Hadeel al-Shalchi is an editor with Weekend Edition. Prior to joining NPR, Al-Shalchi was a Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press and covered the Arab Spring from Tunisia, Bahrain, Egypt, ...
Most Americans are unaware that today’s Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats (Skyes ...
The U.N. organization assisting in investigating the most serious crimes in Syria says the country’s new authorities were ...
Israel’s defense minister has confirmed that Israel assassinated Hamas’ top leader last summer and is threatening to take ...
“The fate of the hostages is contingent upon the Israeli army advancing just hundreds of meters in some of the areas under ...
Bel Trew spent days travelling across Syria – from Aleppo in the north, to the capital Damascus and Deraa in the south – ...
The Middle Eastern country had been ruled by outside powers and dictators for centuries before its revolution was realized.