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In Raqqa, People Are Living in Ruins And Resentment Is Growing

5:43pm October 24, 2018

by Ruth Sherlock

It's been a year since U.S. forces and Syrian fighters forced ISIS from Raqqa. But the Syrian city still has large swaths of destruction, and people are growing resentful.

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GOP Sen. Todd Young Discusses Message He Wants To See Trump Send Saudi Arabia

4:47pm October 24, 2018

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., about why he thinks Saudi Arabia should be sent a strong message that they need to obey international human rights law.

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Displaced Yemeni children stare through a hole in the wall of a half-destroyed house in Taez, where they have been staying with several families since violence drove them from their homes in Hodeidah earlier this year.

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Yemen In 'Clear And Present Danger' Of Massive Famine After Years Of Violence

3:30pm October 24, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The looming catastrophe is "much bigger than anything any professional in this field has seen during their working lives," says the United Nations' humanitarian chief.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said Saudi Arabia is cooperating with Turkey to investigate the Jamal Khashoggi killing, "to present the perpetrators to the court."

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Saudi Crown Prince Calls Khashoggi Killing 'A Heinous Crime'

2:38pm October 24, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Discussing a killing that has caused some to view him with suspicion, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said at the "Davos in the Desert" investment forum that it "cannot be justified."

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Men walk past a TV screen showing a news program with an image of Japanese freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda, on Wednesday. Yasuda, who disappeared three years ago in Syria, has been released and is now in Turkey, a Japanese official said.

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Japanese Journalist Is Freed After 3 Years As Captive In Syria

7:15am October 24, 2018

by Anthony Kuhn

Jumpei Yasuda was taken hostage by al-Nusra Front, the al-Qaida affiliate in Syria, in 2015. Japanese officials say he was freed on Tuesday and is now in Turkey.

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What The Khashoggi Case Means For Israel

7:06am October 24, 2018

by Daniel Estrin

The international fallout over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi extends beyond Turkey, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. Israelis and Palestinians weigh in on the controversy.

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Japanese Journalist Released After 3 Years' Captivity In Syria

5:47am October 24, 2018

by Anthony Kuhn

A Japanese journalist kidnapped in Syria in 2015 has been released. Jumpei Yasuda was released to Turkish officials near the border with Syria.

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Erdogan's End Game

5:47am October 24, 2018

NPR's David Greene speaks with international relations professor Fawaz Gerges about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's handling of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

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News Brief: Israel After Khashoggi's Killing, Trump Signs Opioid Bill

5:16am October 24, 2018

President Trump will sign a bill to address the opioid epidemic today. Also, we look at relationship between Israel and Saudi Arabia after Jamal Khashoggi's killing.

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Turkish President Says Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Was 'Brutally Murdered'

10:03pm October 23, 2018

Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Saudi operatives killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a savage, premeditated action. This comes as Saudi Arabia opens an economic aimed at transforming the kingdom's economy.

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