Ryan Biller is an independent journalist who primarily covers climate issues, global conflict, and US and Middle Eastern politics. He’s written about a wide range of topics, from Congo’s effort to vaccinate wild gorillas against Ebola to water-driven war in South Sudan, to military occupation in Palestine and the wildlife black market in the Amazon rainforest. Most recently, Ryan was in Syria documenting civilian life after the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham rebel group overthrew President Bashar al-Assad after his family’s 50-year rule.