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 – ...

Russia is moving a large amount of military equipment in Syria, signalling preparations for a partial withdrawal, analysts ...

An Israeli strike in Gaza killed at least eight people from the same family, most of them women and children, Palestinian ...

Syrian rebels seized Damascus on Sunday ... a "normal country that builds good relations with its neighbors and the world." He said he wouldn't flee, wants to peacefully transfer power, and ...

Israel says the move is necessary following the takeover of neighbouring Syria by an Islamist-led rebel alliance.

The Israeli military hit weapons depots and air defenses, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Israel has ...

The fall of Homs gives the insurgents control over Syria's strategic heartland and a key highway crossroads, severing Damascus from ... to plot attacks around the world and sent millions of ...