Rebels took over Damascus quickly, but the uprising has been decades in the making
Ayesha Rascoe talks to Mazen Gharibah of the London School of Economics about internal opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which started long before his ouster this month.
Venezuela’s president elect vows to return from exile for inauguration
The winner of Venezuela’s presidential election this summer was forced into exile. But he’s promising to return for the inauguration next month despite threats of arrest.
At least 11 dead in the French territory of Mayotte as Cyclone Chido causes devastating damage
At least 11 people have died after Cyclone Chido caused devastating damage in the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, France’s Interior Ministry said Sunday.
Syrian children return to school today
Syrian children in Damascus started up at school today after – the first day back since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.
One week into post-Assad rule in Syria – a view from Damascus
Morning Edition host Leila Fadel reports from Damascus, in the first week in a half-century that the Assad family did not rule the country.
Assad’s fall came too late for one NPR reporter’s father
Assad’s fall came too late for the father of NPR’s Diaa Hadid, who was briefly detained by Syrian forces during their occupation of northern Lebanon.
How Syria’s ‘musician of the revolution’ feels after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime
NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to Syrian-American composer Malek Jandali about the fall of the dictatorship in Syria and his hopes for his homeland’s future.
The International Rescue Committee warns ‘the world is on fire’
NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to David Miliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee, about the group’s 2025 Watchlist, which warns that more than 300 million people require humanitarian assistance.
After 32 years and 5 days, a father and son reunite after Syrian prisoners are freed
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has freed at least thousands of people detained in Syria’s notorious prisons. Some of them have made it back home. Other families are still looking.
South Korea’s parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol
South Korea’s parliament impeached Presisdent Yoon Suk Yeol for his attempt to impose martial law, the first time such a measure had been imposed on the nation in more than four decades.
American citizen Travis Timmerman is now with U.S. forces after being found in Syria
Travis Timmerman, a U.S. citizen found wandering barefoot in Damascus after being freed from a Syrian prison following the fall of the Assad regime, was handed over to U.S. forces in Syria on Friday.
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