For Shaymaa Ahmed, a 21-year-old engineering student in Gaza, a cease-fire means she can finally mourn her own family.

Aaron Zelin of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy talks with NPR's Leila Fadel about the group that now controls Syria and why it's so hard to shed the label of "terrorists." ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with 21-year-old engineering student Shaimaa Ahmed in Gaza about how she feels about the news of the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel.

After the downfall of the Assad regime, how can Syrians reconcile and form an inclusive government for all citizens? NPR speaks with Mona Yacoubian with the United States Institute of Peace.

Villagers in Syria's Golan Heights have told NPR that Israeli troops have raided their homes and confiscated weapons. Israel says its military operation in the area is to ensure border security.

FADEL: And what are Syrians saying about the seizure of land? AL-SHALCHI: Well, for a context, Israel seized and occupied the Golan Heights from Syria during the Arab-Israeli war of '67 ...

HTS itself is designated a terrorist organization by the United States. And there are fears that unresolved tensions between Syria’s ethnic and religious groups could impede Shara’s efforts to unify ...

In Syria's capital, Damascus, there are hole-in-the-wall beauty parlors on nearly every street, places for women to chat while getting blowouts and manicures. And when NPR's Diaa Hadid visited a few, ...

In Syria's capital, Damascus, there are hole-in-the-wall beauty parlors on nearly every street, places for women to chat while getting blowouts and manicures. And when NPR's Diaa Hadid visited a ...

Syria’s new government is facing backlash after announcing changes to the school curriculum, including introducing what some critics say is an Islamist slant to teaching. The changes, published ...

Syria's new leader is trying to unite the various rebels who banded together to topple Bashar al-Assad. As NPR's Arezou Rezvani reports, it's a hard sell for some fighters. AREZOU REZVANI, BYLINE ...