NPR's Leila Fadel talks with journalist Kim Ghattas in Beirut about how far the Israel-Iran war could spread and whether other Middle East powers are bracing for a wider conflict.

When Syria's Assad regime fell, victims gained access to archives on 130,000 missing people. Organizations compiling those documents lost U.S. funding under Trump, hobbling war crimes investigations.

In Syria during the 14-year civil war, many children were detained with their mothers. Then, security forces separated them. Thousands of these children have never been found.Since the fall of the ...

ISIS has claimed two attacks on Syrian security forces – the first since the transitional government under former jihadist Ahmed al-Sharaa took office.

After being on opposite sides of Syria's war, former regime firefighters and members of the White Helmets in a Damascus firehouse are learning to trust each other and work side-by-side.

European Union foreign ministers agreed on Tuesday to lift the remaining economic sanctions on Syria, hoping to help the nation recover as it tries to find stable footing after years of war and ...

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with a mother of eleven who has survived a famine in Somalia brought on by drought and years of conflict. World. Living through famine. June 2, 2025 4:13 AM ET.

LEILA FADEL, HOST: Syria's dictator is gone, but more than a hundred and thirty thousand people are still missing. And some of the groups helping Syrian families find answers are dealing with the ...