After the sudden fall of the Syrian regime in December, Syrians are still euphoric but grappling with a shattered economy and fragile security. NPR’s Jane Arraf reports from Damascus. This segment ...

Fighting between Syrian Kurds -who a decade ago clawed out an autonomous territory in the country's northeast- and Turkish-backed militias is posing a serious threat to the current stability.

Jane Arraf covers Egypt, Iraq, and other parts of the Middle East for NPR News. Arraf joined NPR in 2016 after two decades of reporting from and about the region for CNN, NBC, the Christian ...

And while a few women continue to be found, even that comes at a cost. NPR's Jane Arraf brings us this story from the Kurdistan region of Iraq of one young woman separated from and then reunited ...

NPR's Jane Arraf traveled close to the front line and brings us this story. (SOUNDBITE OF TANKS RUMBLING) JANE ARRAF, BYLINE: We're standing on a country road along the Euphrates River in the ...