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Merkel Stakes Her Career On Germany Welcoming Middle East Migrants

7:59am August 15, 2016

by Joanna Kakissis

Chancellor Angela Merkel is standing by what she calls the historic task of making war refugees part of Germany. But fellow Germans are growing increasingly skeptical that this can be done.

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Thousands Of Injuries In Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Have Lasting Impact

5:25pm August 14, 2016

by Emily Harris

Thousands of Palestinians and Israelis have been injured over the last decade, even during the times there isn't an all-out war between the two sides. The effects ripple through their communities.

An Israeli soldier walks in front of the body of one of two guards who army sources said were killed by Palestinian militants on April 25, 2008. One of those killed was Eli Wasserman, 51.

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In The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Even Calm Is Deadly

4:49pm August 14, 2016

by Emily Harris

NPR examined more than a decade of data detailing Israeli and Palestinian fatalities. From February 2005 to September 2015, there were only four months with no deaths from conflict-related violence.

Syrian Civil Defense Force rescuer Khaled Omar Harrah after pulling a baby from a destroyed home in Aleppo. The moment was caught on video and gained international attention.

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The Volunteer Who Rescued Syria's 'Miracle Baby' Is Killed In Aleppo

4:50pm August 13, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Khaled Omar Harrah, a volunteer rescuer who spent more than two years rushing to the scenes of airstrikes and barrel bombs to save lives, has been killed by an airstrike in the embattled city.

A Syrian Red Crescent team works to evacuate the conjoined twins to a hospital in Damascus on Friday.

Syrian Conjoined Twins Evacuated From Embattled Rebel Stronghold

12:53pm August 13, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Conjoined twin boys Moaz and Nawras have been evacuated out of one of Syria's most embattled areas for urgent medical treatment, following an international appeal to save their lives.

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Latest On Aleppo After Doctors' Open Letter To Obama

9:14am August 13, 2016

NPR's Scott Simon checks back in with a surgeon from Aleppo, Dr. Osama Abo El Ezz, about the current situation in the besieged Syrian city.

A volunteer at the the Dar-ul-Islam mosque in Elizabeth, N.J., prepares for a party to welcome refugees. More than 50 newly arrived Syrian women and children were invited to the party.

At A New Jersey Mosque, People Of Different Faiths Welcome Syrians

8:57am August 13, 2016

by Deborah Amos

At a party for Syrian refugees in a New Jersey mosque, Americans of Lebanese and Pakistani descent and a Jewish family offer help and stories of their own immigrant backgrounds.

Afghan soldiers inspect a destroyed vehicle after an operation in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on July 26, the day the Pentagon says a drone strike killed the leader of the Islamic State in the region.

U.S. Officials Confirm Death Of Senior ISIS Leader In Afghanistan And Pakistan

8:28pm August 12, 2016

by Richard Gonzales

The Defense Department says a U.S. drone attack has killed a man who was central to ISIS operations. A DOD spokesman says Hafiz Saeed Khan participated in attacks against U.S. and coalition forces.

Images taken from CCTV issued by the Metropolitan Police in London Kadiza Sultana, 16, (left), Shamima Begum, 15, (center) and Amira Abase, 15, (right) going through security at Gatwick airport in February 2015, before they caught their flight to Turkey.

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British Schoolgirl Who Ran Away To Join ISIS Feared Dead In Syria

2:00pm August 12, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Eighteen months after British schoolgirl Kadiza Sultana ran away from home to join the Islamic State militant group, her family lawyer says they've received word she has died in Syria.

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Turkey Blames U.S. Scholar For Instigating Attempted Military Coup

6:46pm August 11, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Henri Barkey of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars about why Turkey has accused him of being connected to the attempted military coup last month.

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