For Syrians in U.S., joy, worry and a longing to return after Assad’s fall
Syrians in the United States are grappling with the implications of the end of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and what it means for ...
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Checking in with a refugee nine years after he fled Syria for the U.S.
Ari Shapiro has been one of the hosts of All Things Considered, NPR's award-winning afternoon newsmagazine, since 2015. During his first two years on the program, listenership to All Things Considered ...
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Syria made billions trafficking the drug Captagon. Will it continue?
As Syria's economy collapsed during the civil war, the country became something of narco-state. The now-ousted regime was estimated to earn billions annually from trafficking a drug known as Captagon.
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Can Syria avoid another slide into autocracy?
The brutal regime of Bashar al Assad fell over the weekend with dizzying speed. Syrians within the country and around the ...
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American citizen Travis Timmerman is now with U.S. forces after being found in Syria
Travis Timmerman, a U.S. citizen found wandering barefoot in Damascus after being freed from a Syrian prison following the ...
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The state of Arab Spring countries following Assad's fall in Syria
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Steven Heydemann, Middle East Studies director at Smith College, about how Syria might avoid replicating Arab countries that are worse off after overthrowing dictators.
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What could happen to the chemical weapons in Syria
The news in Syria has raised immediate questions about the fate of Assad's stockpiles of chemical weapons and the continued presence of U.S. forces fighting the Islamic State in the northeast.
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NPR reports from Syria: The atmosphere in Damascus and the horrors of Saydnaya prison
In Syria, people have known that one wrong step could land them in trouble with the government. For the first time in more than half a century, Syrians are experiencing life without that shadow.
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With fall of Assad regime, Austin Tice's siblings hope he'll be home soon
Austin Tice has been missing in Syria for years. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with two of his siblings, after Assad's regime fell ...
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How the fall of Assad's regime changes the geopolitics of the Middle East
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with professor Joshua Landis, who directs the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, about how the fall of the Assad regime could change global dynamics.
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Syria updates: Rebel forces begin to enter city of Homs
Syria updates: Rebel forces begin to enter city of Homs Published 12/07/2024 Published December 7, 2024 last updated 12/07/2024 last updated December 7, 2024 A war monitor and the leader of the ...
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The latest on Austin Tice, an American journalist kidnapped in Syria in 2012
AILSA CHANG, HOST: That is Debra Tice, the mother of Austin Tice, an American journalist kidnapped in Syria in 2012. She has been leading a yearslong effort to free her son. SHAPIRO: Further ...