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Roy Gutman has been a foreign affairs journalist in Washington and abroad for more than four decades. His reports for Newsday on “ethnic cleansing” in Bosnia-Herzegovina, including the first documented accounts of Serb-run concentration camps, won the Pulitzer Prize, the George Polk Award for foreign reporting, the Selden Ring Award for investigative reporting and other honors. He also was part of the McClatchy team that won the George Polk award for foreign reporting in 2013. His books include Banana Diplomacy, A Witness to Genocide, and How We Missed the Story: Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of Afghanistan.Send him a tip: tips@thedailybeast.com. You can also use our anonymous document submission system, SecureDrop. Click here to find out how.

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The Taliban Is Back, and the World’s Jihadis Are Coming

BAD NEWS

From the beginning, America was out to defeat al Qaeda rather than to defeat the Taliban. Now we’re going to face the consequences of that original mistake.

Roy Gutman | Published Aug 17, 2021

A ‘State of Terror’ After Suicide Attack Kills U.S. Troops

BLOWUP

The restaurant bombing in the flashpoint Syrian city of Manbij proves deadly pockets of ISIS remain, but may only hasten President Trump’s moves to withdraw U.S. forces.

Kimberly Dozier, Roy Gutman, Erin Banco | Published Jan 16, 2019

Rights Group Charges U.S.-Led Coalition With ‘War Crimes’

NO COMPENSATION

Thousands of civilians were killed by the U.S.-led coalition's campaign against ISIS. Now Trump's congratulating himself and pulling out without, it seems, a second thought.

Roy Gutman | Published Jan 11, 2019

New Khashoggi Murder Tape Boosts CIA Crown Prince Conclusion

DIAL MBS FOR MURDER

The 15-minute Turkish recording allegedly shows he was strangled by the killers amid shouting and a physical struggle.

Roy Gutman | Published Nov 17, 2018

The Turks Aren’t Buying the New Khashoggi Murder ‘Cover-Up’

COVER-UP

Looks like heads will roll in Saudi Arabia, literally, as Mohammed bin Salman’s underlings are accused of murdering the Washington Post columnist while the prince was oblivious.

Roy Gutman | Published Nov 15, 2018

How Russia Starved People in a US-Controlled Corner of Syria

FORGOTTEN

Months of bureaucratic wrangling and supposed security delays left babies dying in the desert.

Kimberly Dozier, Roy Gutman | Published Nov 13, 2018

The Khashoggi Murder Case Ain’t Going Away

‘CRIME OF THE CENTURY’

The Turkish prosecutor on Wednesday confirmed that the Washington Post columnist was strangled as soon as he entered the Saudi consulate in a premeditated act of murder.

Roy Gutman | Published Oct 31, 2018

A ‘Fair Trial’ for Khashoggi Killers? Just About Impossible

BLINDED JUSTICE

Erdogan has demanded that those who allegedly murdered the Washington Post columnist in the Istanbul consulate be extradited—drawing attention to Turkey’s own lousy record.

Roy Gutman | Published Oct 30, 2018

Erdogan’s Half-Naked Truths About Khashoggi Murder

KILLER ELITE

The Turkish president left a few fig leaves on his account of the assassination, but left no doubt it was premeditated and the top officials in Saudi Arabia were responsible.

Roy Gutman | Published Oct 24, 2018

Evidence Mounts of Brutal Saudi Cover-Up in Khashoggi Case

ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN

Leaks from Turkish officials reveal disturbing details about the alleged torture and murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, and Saudi efforts to thwart investigators.

Roy Gutman | Published Oct 18, 2018

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