Middle East

A storehouse in an undisclosed location in Europe holds hundreds of thousands of documents smuggled out of Syria that are being used to build war crimes cases against the regime.

Israel's supreme court will rule whether to deport the local director of Human Rights Watch, after the Israeli government said he's taken positions that violate its anti-boycott law.

In an interview ahead of this week's U.N. General Assembly, Mohammad Javad Zarif tells NPR that U.S. sanctions against Iran "will not be able to bring us to our knees."

President Trump defends his call to Ukraine's president. Iran's foreign minister says his country had nothing to do with strikes on Saudi oil facilities. And, climate action summit seeks bold ideas.

The Stena Impero was detained by Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the Strait of Hormuz on July 19 for alleged marine violations. Iranian maritime officials have given no set date for its release.

NPR's Melissa Block asks analyst Hooman Majd about the Iranian perspective on the latest U.S.-Iran tensions.

The Pentagon provided few details on the deployment. The announcement appears to indicate that the president has not made a decision about whether to take military action against Iran.

The president authorized the deployment of additional U.S. forces to strengthen air and missile defenses around Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the Pentagon announced late Friday.

The contingent was organized by Washington following attacks in June on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz that it blames on Iran. Britain, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have also joined.

The U.S. and Saudi Arabia claim Iran is behind the attack. Iran denies involvement. Here's what the physical evidence shows.

On Sept. 14, a Saudi oil processing plant was rocked by a series of explosions. The facility, and another oil field, were attacked from the air. Here's what physical evidence exists about the attacks.

Iran's leaders seem to be divided over whether to talk to the U.S. next week during the U.N. General Assembly. Meetings may be especially important after Saudi oil facilities were attacked.