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Ben Taub is a journalist and philosophy student at Princeton University, and a member of the Frontline Freelance Register.  He spent seven weeks in Kilis this summer doing research for a book on unusual people and happenings on the fringe of war.  Prior work has appeared in The Guardian, CNN, and Vice UK.

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Was Steven Sotloff a Marked Man?

Syria

Just before the American journalist was abducted in Syria, his fixer’s identity may have been compromised.

Ben Taub | Published Sep 02, 2014

Syria’s War Tourists

Voyeurism

Syria’s conflict is drawing a motley crew of adventure-seekers and adrenaline with murky motivations—and little experience with surviving in war zones.

Ben Taub | Published Nov 02, 2013

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