Syria

To Syria And Back: How 2 Women Escaped Their Radicalized Husbands

7:55pm August 08, 2018

by Greg Myre

Few have returned to the U.S. after traveling to Syria and Iraq, where they were linked to extremists. Two are women who say their husbands forced them to go, along with their small children.

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Wreckage of a building described as part of the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC) compound in the Barzeh district, north of Damascus, in a photo from April.

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Syrian Rocket Scientist Reportedly Assassinated By Israel's Mossad

7:47am August 07, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Aziz Asbar, who is said to have worked on Syrian rockets and chemical weapons, was killed over the weekend when his car exploded. The New York Times says he was targeted by Israel.

Syrian refugee girls stand outside their tent at a camp near the border with Syria in eastern Lebanon on June 13.

U.S. Refugee Program 'In Danger' Amid Steep Drop In Refugee Arrivals, Advocates Warn

3:53pm July 24, 2018

by Deborah Amos

Just 49 Syrian refugees have been admitted in fiscal year 2018, compared with more than 12,000 in 2016. "The refugee program is in danger," says the head of a resettlement organization in Connecticut.

Participants at a global security conference in Moscow in April gather near a big screen showing a Russian warplane unloading its weapons over a target in Syria. Russia became involved in the Syrian civil war in 2015 in support of its ally President Basha

Russia Says Agreements Were Discussed With Trump On Syria. The U.S. Is Silent

10:47pm July 19, 2018

by Tom Bowman

The Trump administration has offered no information about supposed "specific" proposals that Russian officials have mentioned publicly.

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Presidents Trump and Vladimir Putin hold a joint news conference after a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki on Monday.

Trump's Refusal To Back U.S. Intel Over Russia At Putin Summit Sparks Bipartisan Ire

4:38pm July 16, 2018

by Scott Horsley

The leaders held a stunning joint news conference after speaking privately for about two hours, just days after a grand jury indicted 12 Russian intelligence agents on election-related charges.

The Um Jurius fire base is near Syria's border and Sinjar mountain, where minority Yazidis fled to escape an ISIS genocide in 2014.

From Deep In The Iraqi Desert, A New U.S. Fire Base Targets ISIS In Syria

11:52am July 04, 2018

by Jane Arraf

NPR recently visited the base, where 150 U.S. soldiers and Marines provide support for Iraqi and U.S.-backed Syrian forces.

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Syrian refugees get an identity check on the Lebanese side of the al-Zamrani crossing between Lebanon and Syria on Thursday.

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'I Hope To God We Will Be Safe': Refugees In Lebanon Start Returning To Syria

8:14am July 01, 2018

The Lebanese government is encouraging departures, but the U.N. objects. "We are at the service of the refugees," says a Lebanese security official, "but we have reached the limit of our capability."

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Hussam Allahham, a refugee from Syria who is trained as a doctor, now works part-time for a refugee aid organization in Wales. He says Syrians can be shocked when they reach small villages, and he tells them to consider it a break after years of struggle

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'Your Children Are Safe': A Town In Wales Welcomes Refugees From Syria

4:49pm June 06, 2018

by Daniella Cheslow

The U.K. began its community sponsorship program for Syrians in 2016. Some refugees who arrived earlier have helped newcomers settle in — and are persuading Welsh communities to open their doors.

A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces, the rebel group backed by the U.S.-led coalition, looks out upon the ruins of Raqqa last October, toward the end of the coalition's campaign to dislodge the Islamic State from its former stronghold.

U.S.-Led Coalition Accused Of 'Potential War Crimes' In Push To Reclaim Raqqa

6:40pm June 05, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Amnesty International alleges that during last year's successful campaign to dislodge ISIS from the Syrian city, the coalition's airstrikes were "either disproportionate or indiscriminate or both."

The US Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II performs a demonstration flight at Paris Air Show, in Le Bourget, east of Paris, France, last June.

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Israel Says F-35s See First-Ever Combat With IDF Over Syria

6:01am May 22, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Israel's air force chief says F-35As were used in recent strikes against Iranian targets in Syria, the first "operational attack" for the newly fielded stealth jet.