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Raqqa Residents Worry About U.S. Decision To Withdraw Troops From Syria

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

The Syrian city was once at the heart of ISIS's self-declared caliphate. U.S.-backed forces recaptured Raqqa in 2017. Residents rebuilding there are unnerved by the planned U.S. troop withdrawal.

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Raqqa Reacts To Troop Withdrawal

Tuesday, December 25, 2018

In Raqqa, where many streets are still filled with rubble from the battle to force out ISIS a year ago, people are shocked and worried about the U.S. decision to pull out of Syria.

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Some Syrians React To U.S. Withdrawal With Worry, Fear

Monday, December 24, 2018

Syrians who've allied with U.S. forces in the fight against ISIS are now worried about their security and future after President Trump's sudden decision to withdraw troops from the country.

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'We Will Curse Them As Traitors': Syrian Kurds React To U.S. Troop Withdrawal Plan

Monday, December 24, 2018

After President Trump's decision to pull out U.S. troops, residents of northeastern Syria tell NPR they feel betrayed. Syrians, led by Kurdish fighters, have lost thousands in the fight against ISIS.

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Syrians React To U.S. Troops Winding Down ISIS Mission In Syria

Monday, December 24, 2018

President Trump says it's time to pull U.S. ground troops out of the fight against ISIS there. The announcement surprised a lot of people, including his military advisers. How do people in Syria feel?

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This Christmas, Some Syrians Fear Consequences Of U.S. Troop Pullout

Sunday, December 23, 2018

Just days after President Trump announced plans for the U.S. to withdraw from Syria, residents of northeastern Syria are concerned about how that will affect them.

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Allies In Syria Concerned Over ISIS Or Turkey Invasion After U.S. Troops Leave

Sunday, December 23, 2018

NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports that on the surface, things appear to be normal after President Trump decided to pull U.S. troops. But underneath, there is fear and anger about what be next.

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White House Announces U.S. Troops Will Be Withdrawing From Syria

Thursday, December 20, 2018

President Trump has decided it's time for the U.S. forces to leave Syria. But the move goes against statements by top American military officials, who have consistently said it would be wise to stay.

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Former Nissan Chairman Charged With Financial Misconduct

Monday, December 10, 2018

Last month Carlos Ghosn was arrested in Japan on allegations of underreporting his salary. Authorities on Monday also served a fresh warrant on separate allegations. He denies the charges.

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Foreign Wives And Children Of ISIS Are Held In Syria With Uncertain Future

Friday, December 07, 2018

Kurdish officials in northeastern Syria say they are holding 550 foreign women whom they captured after defeating ISIS, as well as about 1,200 foreign children.

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Sweden Hosts Peace Talks Between Yemen's Warring Sides

Thursday, December 06, 2018

In a Swedish castle, Houthi rebels will meet for peace talks with the government they chased out of the nation's capital in 2015. Expectations for the talks are low but they're seen as a start.

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Thousands Of ISIS Militants' Family Members Are Being Held In Syrian Detention Camps

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

European women in prison camps in northern Syria talk about how they followed their husbands, who were members of ISIS, there and how they are now languishing with no future in sight.

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As U.N. Talks On Yemen Loom, Voices From The Humanitarian Crisis

Monday, November 26, 2018

The United Nations says some 400,000 children in Yemen will suffer acute malnutrition by the end of 2018, and half the country of 28 million is at risk of famine. Two Yemeni women share what life is like amid the violence and food shortages.

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Remembering Syrian Activist Raed Fares Who Was Killed Last Week

Monday, November 26, 2018

Raed Fares, one of Syria's most prominent activists, was killed by unidentified gunmen in Idlib Province on Friday. He used his broadcasts to critique Syrian President Bashar Assad.

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Yemen's Civil War Pushes The Country To The Brink Of Famine

Thursday, November 22, 2018

A report by Save the Children estimates that since the start of the war in Yemen, some 85,000 infants and children under the age of five may have died of starvation or disease.

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'Entire Families Wiped Out': U.S. Airstrikes Killed Many Civilians In Syria

Friday, November 09, 2018

Rescuers working to dig out and identify corpses from last year's anti-ISIS offensive in Raqqa estimate there were "thousands" of civilian casualties. The U.S.-led coalition acknowledges 104.

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Raqqa: View From The Ground

Thursday, November 01, 2018

Just over a year ago, ISIS was pushed out of the Syrian city of Raqqa. Now residents are trying to recover from a brutal military campaign which included house to house fighting and U.S. bombs.

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'This Is Not Liberation': Life In The Rubble Of Raqqa, Syria

Friday, October 26, 2018

The city's slow recovery after ISIS rule is causing anger among residents who say they're left with little help from the countries that destroyed Raqqa.

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In Raqqa, People Are Living in Ruins And Resentment Is Growing

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

It's been a year since U.S. forces and Syrian fighters forced ISIS from Raqqa. But the Syrian city still has large swaths of destruction, and people are growing resentful.

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Will Morocco's Chinese-Funded 'Tech City' Ever Break Ground?

Wednesday, October 03, 2018

The Mohammed VI Tangier Tech City would stand in monument to China's expansion into a North African nation on Europe's doorstep. But experts say the project has stalled.

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