simulation of waterboarding outside the Justice Department in 2007.
Conflict
For Black Hawk Down author, CIA torture report is no surprise
Leaked pictures from a man who allegedly served as a military police and was tasked with photographing the dead bodies brought to the military hospitals controlled by the Syrian regime during the civil war.
Conflict & Justice
Investigators say the photos from Syria show industrialized, systematic killing