The war between Israel and Hezbollah shook the landscape in the Middle East. Kevin Sites covered the crisis for a month, from both sides of the divide.
Kevin Sites covered Sri Lanka as violence erupted between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels, pushing a nation with so much to lose back to the brink of all-out war.
Kevin Sites' reported from Nepal at a time of hope, with nationwide protests forcing the autocratic King from power. Kashmir, however, was suffering daily outbreaks of violence.
While in Afghanistan, Kevin Sites uncovered the story of Gulsoma. Given away in an arranged marriage at age six, she endured years of beatings and torture until she finally escaped.
Embedded with the 10th Mountain Division in eastern Afghanistan in spring 2006, more than four years after the U.S.-led coalition ousted the Taliban, Kevin Sites found that war is far from over in the country.
A brutal fight between the Russian government and Islamist separatists in the 90s reduced Chechnya to rubble. Reporting from the region in winter 2006, Kevin Sites documented the continuing effects of separatist violence and Russian security...
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Exploring Tehran in winter 2006, Kevin Sites found kids slamming on the basketball court, a heavy metal band forced to play in secret, a flea market packed with interesting characters and an innovative heroin treatment clinic.
In the following clip from the documentary "Open Eye - Open I," photographer Shirley Barenholz visits Kinneret Boosany as she recovers from a suicide bombing. Throughout her struggles we see Boosany serve as an example of emotional freedom...
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In Israel, Kevin Sites interviewed Kinneret Boosany, a victim of a suicide bombing at a Tel Aviv cafe in 2002. She barely survived the attack; she had burns on 70 percent of her body and was in a coma for four months.
Kevin Sites first reported from Lebanon at a time when Syrian troops had pulled out, but political assassinations were continuing to fuel rage and apprehension. In Gaza, Sites documented a chaotic funeral procession through the streets.