Alice Fordham appears in the following:
Iraqis Recall Al-Maliki's Lead In Return To Shiite Dominance
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
On Cusp Of Third Term, Could Iraqi President Be A New Dictator?
Monday, April 28, 2014
How To Survive In Iraqi Politics
Monday, April 28, 2014
Low to the dusty ground, by a reed-fringed river and a lush date palm orchard, is the farmhouse where Iraq's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, grew up.
The place is Junaja, one of hundreds of poor, Shiite Muslim farming towns in southern Iraq. Donkey carts jog alongside battered buses. No monument, ...
International Correspondent ProFile: Baking In Beirut
Monday, April 28, 2014
Alice Fordham has covered the Arab world for more than five years. Her work has taken her from the bookshops of Baghdad to the sand dunes of Algeria - and back again. Now settling into her new posting for NPR as a correspondent in Beirut, she reflects on ...
Syria Gives Up Chemical Weapons ... But A War Rages On
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Sunday is the deadline for Syrian President Bashar Assad to hand over his government's chemical weapons stockpile, and he will have surrendered the vast majority of his declared arsenal.
Some call this a triumph. Others say Assad used the deal to buy time for brutal offensives in the civil war ...
Chemical Weapons Deadline May Be Met, But Results In Syria Are Mixed
Thursday, April 24, 2014
CIA Is Quietly Ramping Up Aid To Syrian Rebels, Sources Say
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
The U.S. is providing more arms and training to the moderate rebels in Syria, under a growing secret program run by the CIA in Jordan. Sources tell NPR that secret program could be supplemented by a more public effort in the coming months involving American military trainers.
The change in ...
For Extremists In Syria, Extortion Brings Piles Of Cash From Iraq
Monday, April 21, 2014
The renegade Islamist group known as ISIS now controls swaths of Syria and Iraq, and it's partly because the fighters are so rich. ISIS, or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, is known for having the biggest guns and paying the highest salaries.
While kidnapping, oil smuggling ...
Sunni Discontent Fuels Growing Violence In Iraq's Anbar Province
Friday, April 18, 2014
Despite Havoc, Syrian War Sparks Hope Among Kurdish Minority
Monday, April 14, 2014
As Refugees Stream In, Lebanon Copes With Human Flood Tide
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Kurdish Ambitions Get A Rude Awakening From Baghdad
Friday, March 14, 2014
In Iraq, Anbar Faces Extremists Stronger Than Those U.S. Fought
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Splinters From Syria Reach Iraqi Kurds
Wednesday, March 05, 2014
Beirut's Suburbs Take New Precautions As Syrian Unrest Expands
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Riding the bus to Beirut's southern suburbs used to be a bumpy, crowded but fun experience. Everyone crammed in next to each other, bouncing around on the way to the area they call the Dahiyeh, the Arabic word for "suburb."
This sprawling southern district of Lebanon's capital is the place ...