Syria's new rulers are forming a government after more than half a century of dictatorship under former leader Bashar al-Assad and his father.

Federal government faces shutdown after stop-gap funding bill fails in the House, fighting rages in eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, Syria forming a new government after fall of Assad regime.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who served on the National Security Council, about the bomb attack on a Moscow street, outside a residential building.

Greenfield, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to the U.N., about her career in foreign service and American diplomacy.

She speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about what she says are Musk's ... December 17, 2024 • People in Syria are looking for their relatives and friends in prisons, hospitals and morgues.

By Patricia Cohen Reporting from London Although the collapse of President Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria was shockingly quick, rebuilding the devastated economy he left behind will be ...

Stories from men conscripted into the Syrian military help explain why it collapsed. Leila Fadel is a national correspondent for NPR based in Los Angeles, covering issues of culture, diversity, and race.

A portrait of ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad is taken off the wall of a regime prison in Damascus, Syria. (Lorenzo Tugnoli for The Washington Post) The Syrian regime’s collapse came more ...

The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces had conducted an airstrike that killed ISIS leader Abu Yusif in eastern Syria. One other ISIS operative was also killed in the strike that ...

Daniel Wakin: Tom, I wanted to talk to you about the situation in Syria and what it means for the Middle East as a whole. It’s been almost two weeks since Syria’s dictator, Bashar al-Assad ...

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