Senior U.S. diplomats on Friday held their first formal talks in Damascus with the leader of the Islamist rebels who ...

Ari Shapiro has been one of the hosts of All Things Considered, NPR's award-winning afternoon newsmagazine, since 2015. During his first two years on the program, listenership to All Things Considered ...

Syrian rebels reportedly control most of Aleppo following their surprise offensive which left regime forces reeling. Thousands of opposition fighters in armoured vehicles have been deployed to ...

As Syria's economy collapsed during the civil war, the country became something of narco-state. The now-ousted regime was estimated to earn billions annually from trafficking a drug known as Captagon.

The brutal regime of Bashar al Assad fell over the weekend with dizzying speed. Syrians within the country and around the ...

Travis Timmerman, a U.S. citizen found wandering barefoot in Damascus after being freed from a Syrian prison following the ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Steven Heydemann, Middle East Studies director at Smith College, about how Syria might avoid replicating Arab countries that are worse off after overthrowing dictators.

In Syria, people have known that one wrong step could land them in trouble with the government. For the first time in more than half a century, Syrians are experiencing life without that shadow.

Austin Tice has been missing in Syria for years. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with two of his siblings, after Assad's regime fell ...

What comes next in Syria? That is a huge question after the shocking overthrow ... Hey, Tom. TOM BOWMAN, BYLINE: Hey, Ari. SHAPIRO: What kind of chemical weapon stockpile did Bashar al-Assad have?

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with professor Joshua Landis, who directs the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, about how the fall of the Assad regime could change global dynamics.

U.S. National Security Council Spokesperson Sean Savett said Biden was "closely monitoring the extraordinary events in Syria and staying in constant touch with regional partners." Daniel Shapiro ...