Jane Arraf
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World
Fighting between rival factions in Syria threatens its fragile stability
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.
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A Yazidi woman enslaved by ISIS is reunited with her kids after years of separation
It's been 10 years since the ISIS takeover of parts of Iraq and Syria and its campaign of genocide against the Yazidi religious minority. A few women continue to be found, but it comes at a cost.
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World
Syria's U.S.-trained opposition fighters wait to learn of their role in a new Syria
Former opposition groups — some of whom are U.S.-trained — will be knitted together into new Syrian security forces organized by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the group that led the ouster of Bashar al-Assad.
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Makeshift camp in Syria home to thousands who fled regime, ISIS attacks
NPR makes an unprecedented visit to the desert camp full of Syrians who fled the regime and ISIS attacks nearly a decade ago. They were trapped against the border until the fall of the Syrian regime.
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What comes next for Syria after the Assad regime
NPR's Leila Fadel, Jane Arraf, and Ruth Sherlock share their reporting from Syria more than a week after the fall of the Assad regime.
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World
American citizen is now with U.S. forces after being found in Syria
Travis Timmerman, the missing American found wandering barefoot in the Syrian capital after being released from prison - is going home. NPR were there when for the moment he was welcomed home.
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How do the insurgents in Syria plan to resurrect the state?
It's been less than a week since a coalition of opposition fighters overthrew the Syrian regime. Opposition leaders and government workers are rolling back decades of repression and corruption.
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World
After celebrations, Syria faces an uncertain future
Syrian rebels have overturned one of the oldest dictatorships in the world. It has been a long struggle, including more than a decade of civil war. But it all began in 2011, during the Arab Spring.
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Syrian rebels take over the capital Damascus, forcing government to flee
In a lightning campaign, Syrian rebels seize the capital and end half a century of brutal Assad family rule.
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Syrian rebels make further inroads in major cities
The Assad regime is Syria is looking increasingly fragile as rebels take control of more of the country's territory.
