ISIS Fighters Being Driven Out Of Mosul And Raqqa
NPR's Lakshmi Singh talks with Jennifer Cafarella of the Institute for the Study of War about the battle for territory in the two strategic cities.
Middle East
Protestors Walk 280 Miles In Turkey March For Peace
Hundreds of thousands marched to demonstrate against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after his government imprisoned dissidents following a failed coup last year.
As Night Falls In Syria, U.S. And Russia Brokered Cease-Fire Appears To Be Holding
A cease-fire seemed to be holding in southwestern Syria after more than nine hours. The U.S. and Russia brokered deal is the fifth attempt to quell the violence since early last year.
Have Israel's Religious Authorities 'Blacklisted' 160 Rabbis?
Who is a Jew? The latest chapter of this debate reflects the growing schism between Israel's Orthodox religious establishment and rabbis around the world.
Iraqi Forces Say They're Victorious In Mosul
Iraq's government has declared that its forces have liberated the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants after months of fighting. NPRs Jane Arraf is in Mosul near the al-Nuri mosque.
The New Syrian Cease-Fire Isn't That New
The pact between the U.S. and Russia that includes Jordan and Israel, and affects southwest Syria, would be the fifth such effort to halt fighting there.
U.S., Russia Agree To Syrian Cease-Fire
The truce, for a section of the country's southwest, also includes Jordan and Israel. Several such cease-fires in the past have been short-lived.
As Many As 100,000 Civilians Trapped In Raqqa, U.N. Says
NPR's Rachel Martin asks the U.N.'s Matthias Behnke about civilians trapped in Raqqa, the former ISIS stronghold in Syria. The U.N. says up to 100,000 people are trapped there by anti-ISIS strikes.
Sinai Attack: Bombs And Militants Kill Or Injure 26 Soldiers, Egypt Says
An Egyptian colonel is among the dead, according to multiple reports. A suicide car bomb explosion triggered an assault by dozens of gunmen.
Hobby Lobby Agrees To Renounce Smuggled Iraqi Artifacts
NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Candida Moss, professor of New Testament at the University of Notre Dame and the author of Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby. After Hobby Lobby was fined for smuggling artifacts out of Iraq, Moss talks about Hobby Lobby's unique business mission: to promote the bible.