Fighting between Syrian Kurds -who a decade ago clawed out an autonomous territory in the country's northeast- and Turkish-backed militias is posing a serious threat to the current stability.

Email us at [email protected]. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: When Syria's dictatorship fell in early December, a celebration broke out nearly 6,000 miles away in Toledo, Ohio. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Mohammed al-Refaai, who we first met nine years ago when he moved to Ohio from Syria. It wasn't until this week that Congress passed a law making the bald eagle the ...

In Syria, it's the first Christmas since the ... So, you know, that didn't really help, Ari. SHAPIRO: Interesting. What's the government saying about these fears? AL-SHALCHI: Well, regarding ...

a video of a Christmas tree being set on fire in a central city in Syria went viral, and Christians broke into a large protest in Damascus. Some were carrying guns on the back of pickup trucks. So, ...