A play based on the experiences of one of the few journalists to have reported from behind ISIS lines is causing controversy. Critics are wary of how students will receive the sensitive themes.
Iraqi forces recently drove the Islamic State from the ancient site of Nimrud. But during its stay, the extremist shattered freizes, leaving cuneiform texts strewn around the desert.
In a statement, the Pentagon announced on Thursday that an American service member in Syria died from injuries suffered in an IED blast. The victim's name has not been released yet.
Tens of thousands of people in the Israeli city of Haifa are evacuating their homes as military reservists, police, firefighters and even allied nations join forces to battle a wildfire threatening Israel's third largest city.
The Obama administration has little time left to shore up the Iran nuclear deal, a key part of the president's legacy at risk with the incoming Trump administration. Critics of the deal are watching.
Donald Trump has vowed to block new Syrian refugees and send current refugees back. A family of Syrian refugees in New Jersey and the volunteers supporting them are not sure what to expect.
David Greene talks to Wissam Zarqa, who lives with his wife in rebel-held eastern Aleppo. The teacher and activist explains to David Greene why he wouldn't want to be anywhere else.
NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks to Dr. Samer Attar, an orthopedic surgeon at Northwestern Medicine, who spent months in Aleppo, Syria, this past summer as a volunteer doctor.