Syrian Rebels Secure Another Crossing With Turkey
Rebels trying to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad are making slow but steady gains in securing an incrementally larger safe zone in the north. They've captured a third major border crossing between...
View ArticleSyria Experiences More Bloody Weekend Fighting
In the country's largest city Aleppo, large swaths of a historic market were burned to the ground as government troops battled rebels for control of the city. And a bomb struck a largely Kurdish city...
View ArticleTurkey Pushes Syrians Into Limbo Across Border
Long before the Syrian uprising, Antakya, Turkey, was a storied place. Once known as Antioch, the city was home to Greeks, some of the earliest Christians, Jews and Armenians. It once was a major stop...
View ArticleVideo From Syria Alerts Activist To His Father's Death
The numbers coming out of Syria these days are staggering: hundreds of thousands of refugees, tens of thousands dead. The struggle, and the death, is being captured regularly on social media. The...
View ArticleU.N. Envoy To Syria Heads To Damascus To Discuss Cease-Fire
The United Nations' special envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, is on his way to Syria's capital, Damascus, where he will hold talks with Syrian leaders about a proposal to call a cease-fire between...
View ArticleIn Syrian Conflict, Hezbollah Rears Its Head
We are standing on a roof, leaning back against the wall because of the snipers. We're right at the Syrian-Lebanese border, looking into the Syrian town of Jusiyah, standing with a rebel fighter who...
View ArticleTensions Run High In Beirut Over Slain Official
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: On a Monday, it's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.DAVID GREENE, HOST: And I'm David Greene. Good morning.Moderator Bob Schieffer has released his list...
View ArticleLife And Death And Puppets In Syria
"I'm not crazy," the figure says, standing alone in a dark room, as if trying to convince himself."I'm not crazy?" almost a question this time."I'm not crazy. I'm not crazy. I'm not crazy!" he yells,...
View ArticleLittle Festivity As Syria's Holiday Cease-fire Fails
Eid al-Adha is one of the holiest days on the Muslim calendar. The day marks the end of the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. It's the feast of the sacrifice, when any Muslim who is able should sacrifice an...
View ArticleIn Syria's Biggest City, A Deadly Stalemate
Before the Syrian uprising, Aleppo was many things: Syria's largest city, its economic hub and cultural capital, one of the oldest, continuously occupied cities in the world.Now, Aleppo has a more...
View ArticleIraqi Businesses Feel Pinch Of Iran's Economic Woes
Najaf in southern Iraq is beginning to feel the pain of neighboring Iran's economic woes. Business around Shiite sites, which usually draw scores of Iranians for the holy days of Ashura, is way down.
View ArticleSyrian Rebels Claim They Shot Down Fighter Jet With A Missile
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View ArticleA Rebel Fighter Sees Islamic Law In Syria's Future
It's about 9 o'clock in the morning, and already it's been a long day for Abu Anas. He has lost two men to a sniper serving the Syrian regime. Four more have been injured.But Abu Anas walks with a...
View ArticleSources: U.S., Jordan Training Syrian Rebels On Anti-Aircraft Weapons
The U.S. has now formally recognized a new Syrian opposition group as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people. But the U.S. has repeatedly declined to provide weapons for rebels fighting...
View ArticleAs Syrian War Grinds On, A Rebel Keeps Reinventing Himself
Ibrahim Abazid had no idea he would be part of a nationwide revolt in Syria — or that his role would keep evolving.It was March 2011. Some teenagers in his hometown, Dera'a, got arrested for spray...
View ArticleA Welcoming Way Station For Syrians Fleeing Home
It's called Beit Qamishlo, or the House of Qamishlo. It's named after a city in northeastern Syria, though the house isn't even in Syria — it's just across the border in southern Turkey.The house is...
View ArticleIn War-Torn Aleppo, Old Doors That Reflect A Grand Tradition
Aleppo's storied old city, which dates to the 12th century, has suffered much in the fighting between Syrian government forces and rebels over the past few months. But parts of the city remain intact,...
View ArticleFor Those Still In Syria, A Daily Struggle
The situation for Syrian refugees is getting dire. Much has been reported about the worsening conditions for hundreds of thousands of Syrians taking up shelter just outside the country's borders, but...
View ArticleAs Syrian Rebels Reopen Bakeries, Bread Crisis Starts To Ease
In Syria, the staple of most meals is a thin, round, flat bread that we would probably call pita.Back in November, as fierce fighting raged across Syria, people started to run out of this bread....
View ArticleSyrian Opposition Leader Holds Talks With Russia, Iran
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.DAVID GREENE, HOST: And I'm David Greene.Let's begin this morning with Syria. There has been a little bit of...
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