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Hospital In Aleppo 'Fully Destroyed' In Airstrike, Red Cross Says

11:08am April 28, 2016

At least 14 people were killed in an overnight bombing of a hospital in the Syrian city of Aleppo. Lourdes Garcia-Navarro speaks with Pawel Krzysiek from the International Committee of the Red Cross.

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Syrian Peace Talks Falter; Violence Intensifies

7:55am April 28, 2016

The United Nation's special envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura is due to give the Security Council an update on the civil war in Syria. Lourdes Garcia Navarro talks to de Mistura, who's in Geneva.

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Muslim Artists Struggle To Connect With American Audiences

6:57pm April 27, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with McClatchy national correspondent Hannah Allam about how Muslim artists are frustrated over how Muslims are portrayed in American media.

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Donald Trump Claims U.S. Intervention Created 'Chaotic' Middle East

4:38pm April 27, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Vali Nasr, dean of the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, about Donald Trump's foreign policy speech Wednesday.

Expanded U.S. Presence In Syria May Be Politically Motivated, Mann Says

7:37am April 27, 2016

President Obama has announced the U.S. will increase the number of military personnel in Syria to fight ISIS. Lourdes Garcia-Navarro talks to Scott Mann, who spent 18 years in Army special operations.

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Police In Cairo Use Tear Gas To Break Up Protests Against Egypt's Government

10:14am April 26, 2016

by Leila Fadel

President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has maintained his popularity through two years of controversy and brutal crackdowns. But on Tuesday there were signs of people getting impatient with his rule.

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Pentagon To Send Additional 250 Special Forces Troops To Syria

4:37pm April 25, 2016

President Obama announced he will send additional U.S. special operations forces to Syria. The announcement comes at a time when ISIS's foothold on the region is, reportedly, weakening.

ISIS Uses Cyber Capabilities To Attack The U.S. Online

4:37pm April 25, 2016

by Mary Louise Kelly

The U.S. and the West aren't the only ones operating on the cyber-battlefield in the war with ISIS. The terror group has cyber-capabilities of its own. NPR takes a look at these capabilities and explores how they play into the larger expansion of cyber-strike and counter-strike throughout the Middle East.

U.S. To Send 250 Additional Personnel To Syria

9:17am April 25, 2016

by Scott Horsley

President Obama announced the decision in a speech to a trade fair in Germany. The deployment will bring the total number of American military personnel deployed in Syria to as many as 300.

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Humanitarian Costs Rise As Refugee Crisis Becomes The New Normal

8:04am April 25, 2016

Steve Inskeep talks to Kristalina Georgieva, a European Union vice president, about the dire cost of the war in Syria and efforts to increase humanitarian assistance.

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