Middle East

NATO Allies Grapple With Appropriate Response To Paris Attacks

2:02pm November 17, 2015

Steve Inskeep talks to Mary Beth Long, former assistant secretary of Defense and current adviser to NATO, about the Islamic State's terror campaign, and the efforts underway to combat the threat.

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Invited By Obama To 'Pop Off,' John McCain Just Did

11:50am November 17, 2015

by Steve Inskeep

In an interview with Morning Edition, the Republican senator criticized the administration's strategy against ISIS, following the president's remarks Monday.

Egyptian military vehicles approach the wreckage of a Russian passenger jet bound for St. Petersburg, Russia, on Nov. 1 after it crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula.

Plane Crash Was A 'Terrorist Act,' Russian Officials Say

10:39am November 17, 2015

by Marie Andrusewicz

Traces of explosives were found on the wreckage. All 224 passengers and crew were killed in last month's crash in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. An affiliate of ISIS claimed responsibility.

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Refugees Experiencing Backlash After Paris Attacks

9:44am November 17, 2015

Paris has long been a city of immigrants. But there are now fears of repercussions against the refugees who are streaming into Europe at a faster pace from places like Syria.

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Sen. McCain On ISIS: I'd Rather Fight Them Overseas Than Here

8:18am November 17, 2015

Steve Inskeep talks to Sen. John McCain, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, about the ISIS threat, U.S. governors not wanting to accept Syrian refugees and the possibility of peace in Syria.

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National

Is There A Hierarchy Of The Importance Of Death In The News Business?

5:43am November 17, 2015

by David Folkenflik

A day before the Paris attacks, two suicide bombers killed more than 40 people in a crowded commercial district of Beirut, Lebanon. Did the news media cover each story equally?

Obama Vows To 'Intensify' U.S. Action Against ISIS

11:30pm November 16, 2015

by Tom Bowman

President Obama vowed to "intensify" U.S. action against ISIS in Syria and Iraq, but he brushed aside calls to send in U.S. ground troops.

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People remove household goods from the rubble as a house burns on Sunday in Sinjar, Iraq. Kurdish forces, with the aid of months of U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, liberated the town from ISIS.

The Real Debate: 2 Very Different World Views On Terrorism

9:24pm November 16, 2015

by Domenico Montanaro

American politics are more divided than at any time in modern history — and that rift is as wide as it gets when it comes to foreign policy, something made very clear after the Paris attacks.

Security Expert: Current Counterterrorism Policy Won't Work Against ISIS

7:44pm November 16, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Audrey Kurth Cronin, director of the international security program at George Mason University, about her article in Foreign Affairs in which she explains why counterterrorism won't stop the latest jihadist threat.

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Yazidi commander Badr al-Hajji says he considers any Arab Muslims who stayed in ISIS-controlled areas to be the same as ISIS. When his forces progress to the ISIS-held Arab villages south of Sinjar, he warns that those who remain will face the Yazidis' wr

World News

An Iraqi Town Is Retaken From ISIS, And Looting And Retribution Begin

7:20pm November 16, 2015

by Alice Fordham

Yazidis and Kurds have retaken the Iraqi town of Sinjar, which fell to ISIS last year. Yazidis, who have been brutally targeted by ISIS, now warn of dire consequences for those in ISIS-held villages.

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