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Iraqi Businesses Feel Pinch Of Iran's Economic Woes

Najaf in southern Iraq is beginning to feel the pain of neighboring Iran's economic woes. Business around Shiite sites, which usually draw scores of Iranians for the holy days of Ashura, is way down.

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Syrian Rebels Claim They Shot Down Fighter Jet With A Missile

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A Rebel Fighter Sees Islamic Law In Syria's Future

It's about 9 o'clock in the morning, and already it's been a long day for Abu Anas. He has lost two men to a sniper serving the Syrian regime. Four more have been injured.But Abu Anas walks with a...

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Sources: Syrian Rebels Training On Anti-Aircraft Weapons In Jordan

The U.S. has now formally recognized a new Syrian opposition group as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people. But the U.S. has repeatedly declined to provide weapons for rebels fighting...

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As Syrian War Grinds On, A Rebel Keeps Reinventing Himself

Ibrahim Abazid had no idea he would be part of a nationwide revolt in Syria — or that his role would keep evolving.It was March 2011. Some teenagers in his hometown, Dera'a, got arrested for spray...

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A Welcoming Way Station For Syrians Fleeing Home

It's called Beit Qamishlo, or the House of Qamishlo. It's named after a city in northeastern Syria, though the house isn't even in Syria — it's just across the border in southern Turkey.The house is...

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In War-Torn Aleppo, Old Doors That Reflect A Grand Tradition

Aleppo's storied old city, which dates to the 12th century, has suffered much in the fighting between Syrian government forces and rebels over the past few months. But parts of the city remain intact,...

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For Those Still In Syria, A Daily Struggle

The situation for Syrian refugees is getting dire. Much has been reported about the worsening conditions for hundreds of thousands of Syrians taking up shelter just outside the country's borders, but...

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As Syrian Rebels Reopen Bakeries, Bread Crisis Starts To Ease

In Syria, the staple of most meals is a thin, round, flat bread that we would probably call pita.Back in November, as fierce fighting raged across Syria, people started to run out of this bread....

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Syrian Opposition Leader Holds Talks With Russia, Iran

Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.DAVID GREENE, HOST: And I'm David Greene.Let's begin this morning with Syria. There has been a little bit of...

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Conflict Transforms Syrian English Teacher Into War Photographer

Syria's war has thrown ordinary citizens into situations they never could have imagined and changed them in ways they never would have dreamed. It's turned carpenters, engineers and doctors into armed...

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'Conscience' of Syrian Revolution Faces Challenge from Islamists

Kafr Nabl is surrounded by rocky hills covered with olive and fig trees. Located in northwest Syria near the Turkish border, it used to be a sleepy town of about 30,000 people. Then it rose up against...

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Displaced Syrians Find Shelter In Ancient 'Dead Cities'

Parts of the northern Syrian province of Idlib are a U.N. World Heritage site, known for its ancient archaeological wonders. Walking along muddy, rocky ground covered in new grass and wild daffodils,...

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A Chat With A Radical Fighter In Syria

The Islamist rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra has been secretive, keeping to itself and refusing to meet Western journalists. The group has been designated a terrorist organization by the Obama...

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Letters To My Dead Father

Ten years after the U.S. invaded Iraq, NPR is taking a look back, revisiting people and places first encountered during the war. In 2006, NPR aired a story about a 9-year-old girl who loved her father...

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Face To Face With Death In Iraq

On the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, NPR is catching up with some of the people we encountered during the war. In 2006, at the height of the violence, we brought you the story of a...

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Revisiting Iraq: A Sister On The Edge

It's been 10 years since the U.S. invaded Iraq. This week we're taking a look back, revisiting voices you first heard on NPR in 2007. We brought you the story of two sisters who had lost their parents....

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In Syria, Some Ruling Minority Alawites Take Risky Stand Against Regime

The Alawites of Syria were a poor, little-known Shiite minority until longtime dictator Hafez Assad, a member of the sect, rose to power in 1970. His son, President Bashar Assad, is now fighting to...

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A Close-Up Of Syria's Alawites, Loyalists Of A Troubled Regime

The film on Syria's Alawite community isn't finished yet, but filmmaker Nidal Hassan's favorite scenes are beginning to take shape.It opens with fireworks on New Year's Eve in Tartous, Syria. "May God...

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Dozens Dead After Clashes With Radical Cleric In Lebanon

Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: You're listening to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News.Calm has been restored in southern Lebanon for now. Clashes between the army and followers of a radical Sunni...

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