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News Articles: Middle East

Firefighter Naser Brjas and White Helmet member Kinan Ali respond to an emergency call in Damascus on March 31, 2025.

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  • World

To rebuild from war, Syrian firefighters work to rebuild trust -- in each other

They were on opposite sides during Syria's civil war and now must do lifesaving work together. A makeshift brick wall divides them in their Damascus fire station. The psychological wall is higher.

July 10, 2025
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer and
  • Jawad Rizkallah
Demonstrators wave Iranian flags as one holds up a poster of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against Israeli attacks on Iran, after the Friday prayer ceremonies on June 20, 2025 in central Tehran, Iran.

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  • World

After Iran's war with Israel, questions return about Khamenei's potential successors

After the 12-day war in June, the issue of who will succeed Iran's longtime supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has become more urgent.

July 09, 2025
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By:
  • Jackie Northam

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  • World

Greetings from Damascus, Syria, where a crowded bar welcomed post-Assad revelers

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

July 09, 2025
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By:
  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi
President Donald Trump speaks alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Netanyahu and Trump are to meet again on Monday.

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  • Middle East

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet President Trump Monday

President Trump says he is hopeful to reach a Gaza ceasefire deal this week. In his meeting with Netanyahu, Trump could outline a plan for Gaza after 21 months of war between Israel and Hamas.

July 07, 2025
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By:
  • James Hider
Palestinians walk back, carrying parcels collected from a food aid distribution point set up by the privately run Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) on the Salaheddin road, at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on June 24, 2025.

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  • Middle East

Knives, bullets and thieves: the quest for food in Gaza

NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.

July 06, 2025
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By:
  • Anas Baba
Relatives grieve over bodies of family members killed in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians near al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Thursday.

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  • World

Trump says ceasefire deal is near as Israeli strikes kill 138 Palestinians in Gaza

More than 60 of those killed were waiting for aid, according to Palestinian health officials. President Trump said Friday that talks over a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas are at a crucial stage.

July 05, 2025
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By:
  • Anas Baba and
  • Kat Lonsdorf
A man carries a child, who was wounded in an Israeli strike, after being treated in the Shifa Hospital, Gaza City on Monday.

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  • Middle East

74 killed in Gaza as Israeli forces strike a cafe and fire on people seeking food

The cafe, one of the few businesses to continue operating during the 20-month war, was a gathering spot for residents seeking internet access and a place to charge their phones.

July 01, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Smoke billows from an explosion at the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) building in Tehran after an Israeli strike hit the building, cutting off live coverage, on June 16.

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  • Middle East

Alone in Tehran, a young Iranian turns to ChatGPT and video games for comfort

A young shop manager living alone in Iran's capital was panicking during the war with Israel. Her family wasn't nearby. Her therapist had fled. So she turned to an AI chat bot.

June 30, 2025
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By:
  • Jane Arraf
Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, arrives for an IAEA meeting in Vienna, Austria, on June 23.

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  • World

U.N. nuclear watchdog says Iran could enrich uranium again in 'a matter of months'

Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told CBS that Iran had a "a very vast ambitious" nuclear program.

June 30, 2025
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
A satellite photo of Iran's Fordo fuel enrichment facility taken on June 24 shows debris (grey) from a U.S. strike employing several bunker-busting weapons. The Israeli Air Force destroyed additional roads and surface facilities in a subsequent strike.

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  • National Security

Obliterated? Damaged? Inoperable? What's known about Iran's nuclear facilities

Iran's nuclear program has been dealt a blow, here's an overview of the current state of its facilities.

June 29, 2025
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel,
  • Brent Jones,
  • and 1 more
An AI-generated image of a fighter plane shot down in Iran that was published on a parody account on X. Users repeatedly asked the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, if the image was real.

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  • Technology

As Iran and Israel fought, people turned to AI for facts. They didn't find many

AI-generated videos of fighting between Iran and Israel went viral, and people asked chatbots if they were real. "What we're seeing is AI mediating the experience of warfare," said one researcher.

June 29, 2025
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan and
  • Lisa Hagen
People take part in a protest demanding the end of the war and immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday.

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  • Politics

Trump calls for a deal on Israel's war in Gaza, as signs of progress emerge

President Trump pleaded for progress in ceasefire talks in the war in Gaza, as Israel and Hamas appeared to be inching closer to an agreement.

June 29, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Soroka Hospital in the southern city of Beersheba, after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran on June 19. Israel has scored a series of military successes and reshaped the Middle East since being stunned by a surprise Hamas attack in October 2023.

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  • Middle East

With a series of wars, Israel's military reshapes the Mideast

Israel was stunned by a surprise Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023. Since that day, Israel has delivered devastating blows to rivals and has reconfigured the Middle East.

June 28, 2025
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By:
  • Greg Myre
Palestinians carry food packages near a distribution site operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday.

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  • Middle East

Israel's leaders slam a news report on a Gaza 'killing field' near food sites

Israel's prime minister denounced a report in Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoting Israeli soldiers saying commanders ordered them to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites.

June 28, 2025
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By:
  • Aya Batrawy
From left, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Trump and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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  • World

Five academics and former diplomats
on U.S. strikes, Iran and stability

What 5 academics and former diplomats told Morning Edition about the U.S. strikes on Iran and fallout with Israel.

June 27, 2025
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By:
  • Majd Al-Waheidi
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