Hadeel al-Shalchi is an editor with Weekend Edition. Prior to joining NPR, Al-Shalchi was a Middle East correspondent for the ...
Syrian opposition fighters celebrate the fall of the Syrian government, in Damascus, Syria on December 8, 2024. Rebel forces ...
The Syrian government collapsed early Sunday, as rebels seized control of the capital Damascus. Deposed President Bashar ...
The private residence of deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was ransacked after rebels took over the capital, forcing him ...
Pediatric cancer survival rates are a crowning medical achievement. But the impact of missing school is a less-discussed side ...
Their job is to keep the peace amid a worsening and at times deadly conflict between humans and the world's largest land ...
In a lightning campaign, Syrian rebels seize the capital and end half a century of brutal Assad family rule.
A Danish museum has agreed to return the bronze head of a Roman Emperor to Turkey. The sculpture was among thousands of artifacts looted from Turkey and sold to American and European museums. (This ...
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with health policy researcher Robin Rudowitz about the prospect of cuts to Medicaid and what impact that would have.
For years, residents of a Manhattan neighborhood have discovered tiny ducks and other toys hidden in its nooks and crannies. A determined reporter tries to uncover who is behind the caper.
The bestselling religious author Hal Lindsey died last month. His book "The Late Great Planet Earth" galvanized a generation of young evangelicals and is still influential today.
Listener Ernie Thurston of Asheville, N.C., plays the puzzle with NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Weekend Edition host ...